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How long will I need to take off work after a heart attack, diagnosis or surgery? How long you have off work depends on: your condition the treatment you have how well you’re recovering the type of ...

Does alcohol raise blood pressure? Yes. Drinking too much alcohol can raise your blood pressure, particularly if you regularly drink large amounts or binge drink. Cutting back or stopping alcohol can ...

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Policy Manager Meg Stapleton analyses the UK Government’s new Cardiovascular Disease Modern Service Framework.

This study was one of the largest to look at changes to the diet ever conducted. It was carried out by researchers at The George Institute for Global Health and published in The New England Journal of ...

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If you have a heart or circulatory condition, or you care for someone with one, it’s important to look after your own needs. “Self-care is about looking after your physical and mental health to ...

Blood pressure-lowering medication can prevent serious cardiovascular conditions such as strokes, heart failure and heart attacks in adults with normal blood pressure, according to research we ...

A low-fat diet may be the first thing you think about when it comes to lowering cholesterol. But rather than reducing all fats, it’s more important to get the right types of fats in your diet. Too ...

Can you have a heart attack without knowing it? A ‘silent heart attack’ is a heart attack that has no symptoms. They’re often only diagnosed weeks, months or years afterwards, during a routine ...

Calorie counting used to be the most widely used method of ‘dieting’ – but it fell out of favour as we learnt more about nutrition and health, and the importance of a whole-diet approach. Still, it’s ...