A United Kingdom patient suffering from arterial disease has become the first person in the country to receive a life saving artery transplant using live human artery tissue flown in specially from the United States. John Young suffered years of ill health and three major cardiac operations due to suffering from arterial disease which left him ...
Alcohol – a balanced point of view Alcohol statisics for the United States make for sobering reading – each year more than 100,000 people die from alcohol related conditions and the effects of alcohol consumption. But is it all bad news where alcohol and heart disease is concerned ? Every one in the adult population has different alcohol ...
AlcoholDVT Definition (Deep Vein Thrombosis) DVT is a disease of the circulation, often associated with air travel. The medical term for a DVT is a venous thromboembolism. Our blood needs to be able to clot in order to provide the necessary protection for the body against severe loss of blood from an injury to a vein ...
DVTDefinition of Hypertension Hypertension disease is defined as when a persons blood pressure is constantly higher than the recommended level. The United Kingdom hypertension statistics make for alarming reading, with approximately one quarter of the adult population suffering from this condition, which has been labelled as ‘the silent killer’. If you have undetected high blood pressure, you ...
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