Pioneering heart surgery using a remote-controlled robot arm has been carried out for the first time by surgeons at a Leicester hospital. The new technique allows surgeons, who usually have to wear cumbersome lead aprons and risk radiation exposure from x-rays, to operate from another room....
Nationwide heart tes...
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Heart screening tests to be offered to millions of adults across England could be a waste of resources, a study warns. Everyone between 40 to 74 is to be invited for screening for the early signs of heart disease and other problems by their GP. However, Cambridge University researchers say...
Call to cut child he...
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Several children’s heart surgery units across England should be closed with operations done by fewer, specialised centres, according to an expert review. It was launched after the 1990s Bristol heart babies scandal when children having heart surgery died needlessly. The BBC has learned...
High glucose carbs &...
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Women who eat diets heavy in certain carbohydrates may be at greater risk of coronary heart disease, according to researchers. A study of over 47,000 Italian adults found that women alone whose diets contained a lot of bread, pizza and rice doubled their heart disease risk. These foods have...
