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Superfit Scots teacher horrified to learn 'Do Not Resuscitate' marked on medical records

Teacher Fiona, 44, was furious after a paramedic in ambulance told her that her file advised against CPR if she suffered a cardiac arrest.

Daily Record

Health service under pressure ‘like nothing I have ever experienced’ – NHS boss

Amanda Pritchard’s interview with The Times comes after NHS England data revealed that one in 10 people was left waiting hours for ambulances.

The Independent UK

Greener cities equal 'healthier hearts'

The availability of different types of urban green space can impact cardiovascular health, according to a recent study conducted by Australian researchers.

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BBC criticised for letting cardiologist ‘hijack’ interview with false Covid jab claim

Aseem Malhotra’s ‘misguided’ views linking some Covid vaccines to excess heart disease deaths should not have aired, say experts

The Guardian - UK

What are statin pills and how do they reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes?

Doctors have been asked to lower their threshold for offering the cholesterol medication.

Evening Standard

Charity warns against normalising ‘outrage’ of 12 hour waits in hospital A&E departments

Waits for emergency treatment reached record highs in December 2022

Evening Standard

Beloved son, 22, died days after being discharged from hospital - he should still be alive today

Johnny Alfrey 'would not have died when he did' had he been diagnosed sooner, a coroner has ruled

Manchester Evening News

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Sitting all day is terrible for your health – now, a new study finds a relatively easy way to counteract it

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.

The Conversation

Science finds way to heal scarred hearts

A team of researchers has found an exciting potential treatment for heart attack patients, which could reduce their risk of further complications.

AAP

Heart attack, stroke and sepsis patients wait more than TWO hours for ambulance

It comes as response times fell to the worst on record nationally

Manchester Evening News

Ambulance responses and A&E waits hit worst on record as possible doctors strikes loom

Labour described the NHS as being in “the biggest crisis in its history”, as patient care worsens and staff stage waves of strikes over pay and working conditions

Daily Mirror

Ask the Doctors: Rheumatoid arthritis patients can have higher risk of mild cognitive impairment

Symptoms include stiffness, swelling and tenderness or pain in the joints, often on both sides of the body.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ambulance performance worst on record with some people waiting hours

One in 10 people waited at least three hours, 41 minutes and 48 seconds for a response to a category two call.

The Independent UK

New statins guidance could make extra 15m people eligible in England

Guidance for NHS says extending cholesterol-lowering treatment could save thousands more lives

The Guardian - UK

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Walking 3 To 4 Miles A Day Reduces The Risk Of Heart Disease In Older People

Older adults who walk three to four miles per day 6,000 to 9,000 steps, are 40 to 50 per cent less likely to suffer a heart attack or stroke than those who walk a mile (2,000 steps) per day. Read on for details:

Chronicle Live

University Chaplain 'struggled alone for 16 hours' after suffering stroke caused by 'silent condition'

Mia Fox struggled alone for 16 hours, believing she was going to die, but was unaware she had had a stroke

The Independent UK

New push to restrict abortions to be introduced in Nebraska

A Nebraska lawmaker who sponsored a failed abortion ban bill last year has announced she will introduce a new bill this week that would ban abortion once cardiac activity can be detected in a fetus, which is generally around the sixth week of pregnancy

Wales Online

Wife begged for ambulance for two hours while watching husband die in front of her

Lesley Weekley, who works for the NHS, has told of her harrowing experience watching her husband die of a heart attack

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Saudi Surgeons Perform Heart Transplant for Youngest Newborn in Middle East

A team of pediatric cardiac surgeons at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center (KFSHRC) performed consecutive heart transplants on two children, one of them an eight-month-old, within 24 hours in Riyadh.

The Independent UK

Firefighters more likely to die from cancer, research suggests

Scottish firefighters had a mortality rate for all cancers 1.6 times higher than the general population, a university study found.

ABC News

Heart attack symptoms for women are different from men's signs. For Jennifer, it was a near-fatal miss

Jennifer Tucker was 34, healthy and active when she began struggling to breathe. She was told she didn't need an angiogram, but subsequent testing showed otherwise.

Wales Online

Baby spent the first four months of life in hospital after needing heart surgery

Little Noah Phelan was just six weeks old when he underwent open heart surgery

WEKU

A 'medical cost-sharing' plan left this minister to pay most of his $160,000 bill

Instead of health insurance, the Rev. Jeff King had signed up for an alternative that left members of the plan to share the costs of health care. That meant lower premiums, but a huge hospital bill.

Daily Record

Midwife's baby died in hospital after staff did not 'act urgently enough'

Gemma Bentley was left devastated when her son Luca died 17 hours after he was born at Burnley General Teaching Hospital in June 2020 after staff ''did not act urgently enough or escalate care appropriately'.

The Guardian - UK

Sweeping social care reforms can wait – homes need money and workers right now

Hospitals can’t discharge patients because councils don’t have the funds to facilitate care afterwards. It’s a perfect storm of neglect, says Guardian columnist John Harris

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