Researchers at the University of Calgary in Canada say the flu vaccine lowers the risk of stroke among adults even if they are not at high risk for stroke.

An award-winning diabetes nursing group has launched an educational resource this month to mark World Diabetes Day.

Innovative technology that is improving the lives of people with diabetes will take centre stage at this year’s Diabetes Professional Care conference.

Thousands of UK healthcare professionals will soon be shown how to embrace a landmark shift in the country’s guidelines on supporting people living with diabetes.

More than 5,000 healthcare professionals are expected at a national conference known as the “must-attend event” for everyone involved in the treatment and management of diabetes.

Severe ambulance delays, inaccessible care and ever-growing waiting lists are contributing to heart patients dying needlessly, warns new analysis from the British Heart Foundation.

A big group of bacteria found in our soil and our water are harmless for most of us, but a new study indicates they are associated with an increased risk of dying in individuals whose kidneys have failed.

The lives of hundreds of people with type 2 diabetes have been transformed by an international project.

University of Queensland researchers have discovered how COVID-19 damages the heart, opening the door to future treatments.

Studies have suggested psoriasis is an independent risk factor for heart attack in the general population, but investigators have made the surprising finding that in people who also have end-stage renal disease, which shares many risk factors with heart disease, it is not.

Several renowned general practitioners are set to explore the latest innovations in diabetes care at this year’s highly regarded Diabetes Professional Care conference.

Latest innovations and key updates surrounding diabetes nursing will be explored at a free healthcare event next month.

All health and care staff should receive training in artificial intelligence (AI) with additional specialist training for those who use AI tools in clinical practice, according to new research published this week.

A clinical study into treating food addiction with a low carbohydrate and psychoeducational program has been carried out for the first time in the world.

Almost 500 million people are on course to develop heart disease, obesity, diabetes or other noncommunicable diseases attributable to physical inactivity.

Giving thrombolysis to stroke patients before a thrombectomy, improved mortality rates at 90 days.

The latest results from an international programme supporting people with type 2 diabetes will be revealed next month.

A team of researchers in Korea have discovered a biomarker which can predict the severity of dysphagia for patients following a stroke.

An investigational radiotracer has met its co-primary endpoints of exceeding a 60 per cent threshold for sensitivity and specificity for detecting Coronary Artery Disease (CAD).

Researchers from leading organisations have joined forces to map the specific variations in more than 25 key cardiac disease genes which have a negative impact on heart function.