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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.
British aspirin study attacked
A SPECIALIST has urged patients to keep taking prescribed aspirin, labelling a UK study questioning its benefits as “potentially dangerous”. Australian Medical Association Queensland cardiology spokesman David Colquhoun said the Dundee University study which questioned the benefits of daily aspirin to ward off heart attacks was “too small” to guide medical practice.
Drug for irregular heartbeat could prevent thousands of strokes
Ten thousand strokes could be prevented each year by a new drug that treats irregular heart beats, scientists have said. The largest ever trial in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) showed the drug Multaq reduced the risk of stroke by over a third, which experts described as an ‘amazing result’.
You take an aspirin daily, but are you getting the full benefits?
This medicine-cabinet staple has long been touted as a wonder drug. Not only does aspirin relieve pain, it also lowers the risk of stroke, heart attack, and colon cancer. But popping the pills daily may not work for everyone. Up to 60 percent of us, both healthy people and those being treated for all types of heart disease, may have some level of resistance to aspirin’s benefits, according to a review in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
Snoring and heart attack risk
A study has found that “heavy snorers are six times more likely to suffer a heart attack while asleep”, the Daily Express reported. It said the risk of heart disease could be increased by blood pressure, and nerve and hormonal changes caused by snoring, and that people who suffer from obstructive sleep apnoea are most at risk.
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