UK 'major heart disease spender'
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The UK spends more per person on treating heart disease than any other country in Europe, figures show.
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Air pollution increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, a study says.
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How to benefit from increased spending on preventative medicine.
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A new study looking at aggressive attempts to lower cholesterol in patients who had just suffered heart attacks generated a dispute yesterday as top researchers disagreed sharply over the results.
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Clogged heart arteries and pregnancy   are the two most expensive conditions contributing to $790   billion in annual hospital costs in the United States,   according to a government study released on Friday.
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Curbing inflammation of the arteries appears to be just as important for fighting heart disease as lowering cholesterol, according to a pair of new studies.
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STRUGGLING into work with a cold is not an act of dedication but a short-cut to heart disease, a study of British civil servants has found.
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The number of Britons at risk of heart disease may be overstated by 1.5 million, suggesting many could be receiving drug treatment unnecessarily, researchers said on Friday.
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European governments urgently need to  spend more money on combating smoking, a continent-wide study  of anti-smoking policies said on Tuesday.
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A man receiving Â£300,000 from a health trust after his wife dies following an 'all-clear' wants an overhaul of cancer screening.
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A newly identified risk factor for heart disease also seems to indicate which patients will benefit from popular statin therapies.
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Fraud is costing the UK at least Â£20bn a year, or Â£330 for each person in the UK, a police study warns.
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The best tool for predicting the  risk of heart disease may be a tape measure, researchers said  on Tuesday.
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Reform must go hand in hand with a Â£200m rise in spending on NHS buildings, says the Welsh health minister.
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Heart disease, usually seen as a   quintessentially Western problem, is rapidly becoming a major   threat to the developing world, costing millions of lives and   billions of dollars, top cardiologists said on Tuesday.
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West Virginia and Kentucky, states known for high levels of obesity, diabetes and smoking, have the highest proportion of people with heart disease, officials said.
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The soaring cost of private finance schemes will become an "albatross" around the NHS's neck, a study says.