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November 2012 Br J Cardiol 2012;19:158–9
New diabetes guidelines stress individual patient needs
The European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) and the American Diabetes Association (ADA) have published new guidelines on the treatment of type 2 diabetes, which are less prescriptive than previous guidelines. They advocate more patient involvement and give guidance on the rational approach to the choice of therapy....
November 2012 Br J Cardiol 2012;19:158–9
KEEPS: reassurance on heart effects of HRT
Four years of hormone-replacement therapy (HRT) started soon after the onset of the menopause improved depression and anxiety in healthy women without promoting or worsening cardiovascular disease, the results of the KEEPS study show. ...
November 2012 Br J Cardiol 2012;19:158–9
More on diabetes risk with statins
Another study has found a slight increase in fasting glucose levels in patients at increased risk of type 2 diabetes taking statins. The study (published in BMJ online 13th September 2012) was conducted by a Finnish group who concluded that their findings suggest statin use “might have unfavourable effects on glucose metabolism and hamper beneficial effects of lifestyle intervention in people at high risk of type 2 diabetes”....
November 2012 Br J Cardiol 2012;19:161
Lessons learnt from a tragic loss
Correspondence from the world of cardiology...
November 2012 Br J Cardiol 2012;19:162-4
Decision by consensus: more political correctness or a genuine improvement in care?
We continue our series in which Consultant Interventionist Dr Michael Norell takes a sideways look at life in the cath lab…and beyond. In this column, he considers team working...
August 2012 Br J Cardiol 2012;19:107–10
New ESC Guidelines on heart failure and CVD prevention
The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) has published two new guidelines – ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure 2012, and European Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice (version 2012)....
August 2012 Br J Cardiol 2012;19:107–10
HDL particles may be key to risk
With all the recent controversy about whether raising high-density lipoprotein (HDL) is actually a worthwhile strategy in the battle against heart disease, a new study has suggested that HDL particle concentration may be a better marker of risk. ...
August 2012 Br J Cardiol 2012;19:107–10
Stricter food policies could dramatically cut heart disease deaths
Tougher government policies on diet could prevent 30,000 cardiovascular deaths a year in the UK, according to a new study. Moves suggested include banning the use of industrial trans fats and further reductions in salt and saturated fats while encouraging greater consumption of fruit and vegetables....
August 2012 Br J Cardiol 2012;19:107–10
Lancet highlights damage of physical inactivity
Physical inactivity is responsible for 6% of the worldwide burden of coronary heart disease and 7% of type 2 diabetes cases, as well as 10% of breast and colon cancers, according to a series of papers on lack of exercise recently published in The Lancet (380:187–306)....
