Up to 2.1 million people with cardiovascular disease (CVD) could benefit from a new cholesterol target outlined in NICE guidance for the first time.

Thousands of lives have been saved and almost 17,000 strokes prevented, thanks to the rapid roll out of blood-thinning drugs on the NHS, the head of the health service announced last month.

An independent NICE committee has recommended people whose diabetes is not controlled with their current device despite best possible management with an insulin pump, or real-time or intermittently scanned continuous glucose monitoring, are offered a hybrid closed loop system.

Almost 3,500 HypoCards have been handed out to people with diabetes providing vital advice on what to do should the card-carrier experience hypoglycaemia – a condition that can be life-threatening.

Stroke patients are getting the care they need faster thanks to new cutting-edge computer technology.

Measuring blood pressure while patients are standing rather than sitting may improve the accuracy of readings, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers in the US report.

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn NHS Foundation Trust has been awarded more than £215,000 to purchase a new cutting-edge 4D cardiac ultrasound machine, which will expand scope and innovation of clinical research at the hospital.

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn NHS Foundation Trust has been awarded more than £215,000 to purchase a new cutting-edge 4D cardiac ultrasound machine, which will expand scope and innovation of clinical research at the hospital.

A campaign has been launched urging everyone with diabetes to carry a card featuring potentially life-saving advice.

Around 180,000 people with difficult to manage type 2 diabetes could benefit from a new treatment option.

A 58-year-old patient with terminal heart disease became the second patient in the world to receive a historic transplant of a genetically-modified pig heart on September 20.

There are only a few places left for a webinar on accessing reports via a web-based solution that allows healthcare professionals to connect with their patients’ blood glucose readings.

People who experience a type of stroke linked with nearly half of all dementias could be treated for the first time by repurposing two cheap and common drugs, a trial shows.

Scientists have discovered in mice how high cholesterol causes blood vessels to become inflamed, a necessary prerequisite for atherosclerosis – the “hardening of the arteries” responsible for most heart attacks and strokes.

Time is running out to register for a nationwide safety campaign which helps UK healthcare professionals to learn more about hypoglycaemia.

Hundreds of thousands of patients could benefit from a quicker diagnosis for a range of heart and respiratory conditions, through ambitious new NHS plans for fast-tracked tests and checks. 

A practical course targeted at healthcare professionals looking to improve their knowledge and confidence using diabetes technology is now open for registration.

Researchers from Barts Heart Centre, part of Barts Health NHS Trust, and University College London, have shown that combining two scan technologies can detect a serious heart condition before symptoms and signs appear on current tests.

Healthcare professionals looking to specialise in diabetes care have been invited to join a webinar next month to learn about a part-time post graduate training programme dedicated to managing the condition.

Three men who had heart failure caused by the build-up of sticky, toxic proteins are now free of symptoms after their condition spontaneously reversed in an unprecedented case described by a team at UCL and the Royal Free Hospital.