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Individuals at high cardiovascular risk but without diabetes who followed a Mediterranean diet had half the rate of new-onset diabetes over four years compared with those on a low-fat diet, a new study shows....

Consumption of just one or two sugar-sweetened drinks per day is associated with a 26% greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes and a 20% increased risk of developing metabolic syndrome, a new meta-analysis shows....

Bystanders attending to an adult in cardiac arrest should perform the chest-compression-only technique of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), a new meta-analysis concludes....

The risk of cardiovascular events increases sharply in the month following invasive dental treatment, a new study shows....

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVI) was associated with much better outcomes than standard care in patients with severe aortic disease unable to undergo surgery in the PARTNER trial....

Four separate trials, all presented at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) meeting in Washington DC, USA, showed impressive results with the new Xience V™ everolimus-eluting stent....

HEART UK held its first ever National Cholesterol Week recently and highlighted the importance of knowing your cholesterol at a Parliamentary Reception at the House of Commons. The Parliamentary Reception, sponsored by Welch's Purple Grape Juice, was organised by HEART UK in conjunction with Chris Ruane MP, Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Heart Disease....

The wait for a more convenient replacement for warfarin for use in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients is finally over in North America, where dabigatran is now available for stroke risk reduction in patients with non-valvular AF....

Exercise can improve arterial function, aerobic capacity and induce left-ventricular remodelling in people over 65 but it does not reverse the cardiac stiffening effect of years of sedentary behaviour, a new study suggests....

People with diabetes over 40 years of age should be taking a statin to reduce their risk of stroke or coronary events, according to Dr John Betteridge (University College London)....