The power of thinking big
23 May 2012Population studies on a vast scale are providing the power to enable accurate risk assessment – and intervention – into cardiovascular disease.
Population studies on a vast scale are providing the power to enable accurate risk assessment – and intervention – into cardiovascular disease.
Why is heart disease increasing at a greater rate in South Asia than in any other region globally? Large-scale population studies in Pakistan and Bangladesh aim to discover the basis of a little-studied public health problem of epidemic proportions.
Having diabetes in mid-life may reduce a person’s life expectancy by an average of six years, according to a large, multinational study coordinated by the University of Cambridge.
Having diabetes doubles the risk of developing a wide range of blood vessel diseases, including heart attacks and different types of stroke, researchers in Cambridge have found.