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Genetic research key to address critical rates of SCD, local experts say
Sudden cardiac deaths (SCD), especially in the young, should be deemed a clinical health priority, and urgently treated as such, with general practitioners playing...
Evolving heart failure risk factors in Africa calls for management rethink
Heart failure prevention and management requires a context-driven approach in African countries where it is an evolving syndrome with changing predictive risk factors, and...
ESC issues cardiomyopathy guidelines
The European Society of Cardiology has released its first major comprehensive international guidelines to address diagnosis and treatment of the broad causes of heart...
Foundation launches £30m global challenge to 'galvanise and inspire' heart research
With the World Health Organisation forecasting an increase in cardiovascular deaths worldwide, the British Heart Foundation’s Big Beat Challenge is a global initiative to...
Tall people more likely to develop blood clots
The taller you are, the more likely you may be to develop blood clots in the veins. In a study of more than 2m...
Study queries usefulness of genome sequencing in primary care
For all the promises of genomics ushering in a new era, with scientists urging people to get their DNA sequenced, a first pilot study...
SA scientists collaborate in 'sudden death' gene mutation discovery
19Researchers at the University of Cape Town, through global collaboration, have identified the genetic mutation that is a major cause of sudden death among...
Heart and diabetes risk higher in those with 'apple-shaped' bodies
Gene variants associated with an 'apple-shaped' body type, in which weight is deposited around the abdomen rather than in the hips and thighs, increases...