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Stroke: risk was lowered with self adjusted anticoagulant dosing

Patients who self-monitor warfarin halve stroke risk

5 December 2011

Patients who self-monitor their warfarin therapy halve their risk of DVT, stroke and MI, research su...

Salt intake: showed a J-shaped association with cardiovascular risk

CVD risk prompts call for advice about salt intake

25 November 2011

Low as well as high sodium levels are linked to increased cardiovascular risk, a Canadian study has ...

GPs exception reported 14.8% of heart failure patients

GP exception reporting rates frozen in England

16 November 2011

The level of exception reporting in England has remained stationary in 2010/11, latest figures show....

Atherosclerosis: research is focusing on HDL cholesterol (Photograph: SPL)

Cardiovascular disease drug improves LDL and HDL cholesterol levels

15 November 2011

GPs could be handed a novel preventive treatment for cardiovascular disease after an experimental dr...

Stroke and other CV admission rates were lower with high HDL levels (Photograph: SPL)

Raising HDL helps reduce cardiovascular risk

11 October 2011

Increasing HDL cholesterol levels, in addition to reducing LDL levels, may have an important role in...

Smoking puts women at greater heart disease risk

11 August 2011

Women are 25% more likely than men to develop CHD from smoking, research shows....

Dame Sally: brief intervention for physical activity could be added to the NHS Health Checks programme

CMO urges GPs to offer physical activity advice to patients

11 July 2011

GPs should consider in every consultation whether to advise patients to be more physically active, E...

NICE sets heart failure referral target

30 June 2011

GPs should urgently refer cases of suspected heart failure for specialist assessment within two week...

Ambulatory BP monitor: improves hypertension diagnosis (Photograph: SPL)

Home BP tests are 'more accurate' than in surgeries

22 June 2011

BP can be more accurately measured at home than in surgeries, according to research that backs NICE ...

An irregular heartbeat detected early can be effectively treated (Photograph: JH Lancy)

GP pulse checks could cut impact of AF, says charity

5 June 2011

GPs should check the pulse of all middle-aged people attending general practice to spot signs of arr...

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