Health Awareness
Health Awareness Q3 2024
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Survey highlights widespread stigma faced by people living with dementia
Despite 55 million people worldwide living with dementia, a new study reveals that most people still lack a clear understanding of the condition. Dementia is now the seventh leading cause of death globally and the leading cause of death in the United Kingdom. Currently, over 55 million people worldwide are living with dementia, a number...
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How AI-enabled socks can measure emotional distress in dementia patients
Socks fitted with AI technology can help carers recognise early signs of distress in people living with dementia so that appropriate calming interventions can be made. A family crisis prompted Dr Zeke Steer to create an innovative wearable technology that detects distress in people living with dementia. AI socks to detect distress early “My great-grandmother...
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Only together can we tackle chronic pain
Chronic pain is life-changing for people with arthritis and other musculoskeletal conditions. Teamwork and listening to people with lived experience is the path forward to beating chronic pain. As the UK’s largest dedicated funder of arthritis research, Versus Arthritis is helping to bring together the expertise needed to push back on pain. Chronic pain’s societal...
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Investing in dementia and its diagnosis can transform care and cut costs
Dementia is the greatest challenge currently faced by our health and social care system. It is the UK’s biggest killer, costing our economy £42 billion this year (Alzheimer’s Society, 2024). Dementia affects every part of the system, from primary care to hospital and hospice care. People living with dementia are also the largest users of...
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Novel procedure provides tricuspid valve repair without surgery
New minimally invasive procedures can repair tricuspid valve regurgitation, a potentially serious heart condition — and avoid the need for open-heart surgery. There’s a good reason why the tricuspid heart valve is known as ‘the forgotten valve’, notes Dr Robert Smith, consultant interventional cardiologist based at Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals, part of Guy’s and...
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Addressing inequalities in cardiovascular risk and treatment
Women and minorities often receive suboptimal cardiology care, facing delays and reduced access to life-saving procedures. Addressing these disparities through prevention, education and policy is crucial. Cardiology combines fast-moving technology, successful medical procedures and innovative drug and device treatments — all of which we offer to patients to improve their quality of life and avoid...
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Why cardiovascular disease in women is under-diagnosed and under-treated
Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death in women. Better treatments are needed, so it’s vital that female patients with the condition participate in research studies. It’s time to shatter the myth that only men are affected by cardiovascular disease (CVD), such as high blood pressure and stroke. In reality, it’s a leading cause...
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A comprehensive cardiovascular health action plan can safeguard our hearts
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) claims over 20 million lives annually, often prematurely. Countries can reduce this toll by developing and implementing effective action plans. Some cardiovascular conditions are genetic while many result from lack of access to care from birth and lifestyle consequences. All organs take wear and tear, but we should not think of heart...
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Dementia care can and must be fixed — we need to start now
The new health secretary has claimed the NHS is broken. Dementia care is the perfect place to start the job of fixing it. When Wes Streeting arrived in Whitehall as the new Secretary of State for Health and Care, his first speech stated that “the NHS is broken.” For dementia care, we should ask whether...
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Dementia prevention measures you can take to protect brain health today
Learn how promoting lifelong brain health could be a game-changer for dementia prevention. There are various things we can do throughout life to protect our brain health — and it’s never too early or too late to start. The World Health Organization has suggested that up to 40% of dementia cases globally could be preventable,...
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Modernising obesity care by enhancing education for physicians
Obesity is an escalating epidemic impacting hundreds of millions worldwide. Its prevalence has increased dramatically in recent decades among adults, children and adolescents. Obesity and heart health are directly linked. People with obesity are more likely to experience heart and circulatory diseases like heart attacks and strokes. Previously, obesity was considered a minor risk factor...
