According to a study published in the March 2004 issue of the British Medical Association journal Heart, atrial fibrillation (AF) is a rapidly growing cost to the UK's National Health Service. More
Until the early years of the last century, pernicious anaemia was invariably fatal, then Georges Minot and William Murphy found that the condition could be reversed by eating large quantities of raw liver - a fate which is arguably almost as bad! More
The term haemophilia describes a group of disorders in which the deficiency of a blood clotting factor leads to prolonged bleeding - review of the latest information More
The article looks at the role of Dr. Alan Boyd, director of development at Eurogene, a 'virtual' company specializing in the development of gene-based treatments for diseases of the blood vessels and circulation. More
There is a widespread belief that heart failure is the sudden stopping of the heart as a result of sudden fright. Not so! It is the inability of the heart to pump sufficient blood, which usually develops over a period of time. More
Homocysteine is a sulphur-containing amino acid formed during methionine metabolism, which is now recognised as a powerful predictor of cardiovascular disease. More
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