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Record number of heart transplants carried out in Scotland last year

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Record number of heart transplants carried in Scotland out last year

Specialist doctors in Scotland have carried out a record number of heart transplants in the past year, the Scottish Government has said. Medics at the Scottish National Advanced Heart Failure Service (SNAHFS) at the Golden Jubilee Hospital in ...

24 Apr 2023 at 13:33

AI could ‘revolutionise’ care for heart failure patients, say researchers

Artificial intelligence (AI) capable of identifying medical treatments from scans of patient records could “revolutionise” care for people with heart failure, scientists have said. In a pilot project led by the University of Dundee, ...

02 Sept 2024 at 00:01

Scotland

New drugs approved to treat migraines and heart failure in Scotland

A new treatment for migraines has been approved for use on the NHS In Scotland in what has been hailed as a “positive step forward” for sufferers. The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) approved rimegepant, also known under the ...

09 May 2023 at 17:27

Scotland

Government urged to tackle heart health inequalities

The Scottish Government has been urged to tackle inequalities in cardiovascular health as research finds GPs in the poorest areas deal with 90% more cases of heart failure in women than those in rich areas. Analysis by the IPPR ...

03 Sept 2025 at 00:01

AI-powered stethoscope could pick up three heart conditions ‘within seconds’

Stethoscopes powered by artificial intelligence (AI) could help medics detect three different heart conditions in seconds, according to researchers. The technology is able to analyse subtle difference in heartbeats and blood ...

30 Aug 2025 at 10:15

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Large firms liable for fraud happening under their watch under new UK laws

Businesses could be prosecuted if they profit from fraud committed by one of their employees even if managers do not know about it, under new UK laws. The new “failure to prevent fraud” offence, which came into effect on ...

01 Sept 2025 at 09:52

Obesity can drive hearts to fail and weaken their structure, study shows

Obesity can drive hearts to fail and weaken their structure, new research into heart failure suggests. The largest study of its kind on 490,000 people found that those with a higher body mass index (BMI) and ...

08 Jun 2022 at 08:13

First UK patient fitted with pen lid-size sensor to give heart failure alert

A heart failure patient has become the first in the UK to be fitted with an early warning sensor the size of a pen lid which gives off an alert if their condition deteriorates. Consultant cardiologists Dr ...

12 Feb 2023 at 02:45

Blood test ‘could identify people at highest risk of dying from heart failure’

A new cheap and simple blood test could help identify people who are at the highest risk of dying from heart failure, research suggests. The study found that patients with highest levels of a specific ...

18 Mar 2024 at 00:01

Vaping may increase the risk of heart failure, study suggests

Vaping may cause a “substantial” increase in the risk of heart failure, new research has suggested. People who have vaped at any point were 19% more likely to develop heart failure compared with ...

03 Apr 2024 at 11:08

AI ‘could help GPs to predict patient’s heart failure risk’

Artificial intelligence (AI) could be used to identify patients at risk of heart failure, allowing them to be treated earlier, researchers have suggested. The algorithm has been trained to ...

04 Jun 2024 at 00:01

Abuse victim ‘appalled’ by Justin Welby’s ‘tone deaf’ final Lords speech

A victim of abuser John Smyth said he is appalled after the Archbishop of Canterbury’s “tone deaf” final speech in the House of Lords. Justin Welby has been accused of making light of ...

05 Dec 2024 at 18:58

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