by John McMillan | Apr 18, 2025 | Diabetes, Heart Disease
May Faraj, Université de Montréal In 2021, roughly six per cent of the world’s population, or 529 million people, were living with diabetes, mostly Type 2 diabetes (T2D). In the same year, 1.6 million deaths were attributed to this disease. T2D is a complex disease...
by admin | Mar 28, 2025 | Health, Heart Disease, Heart Failure
Siobhan Mclernon, London South Bank University As a nurse working in a neurocritical care, I witnessed the sudden and devastating effects of stroke on survivors and their carers. Following my nursing career, I became a researcher specialising in stroke. Knowledge of...
by admin | Mar 21, 2025 | COVID-19, Heart Disease, Heart Failure
The wail of an ambulance pierced the quiet streets of a major Japanese city as paramedics rushed a 75-year-old woman with a history of bronchiectasis from her apartment to the nearest emergency ward. She had collapsed when her heart inexplicably stopped beating. After...
by admin | Dec 20, 2024 | Health, Heart Disease
Caleb Ferguson, University of Wollongong and Sabine Allida, University of Wollongong It’s the time of year for workplace Christmas parties, and gatherings with family and friends. Maybe you’ll drink a lot in one go. Then you feel your heart beating fast or...
by admin | Dec 6, 2024 | COVID-19, Heart Disease, Heart Failure
Dr. Philip McMillan, John McMillan It’s not every day that you hear about a young doctor becoming critically ill. At just 29 years old, she went from being a medical student to a patient awaiting a heart transplant. Breathlessness and palpitations had suddenly...
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