Heart failure hospital admissions rise by a third in five years
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Heart failure hospital admissions rise by a third in five years

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bhf.org.uk/what-we-do/news-from-the-bhf/news-archive/2019/november/heart-failure-hospital-admissions-rise-by-a-third-in-five-years By The British Heart Foundation The number of people being admitted to hospital due to heart failure has risen by a third in the last five years. Heart failure admissions have reached record levels in England, rising from 65,025 in 2013/14 to 86,474 in 2018/19 – a 33 per…

NHS treating 5,000 diabetics a day as one in 10 patients now suffer with illness, figures reveal
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NHS treating 5,000 diabetics a day as one in 10 patients now suffer with illness, figures reveal

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/11/04/nhs-treating-5000-diabetics-day-one-10-patients-now-suffer-illness/ By Mason Boycott-Owen Hospitals are being deluged by 5,000 type 2 diabetics a day, new figures reveal as one in 10 patients are now suffering from a form of the illness linked to being overweight and inactive. There were more than 1.7million admissions to hospitals last year for people with type 2 diabetes, costing…

Would you recognise a gradual-onset heart attack?
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Would you recognise a gradual-onset heart attack?

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/sep/22/would-you-recognise-a-gradual-onset-heart-attack By Amy Fleming We think of an attack as a ‘big bang’, but the symptoms can build over hours or days – and even doctors can misinterpret them In spring 2018, Tim Walker was working on a PhD in microbiology. Over the course of a week, he started feeling a…

Health secretary urges national debate on ethics of genomic medicine
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Health secretary urges national debate on ethics of genomic medicine

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bhf.org.uk/what-we-do/news-from-the-bhf/news-archive/2019/march/health-secretary-urges-national-debate-on-ethics-of-genomic-medicine By  Aaron McDonald at the British Heart Foundation The Health Secretary Matt Hancock today urged a national debate on the ethics around genomic medicine, as he revealed that he has recently undergone a genetic test. In a speech today at the Royal Society, the Health Secretary called on charities, the scientific community,…