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March 2010 Br J Cardiol 2010;17:59-61
What is the best blood sugar level in diabetics? –New UK data
A new UK study has suggested that both very low and very high blood sugar levels in type 2 diabetes are associated with increased all-cause mortality and cardiac events. ...
March 2010 Br J Cardiol 2010;17:59-61
Hormone replacement therapy and heart disease risk in younger women
Among recently menopausal women, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) with both oestrogen and progestin, showed a slight non-significant increase in risk of coronary heart disease within the first few years of use in a new analysis of the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI). ...
March 2010 Br J Cardiol 2010;17:59-61
Cardiovascular services in London – the case for change
A document outlining how London’s acute and complex cardiovascular services are currently provided and broad principles for how things could be improved, Cardiovascular services in London: the case for change, has now been published....
March 2010 Br J Cardiol 2010;17:59-61
Statins appear to increase risk of diabetes
A new meta-analysis has suggested that use of statins slightly increases the risk of developing diabetes. The analysis – published in the February 27th issue of The Lancet, (Lancet 2010;375:735-42) – was led by researchers at the University of Glasgow....
March 2010 Br J Cardiol 2010;17:64-6
“Doctor knows best”… Perhaps; but which one?
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 the choice between surgery and percutaneous coronary intervention....
March 2010 Br J Cardiol 2010;17:67-8 Meeting report
Cardiorenal syndrome: one disease – two paths?
A report from the fourth Annual Scientific Meeting of the Cardiorenal Forum....
March 2010 Br J Cardiol 2010;17:69-70 Meeting report
The British Society for Heart Failure 12th Annual Autumn Meeting
Highlights of this year’s British Society for Heart Failure (BSH) meeting, held in November in London, included a call for specialist heart failure units which could see more patients receiving optimum treatment, how to treat ‘difficult’ cases and how devices are showing benefit in those patients with less severe disease....
February 2010 Br J Cardiol 2010;17:13-18 Meeting report
News from the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2009
Highlights from the recent American Heart Association meeting held in Orlando, Florida, USA, from 14th–18th November 2009, included good news for niacin but not for ezetimibe in atherosclerosis, more promising results for dabigatran in acute coronary syndromes, and warnings that the benefits of eating fish depend on how it is cooked. ...
February 2010 Br J Cardiol 2010;17:19
Cardiac rehabilitation: we should all be doing it
Correspondence to Cardiac Cardiac rehabilitation: we should all be doing it...
