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AI tool helps detect heart problems before symptoms start

AI tool helps detect heart problems before symptoms start

British researchers have developed an artificial intelligence tool that can identify people at risk of a serious heart condition before symptoms appear, potentially preventing thousands of strokes, the BBC reported. The AI system, developed by scientists at the University of Leeds and Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, analyzes electronic health records to detect warning signs […]

Heart screenings offered after student's death

Heart screenings offered after student's death

Friends of Miss Nicholls, students Jessica Reeve and Izzy Winter, began fundraising through GoFundMe for Clarissa’s Campaign for Cambridge Hearts. The goal was to raise £7,000, which would pay for one day of ECG screening for about 100 young people. “Clarissa is fortunate to have some amazing friends,” Mrs Nicholls told BBC Radio Cambridgeshire. “I […]

Sleeping in on weekends could protect against heart disease: Study

Sleeping in on weekends could protect against heart disease: Study

(NewsNation) — Using the weekend to catch up on sleep may reduce the risk of heart disease by as much as 20 percent, according to a new study. A UK Biobank study of more than 90,000 people showed the people who received the most weekend catch-up sleep were less likely to develop heart disease.  “Our […]

Plan for workplace health checks to curb heart disease

Plan for workplace health checks to curb heart disease

The scheme is an effort to increase the number of NHS Health Checks, first introduced in 2009, that are carried out. As well as targting heart disease, the programme aims to prevent diabetes and kidney disease, as well as some cases of dementia among adults. Health minister Andrew Gwynne said that while over 16 million […]

'Game changer' AI detects hidden heart attack risk

'Game changer' AI detects hidden heart attack risk

“This technology is transformative and game changing because for the first time we can detect the biological processes that are invisible to the human eye, which precede the development of narrowings and blockages [within the heart],” said Prof Keith Channon, from the University of Oxford. As part of the pilot, patients suffering from chest pain […]

Weight-loss drug approved for heart problems in UK

Weight-loss drug approved for heart problems in UK

Weight-loss treatment Wegovy has been approved by the UK’s medicines regulator, for reducing the risk of serious heart problems in overweight and obese people. Wegovy contains the drug semaglutide, which is already prescribed on the NHS to help some people with a body-mass index (BMI) above 26 lose weight. And it now becomes the first […]

NHS offers life-saving drug for stiff heart condition

NHS offers life-saving drug for stiff heart condition

About 1,500 people in England with ATTR-CM could now be eligible for the treatment. This rare heart condition typically starts to show in adulthood and gets worse over time as the heart tissue thickens and stiffens. Its symptoms include: shortness of breath palpitations and abnormal heart rhythms ankle swelling, fatigue, fainting and chest pain Ultimately, […]

8 Healthy Fruits You Should Be Eating And 8 You Shouldn’t

8 Healthy Fruits You Should Be Eating And 8 You Shouldn’t

In today’s video, we’ll tell you about both types of fruits, those that you should eat regularly and the ones that you should avoid. We’re talking about heroes like apples, pomegranates, papaya and villains like bananas, coconut, watermelon and more. So watch till the end to learn about all of them. Since it’s not always […]