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- May 12Treat diabetes/obesity as "Diabesity"Rising rates of diabetes and obesity have been recognized as a single new epidemic called "diabesity." The challenge now is for healthcare professionals to treat obesity and diabetes as part of the same condition instead of separating them into two unlinked conditions.
- April 12OMRON's HeartScan Supports Freeman Hospital Improvement for Post Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Screening At the forefront of cardiology, the Cardiac Arrhythmia team at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle have been trialing OMRON's handheld ECG monitor, HeartScan, as a more comprehensive way of monitoring patients in the year following catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation.
- March 12NICE calls for better diagnosis and management of common cardiovascular conditionHealthcare guidance body NICE has published draft recommendations on the diagnosis and management of lower limb peripheral arterial disease (PAD).
NHS Trusts should double their efforts to offer cardiac rehabilitation services to patients to reduce "the shocking inequalities in treatment after a heart attack in England", finds a report from Heart UK.
The release of the updated NICE Guideline for the Clinical Management of Primary Hypertension in Adults, in August 2011, brought significantly increased awareness to the importance for GPs to use ambulatory blood pressure monitors to observe patients for hypertension.
- Dec 11Treatment with 'Januvia'® (Sitagliptin) associated with fewer major cardiovascular events in people with type 2 diabetes compared with a sulphonylureaA new pooled analysis presented today at the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) 21st World Diabetes Congress has demonstrated that people with type 2 diabetes taking 'Januvia' (sitagliptin) experienced a lower incidence of major cardiovascular (CV) events (MACE)* compared to those treated with a sulphonylurea (SU).1
- Nov 11Campaign targets 'hypo' driversDiabetics who experience low blood sugar attacks while driving are the focus of a new health campaign launched by TREND, a diabetes nursing group together with the Automobile Association (AA) and MSD Diabetes.
- Nov 11First 3-in-1 combination therapy for essential hypertension launches in UKSevikar HCT®▼ simplifies treatment and could improve the management of hypertension
- Nov 11Panasonic's CardioHealth Station Improves Patient Outcomes Through Early Diagnosis in Primary CarePanasonic have announced the European availability of its innovative ultrasound tool for personalized preventive medicine, the CardioHealth Station.
- Nov 11NICE consults on new draft guidance on preventing type 2 diabetesNICE has today (Wednesday 9 November) opened a consultation on new draft guidance on identifying people at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes and the provision of clinically and cost effective interventions to help reduce the risk or delay the onset of the condition.
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