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Heart health

Keep the heart healthy.

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Heart health

First person: Helping ease the burden of heart failure

Historically community pharmacy hasn’t been actively involved in heart failure management. It’s time for that to change, says pharmacist Jaya Authunuri.

23 Nov 2023 , 6 Min Article

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Heart health

First prescriptions for heart failure

This module covers medicines used in the management of heart failure.

13 Sep 2023 , 60 Min Article

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Heart health

Clopidogrel ineffective in British South Asians?

Prescribing clopidogrel based on pharmaco-genetics could “impact significantly” on the management of patients of Bangladeshi and Pakistani ancestry (BPA), according to an analysis of 44,396 people in the UK Genes & Health study.

13 Sep 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Heart health

Aspirin: study highlights risks of poor adherence

Poor long-term adherence to aspirin after a heart attack increases the risk of death, recurrent myocardial infarction (MI) or ischaemic stroke, according to research presented during the recent European Society of Cardiology Congress.

13 Sep 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Heart health

Identifying those at risk of stroke

Every five minutes, somewhere in the UK, someone has a stroke. It is why hypertension screening by pharmacists is so important in picking up the post-pandemic pieces and identifying those at risk

16 Aug 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Heart health

Management of heart failure

The module will help you to formulate the key points to discuss with a patient prescribed treatment for heart failure. You will also be able to describe how you might identify patients who may have undiagnosed heart failure or who may require changes to their treatment due to a deterioration in symptom control.

14 Aug 2023 , 20 Min Article

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Heart health

Hand on heart

More than half the UK population are destined to end up with a heart or circulatory condition, but earlier intervention from community pharmacy teams could change that.

14 Jun 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Heart health

Anti-inflammatories reduce heart disease risk in RA

Adding a tumour necrosis factor inhibitor (TNFi) or sulfasalazine plus hydroxychloroquine to methotrexate reduces heart disease risk in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), says a new study.

15 Jan 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Heart health

Statin use should be widened says NICE

Draft guidance from NICE recommends that statins should be considered at a lower risk threshold. 

12 Jan 2023 , 2 Min Article

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Heart health

Shingles increases CV risk

An American study of 205,030 people reports that herpes zoster (HZ) increases the risk of a major cardiovascular event by almost 30 per cent

15 Dec 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Heart health

Hypertension case-finding in pharmacy

Last year pharmacies in England embarked on hypertension case-finding for their patients.1 Take-up of the NHS Community Pharmacy Blood Pressure Check Service has been rapid.

15 Aug 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Phoenix UK set £20,000 goal in BHF fundraising partnership

PHOENIX UK plan on raising £20,000 in year long charity partnership with British Health Foundation

15 Jul 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Heart health

New hope for the most common form of heart failure

Despite advances in diagnosis and pharmacotherapy, heart failure remains, all too often, a death sentence.

22 Jun 2022 , 5 Min Article

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Heart health

NICE says 400,000 people could benefit from new triglyceride drug

Vazkepa can reduce heart attack and stroke in individuals with residual risk despite statin treatment.

14 Jun 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Heart health

Dears Pharmacy and PocDoc launch lipid testing service

Scheme uses smartphone testing and includes a statin prescribing option.

17 May 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Heart health

Twice-a-year injection for high blood pressure undergoes trial

The treatment could replace the need for daily pills if the study is successful.

27 Apr 2022 , 1 Min Article