Health Awareness
Cardiovascular Health 2020
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Does cardiac rehabilitation need rehabilitating?
Cardiac rehabilitation is know to reduce deaths from cardiovascular disease and help people live healthier, happier and longer lives; yet only half of those who are referred actually attend. Cardiac rehabilitation in context As few as one in seven women will attend cardiac rehabilitation. Attendance rates are low in certain patient groups, such as those...
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We all need to keep ‘heart healthy’
In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is more important than ever that we all look after ourselves and keep ‘heart healthy’… …This applies to those with known heart conditions, such as high blood pressure, heart rhythm disorders and angina, as well as to those who consider themselves to be relatively healthy. We should...
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How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected patients with cardiovascular disease?
With COVID-19 exerting unprecedented strain on the NHS, and presenting severe risks for vulnerable people, how do healthcare providers protect and care for patients with cardiovascular disease? How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected patients with cardiovascular disease? The COVID-19 pandemic has exerted unprecedented strain on an already overstretched health service, with many healthcare providers needing...
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National cardiovascular disease audit to start in primary care
A nation-wide audit will help primary care to understand how many patients they have with high-risk conditions such as high blood pressure, atrial fibrillation and high cholesterol or existing cardiovascular disease, who are potentially undiagnosed, under- or over-treated. Preventing 150,000 strokes and heart attacks The audit (CVDPREVENT) will see NHS England & Improvement, NHS Digital...
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Good and bad cholesterol – and how oats can help manage it
Maintaining good heart health is important at any age and being aware of your cholesterol levels is an essential part of this. It’s tempting to think that high cholesterol-induced heart disease only affects people who are middle-aged or older but, according to experts, it’s never too early to adopt a varied and balanced diet and...
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How a quick operation can correct heart valve disease
Aortic stenosis is a potentially fatal heart valve condition which used to require open heart surgery. Now patients’ lives can be saved with a non-invasive treatment called TAVI. When he turned 80, Roger Hammond decided to get an allotment. “I wanted to do something a bit different,” he laughs. It turned out to be a...
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Why remote monitoring has increased in the COVID-19 crisis
Remote monitoring technology is the future for heart arrhythmia patients, because it can save unnecessary hospital appointments and free up the system for those who really need it. If you have heart arrhythmia – an abnormal heart rhythm that is either too fast, too slow or irregular – you may need a surgical procedure to...
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Keeping the beat: getting to the heart of detection and management
Over the last 40 years, there have been dramatic reductions in deaths from cardiovascular disease (CVD). A tremendous achievement in its own right, these reductions have also made a significant contribution to increases in life expectancy. While this means that many of us will benefit from living longer, those extra years of life are likely...
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“Use Heart” for society, your loves ones and you
This World Heart Day is unlike any other that has come before. Public health is front and centre as societies face the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and the physical, emotional and economic toll it has taken. Almost a million lives have been lost to COVID-19 this year. As a comparison, an estimated 17.8 million...
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Why the Government must prevent a research funding crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic has left charity-funded medical research facing a catastrophic funding crisis. We anticipate that, without Government support, our BHF annual research budget will fall by half to £50m this year alone, jeopardising progress in how we tackle heart and circulatory diseases. The beginning of 2020 now feels like a distant and much more certain world. It...
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Heart failure affects me in many ways, but I feel so lucky to be alive
“It can feel like there’s constantly a kangaroo inside my chest.” Vicky Small was diagnosed with heart failure in her 30s. Now 46, she discusses what it’s like to live with this debilitating long-term condition, and her hopes for the future. When were you diagnosed with heart failure? “I’ve had heart problems my whole life,...
