CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) If you come across somebody who has lost consciousness or stopped breathing, you will need to act quickly and you should be prepared to carry out CPR. CPR stands for cardiopulmonary resuscitation. CPR is most commonly associated with cardiac medicine and more specifically heart attacks. What does CPR involve? CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) [...]

Coronary heart disease Coronary heart disease kills thousands of people in the UK every year. Figures show that coronary heart disease is the UK’s biggest killer with the disease affecting 1 in 5 men and 1 in 7 women. Coronary heart disease affects more men than women but the number of women affected by the [...]

Statistics show us that in 2006 over 1.2 million Americans alone suffered a heart attack.  Of these 1.2 million there were sadly 425,000 deaths.  Happily the main reasons for this problem can be countered by modern cardiac medicines nevertheless there are many around the world who are seeking help from alternative cardiac medicines.   Others are [...]

To the majority of us when we think of heart disease we tend to put too little emphasis on what might be the major cause – stress.  Statistics show that more women than men die of this dreadful disease each year.  When you think of female deaths the immediate reaction is Breast Cancer yet whereas [...]