Health Awareness
Heart failure
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An under-recognised killer: shining a spotlight on heart failure
Right now in the UK, almost one million people are living with heart failure, a condition where a person’s heart cannot pump enough blood to their organs – with heart failure mortality risk being worse than some of the most common cancers (prostate, breast, and bladder cancer).1,2,3 Globally, the number of people living with heart...
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Don’t miss the warning signs
BSH board of trustees (pictured above): Dr Sue Piper, Councillor; Professor Paul Kalra, past chair; Professor Roy Gardner, Chair Elect; Dr Carol Whelan, Councillor; Dr Simon Williams, Chair; Ms Carys Barton, Chair BSH Nurse Forum; Dr Stephen Pettit, Treasurer; Dr Lisa Anderson, Deputy Chair; and Ms Janine Beezer, Councillor “During this pandemic we have seen...
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Forget the fancy stuff, let’s get down to what we know works
Not all the answers are rooted in technology, and we don’t need any more data; let’s do what we know works. This approach would give patients gold standard treatment and care for their heart failure. Signs, symptoms history and test By checking a person’s signs, having an awareness of common symptoms, (breathlessness, fatigue and fluid...
