Tag heart attack

10 January 2024

An AI tool has the potential to prevent numerous heart attacks

Introduction: A groundbreaking AI tool, capable of predicting the 10-year risk of a heart attack, is poised to revolutionise the treatment landscape for patients undergoing CT scans to investigate chest pain. This transformative technology was unveiled in recent research presented…

31 December 2015

Aspirin and the Aspod – Carry Aspirin Safely

Aspirin, used in the prevention of heart attacks, is probably the most cost-effective drug available in medical practice and daily low-dose aspirin is now a standard item in the management of heart disease patients. There is evidence that aspirin, taken…

27 August 2014

Parts of Europe are reaching a “tipping point” where cardiovascular disease is no longer the leading cause of death, a study shows

Four million deaths each year – nearly half the European total – are due to cardiovascular disease. But a report in the European Heart Journal shows improving heart health means cancer is now a bigger killer in some countries, such…

23 August 2014

A study that will see some of its patients suffering cardiac arrest given a dummy drug has been backed by West Midlands Ambulance Service

Warwick Medical School is leading the trial after concerns adrenaline, used to restart the heart, could cause brain damage and even death. West Midlands Ambulance Service said the work could ultimately save “hundreds of patients”.

1 June 2014

Blood pressure: ‘Extraordinary’ number of lives saved

Improved treatment of blood pressure has prevented hundreds of thousands of heart attacks, strokes and deaths in England, say doctors. The team at Imperial College London analysed national health survey data between 1994 and 2011. Their analysis, published in the Lancet…

8 February 2014

Eating too many sugary drinks, desserts and sweets could increase your risk of having a heart attack, the findings of a large US study suggest

Consuming the equivalent of a can a day of sugar-sweetened fizzy drinks was associated with an increased risk of dying from cardiovascular disease, JAMA Internal Medicine reports. Most adults and children in the US and the UK eat too much…

14 January 2014

Aspirin and the Aspod – Carry Aspirin safely

1 May 2013

The ASPOD facilitates ‘immediate’ aspirin

Research shows that it takes 14 minutes for a chewed soluble tablet to produce maximal platelet inhibition, and a swallowed tablet 26 minutes. Demonstrating that, when chewed, soluble aspirin is the most effective way of accelerating absorption of aspirin…

1 May 2013

The science behind immediate aspirin

A summary of the supporting evidence that immediate aspirin really can save lives. There is strong evidence that aspirin, taken during a heart attack, can reduce the size of the thrombus (clot) causing the attack [1,2] and may even cause the platelets…

17 March 2012

ProTrainings courses now CPD Certified

All our online courses are now CPD Certified and many of the classroom ones as well and we will be adding more shortly. More information to follow.