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…share ground-breaking research and technologies advances, offering a truly global perspective on the challenges of bringing heart health to national agendas and reducing the global burden of cardiovascular disease. 2018…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/world-congress-of-cardiology-cardiovascular-health-2018-opens-in-dubai/…for informing policy, advocacy and the research community? The 2000-2016 Cardiovascular Disease Atlas primarily serves to benchmark our progress in controlling cardiovascular disease, and we have made progress. However, the…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/global-heart-special-issue-global-atlas-of-cardiovascular-diseases-2000-2016/…November 14, the is urging families to learn more about the warning signs of diabetes. New research from IDF has discovered that parents would struggle to spot this serious life-long…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/today-is-world-diabetes-day/…access to multi-therapy treatments. Mobilise sufficient resources to combat non-communicable diseases including stroke. The taxation of unhealthy products such as alcohol, tobacco, unhealthy foods and non-alcoholic beverages (such as sugar-sweetened…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/today-is-world-stroke-day-3/…Germany; Lillehammer, Norway; Liverpool, UK; Ljubljana, Slovenia; and Richmond, British Columbia, Canada were officially certified at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) celebration. The ceremony took place during the , which…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/worlds-first-global-active-cities-certified-at-olympic-celebration/…with acute ischaemic stroke now benefit from treatments such as intravenous alteplase and endovascular thrombectomy. This Series of papers discusses recent advances in the diagnosis and management of the two…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/new-lancet-series-on-stroke-features-emerging-leader-scholar-and-faculty-member/…tobacco in pension funds. Representatives from the Tobacco Free Portfolios campaign, who participated in the event, previously launched the Tobacco-Free Finance Pledge, of which WHF are founding signatories, at a…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/reflections-on-the-un-high-level-meeting-on-ncds/…CVD. Commenting on the findings, IDF President Professor Nam H. Cho said: “These survey findings confirm our concerns about the increasing global prevalence of diabetes and its associated complications. Awareness…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/new-global-survey-reveals-2-in-3-people-with-type-2-diabetes-have-cvd-risk-factors-and-or-have-experienced-a-cardiovascular-event/…detailed research into Kawasaki Disease in the UK and Ireland. The study found that children’s risk of heart damage from Kawasaki Disease is currently among the highest recorded globally –…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/press-release-on-kawasaki-disease-for-world-heart-day-awareness-of-kawasaki-disease-is-urgent/Left to right: EU Health Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis, WHF President David Wood, Jamaica Minister of Health Christopher Tufton, President of the World Stroke Organization Werner Hacke On 25 September, just…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/global-coalition-launches-new-white-paper-for-circulatory-health/…to latest Global Burden of Disease study5. Professor David Wood, WHF President, comments: “Reducing exposure to air pollution has become a crucial challenge that the world needs to face if…
https://world-heart-federation.org/news/on-world-heart-day-were-raising-awareness-of-the-link-between-cvd-and-air-pollution/