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…Hatter Institute for Cardiovascular Research University of Cape Town, South Africa. Professor Dorairaj Prabhakaran, WHF Science Committee Chair, Vice President (Research and Policy) and Director, Centre for Control of Chronic…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/whf-global-study-on-cvd-and-covid-19/Press release originally published . INTERASPIRE, a groundbreaking international study, has revealed serious gaps in the implementation of guideline standards for secondary prevention and cardiac rehabilitation (CR) among patients with…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/international-interaspire-study-published-in-european-heart-journal-reveals-major-gaps-in-preventive-care-for-coronary-heart-disease-patients/…the International Polycap Study (TIPS)-3, the Heart Outcomes Prevention Evaluation (HOPE)-3 study and the PolyIran trial. “The World Heart Federation (WHF) is committed to promoting cardiovascular health to everyone by…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/study-shows-combo-therapy-cuts-risk-of-heart-attacks-and-strokes-by-half/…less likely to be given aspirin, which helps to prevent blood clots. This is despite guidelines suggesting all three treatments should be given to both genders. The study found that…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/new-study-women-more-likely-to-die-after-a-heart-attack-due-to-unequal-treatment/The latest edition of the Lancet (March 2018) includes a study entitled ‘Inequalities in the use of secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease by socioeconomic status: evidence from the PURE observational…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/lancet-publishes-study-on-inequalities-in-the-use-of-secondary-prevention-of-cvd/…Nyon on 16th February. Building on research findings* that only 18 out of UEFA’s 54 European countries have football stadia that operate completely smoke-free policies, the guidance materials will prove…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/new-tobacco-free-stadia-guidelines-launched-by-healthy-stadia/World Heart Federation Emerging Leaders project team is evaluating local compliance with national smoke-free law. The Ugandan government, which is now being sued by the tobacco industry, will be using…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/emerging-leaders-komply-project-impacts-on-smoke-free-compliance-in-uganda/Following the success of the Global Study on Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) and COVID-19, and to better understand long COVID, especially in low-resource settings, World Heart Federation (WHF) commenced the WHF…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/a-quarter-of-patients-in-whf-study-still-experiencing-persistent-long-covid-symptom-after-one-year/…aimed at damaging the treaty’s implementation, particularly through the Foundation’s contentious research programmes. The WHO FCTC is the world’s only tobacco control evidence based treaty and has been commended by…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/who-framework-convention-on-tobacco-control-secretariats-statement-on-the-launch-of-the-foundation-for-a-smoke-free-world/The highlighted early the critical importance of understanding the virus’s impact on various organ systems, including the heart. Early research showed that individuals with pre-existing cardiovascular conditions were at a…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/mortality-cardiovascular-disease-and-long-covid-insights-from-whf-study-presented-at-esc-congress-2023/…various effects, depending on region. For most regions, United Nations targets for reducing systolic blood pressure and tobacco use have more substantial effects on future scenarios compared with maintaining current…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/heart-of-25by25-a-new-modeling-study-from-aha-and-whf-launches-today/