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High doses (4-g daily) of the omega-3 oil eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) have shown a large benefit on cardiovascular events in the randomized, double-blind REDUCE-IT trial.

The recommendations within HEART UK’s ‘State of the Nation’ report are important calls to action for a wide-variety of stakeholders, from those working at the highest levels of Government making decisions on NHS strategy to those managing public health within local authorities.

Saturday 8th December 2018

Time: Welcome from 0855 - 14.30 including coffee and networking

Venue: Manchester Conference Centre - Pendulum Hotel and Manchester Conference Centre, Weston Building, Sackville Street, Manchester M1 3BB

Organised by Dr Handrean Soran and Dr Naveed Younis

Applied for 5 CPD points

Get Christmas all wrapped up and donate to HEART UK at the same time! With easyfundraising you can collect free donations every time you shop online!

Calling all runners and lace up your running shoes!  We still have a few places left for the Big Half Marathon on Sunday March 10.

National Cholesterol Month was a terrific month! Our 100 mile Great Cholesterol Challenge was really popular and got people out and about, moving more and fundraising!  The challenge remains open until the end of November so there’s still time to finish your miles and get your fundraising in!

This study explores integrate child–parent screening and cascade testing into a single pathway-child-parent cascade screening (CPCS), for the identification of familial hypercholesterolaemia in the population and to estimate the number of new familial hypercholesterolaemia cases identified per child screened and the associated costs.
Source: Journal of Medical Screening