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Wrap up warm, we don’t want you to have a heart attack
It is advice that has traditionally been dispensed by mothers and grandmothers. But now the is also warning people to wrap up warm to dodge a nasty chest as part of a pilot scheme offering patients personal weather warnings.
The shape of women to come?
Nikki Law went up from 10 stone to 20 stone, then had drastic surgery to lose weight. Two years later she is 17 stone. She kept a soul-bearing diary all that time, and the photographer Tina Stallard followed her through her struggles. Can anything stop the super-sizing of Britain?
Angioplasty to be primary heart attack treatment
NHS commissioners have been asked to develop a national network of cardiology services capable of delivering primary angioplasty as the main treatment for heart attacks.
Greens, greens, they’re good for your heart
WASHINGTON (AFP) — Diets worldwide that are rich in fried and salty foods increase heart attack risk, while eating lots of fruit, leafy greens and other vegetables reduces that risk, a study published Monday showed.
The study, called INTERHEART, looked at 16,000 heart attack patients and controls between 1999 and 2003 in countries on every continent, marking a shift from previous studies which have focussed on the developed world.
Break out the bubbly: White wine may be good for you
White wine lovers can feel a little less guilty about their habit. New research suggests that white varieties may offer similar heart benefits to red wines. Rats that were fed white wine as part of their diet suffered less heart damage during cardiac arrest, compared to animals fed only water or grain alcohol.
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