28/10/09 - National Heart Forum Bulletin

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Summary

 

News

  • USA: Middle aged women at greater risk of heart attacks finds US study (The Times 27/10/09)
  • USA: One in five teenagers has high blood pressure, study suggests (Nursing Times 27/10/09)
  • Canada: Women have ‘same heart symptoms’ (BBC News 25/10/09)
  • Worldwide: International Diabetes Federation releases important new guidelines to improve the treatment of diabetes worldwide (Medical News Today 25/10/09)
  • AUS/NZ: Australia and New Zealand Food Regulation Ministerial Council Final Communiqué – update on food labeling and trans fats (Department of Health Australia 23/10/09)
  • UK: Low dose radiation ‘harms heart’ (BBC News 22/10/09)
  • UK: Diabetes UK’s new aspirin guidelines (Diabetes UK 22/10/09)
  • Worldwide: Worldwide diabetes prevalence at an all time high (MedWire News 21/10/09)

 

Nutrition

  • USA: Least healthy cereals are the ones most aggressively marketed to children, US study (Medical News Today 27/10/09)
  • UK: Leisure centre ‘junk food’ alert (BBC News 27/10/09)
  • USA: New York study says menu labelling affects behaviour (Reuters 26/10/09)

 

Physical Activity

  • USA: Exercising with a friend ‘helps to lose more weight’ (Daily Telegraph 26/10/09)
  • UK: NHS endorses Nintendo Wii Fit video game (Daily Telegraph 25/10/09)

 

Obesity

  • USA: El Paso County serves as a model for obesity prevention (Medical News Today 22/10/09)
  • USA: Physicians have less respect for obese patients, study suggests (Medical News Today 22/10/09)
  • USA: Research highlights brain’s vulnerability to obesity (Medical News Today 21/10/09)

 

Resources

  • UK: Cardiovascular risk: A University of Warwick accredited course (19th – 22nd April 2010)
  • UK: MSc in Nutrition, physical activity & public health, Bristol University (registration for 2009 entry commenced on 28th September)

 

Events

  • UK: British Heart Foundation National Centre Annual Conference 2009 (East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham 18/11/09)
  • UK: MSc in Nutrition, physical activity & public health, Bristol University (registration for 2009 entry commenced on 28th September)

 

Tobacco

  • Recent headlines from ASH and ASH Scotland daily news

 

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