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Stroke warning signs need more urgent attention

Patients who suffer stroke-like attacks can have mortality rates 20 per cent higher than the general population, new research finds, leading to calls for better stroke prevention strategies for those who experience a transient ischemic attack (TIA).

Omega-3-acid ethyl esters reduce CVD risk

Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (O3-PUFAs) have been attributed to the maintenance of heart health. Omega-3 EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) and DHA (docosahexaenoic) acid, in the form of ethyl esters, are of particular interest in cardiovascular disease and specifically for post myocardial infarction patients.

Early treatment of infantile-onset Pompe Disease

Pompe Disease is characterised by a deficiency of acid α-glucosidase (GAA). The GAA enzyme degrades lysosomal glycogen, and insufficient GAA activity causes glycogen to accumulate in various tissues.

Paramedics play a critical role in STEMI management

Accumulating evidence supports reduction in delays to primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) through paramedic triage and early activation of the catheterisation laboratory.

Diabetes

Intensive insulin therapy in diabetic cardiac patients

Patients with diabetes are not only at increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and myocardial infarction (MI), but are also more likely to...

A sweet mixed message risks health confusion

Australian media are sending the public mixed messages about sweet drinks and failing to highlight the serious health risks that can come from...

Type 2 diabetes is on the rise all over the world

In the past 30 years the world has seen the number of adults suffering from Type 2 diabetes - a preventable disease directly linked to obesity -...

STEMI Management

Paramedics play a critical role in STEMI management

Accumulating evidence supports reduction in delays to primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for patients with ST-elevation myocardial...

Eat apples for a healthy heart

An apple a day keeps the doctor away – and researchers at The University of Western Australia (UWA) and the Department of Agriculture and...

New information on Varenicline inconclusive: NPS

Uncertainty remains despite new research published this month linking a smoking-cessation medicine to an increased risk of heart attacks, according...

Atrial Fibrillation

One in three uninsured won’t call 000 for heart attack

A third of people without some form of ambulance cover would not call Triple Zero (000) even if they thought they were having a heart attack,...

Social media could be critical to a healthy society

Social media may become the most important tool in promoting good health in Australia if a University of Adelaide study can demonstrate its...

Managing Atrial Fibrillation

Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is defined as a cardiac arrhythmia with the following characteristics: * The surface ECG shows absolute irregular R-R...

Omega 3

Omega-3-acid ethyl esters reduce CVD risk

Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (O3-PUFAs) have been attributed to the maintenance of heart health. Omega-3 EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) and DHA...

Australian doctors satisfied with their jobs

Most doctors in Australia are moderately or very satisfied with their jobs, according to an NHMRC-funded study published in the Medical Journal of...

A collaborative approach to patient care

A collaborative approach to patient care with a far greater utilisation of the medication expertise of pharmacists has been advocated by the...

Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Heart disease links with menopause overlooked

To mark World Menopause Day, the National Heart Foundation of Australia is urging all women over 45 to have a heart health check

Managing PAH

A serious and potentially devastating chronic disorder of the pulmonary circulation is pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a condition that is...

Addressing unprofessional conduct by medical students

Australian medical schools do not have consistent fitness-to-practise policies (FTPPs) for addressing unprofessional conduct by medical students,...

Cholesterol and Diabetes

Major drug discovery collaboration

Les Laboratoires Servier, a leading European pharmaceutical company and the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (MIPS), Monash University,...

$450,000 Research Fellowship for healthy hearts

A University of Adelaide researcher has been awarded $450,000 by the National Heart Foundation & SA Health to look at the most effective ways of...

The Good Egg: Serum Cholesterol and Diabetes

Diabetes is a major risk factor for the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and if current trends in the incidence of diabetes continue, it...