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Heart rate variability – what to know about this biometric most fitness trackers measure

Your heart beats around 100,000 times every day. Heart rate is a key marker of cardiovascular activity and an important vital sign. But your pulse is not as steady as a precision clock – nor would you want it to be.

The Conversation

Heart rate variability could be the key to improving your body's response to stress. Here's how to get started

A higher your HRV means the nervous system is capable of easily ramping up your energy when needed—and just as good at winding down after a stressor.

Fortune

Ask the Pediatrician: What causes high blood pressure in children?

We generally think of high blood pressure (hypertension) as a problem that only affects adults. But the reality is that it can occur at any age.

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Supplements shown to lower dangerously high cholesterol, according to research

High cholesterol is a well known risk factor for life-threatening ailments such as heart attacks

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'I had a heart attack at a kids' play-date - I took my last breath before a miracle happened'

“I am the woman I am because of my traumatic history. I have to celebrate that and so should we all"

Manchester Evening News

Sunshine Coast heart transplant recipient urges Australians to register as donors this Christmas

With Australian organ donors numbering 25 per cent lower than before the pandemic, heart transplant recipient Nathan Pain is encouraging people to register and give the gift of life this Christmas.

ABC News

Scots patient dies of heart attack after waiting six hours for ambulance

A Scottish health board has been reprimanded despite initially denying any failings had occurred, after the patient’s child took their complaint to a government watchdog.

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NHS Lothian 'sorry' after patient waited six hours for ambulance then suffered fatal heart attack

The region’s health board was reprimanded despite initially denying any failings had occurred

Edinburgh Live

Lanarkshire sisters looking forward 'normal' Christmas after successful heart transplants

Allison Kerr and Karen Owens both had to undergo heart transplants after being diagnosed with a genetic heart condition that led to the death of their father in 2005.

Glasgow Live

Sisters ready for a ‘normal’ Christmas after both receive heart transplants

TWO sisters who both had heart transplants are looking forward to celebrating their first normal festive

The National (Scotland)

Sisters look forward to ‘normal’ festive season after heart transplant ops

Allison Kerr, 55, and Karen Owens, 58, were diagnosed with a genetic heart condition which had previously led to the death of their father.

The Independent UK

Family 'thankful' for Broken Hill's support as one-year-old recovers from serious Strep A infection

One-year-old Ryan Line is making "small improvements" as he recovers from a Strep A infection that developed into septicaemia.

ABC News

Man's life saved after quick-thinking colleague spotted warning sign

Ian rushed his colleague to hospital himself after being told the wait time was over an hour

Liverpool Echo

Pregnant women who eat Mediterranean diet ‘less likely to develop potentially fatal condition’

Expectant mothers who eat diets rich in fruit, vegetables, nuts, olive oil, whole grains and fish, reduce the risk of pre-eclampsia by 28 per cent, scientists find

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Mayo Clinic Q and A: Self-care steps can keep your heart healthy during the holidays

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I have read that heart attacks are more common around the holidays. Why does that happen? Is there anything I can do to lower my risk? I currently take blood pressure medication, and heart disease runs in my family.

Daily Mirror

'Last Christmas little Caleb was fighting for his life with a mechanical heart'

Little Caleb will be spending Christmas at home on Sunday, surrounded by his family, almost a year after a heart transplant as mum Jenna Parrish looks back on the boy's first few uncertain months

The Independent UK

Doctors patch up baby’s heart defect with ‘stem cell plasters’ in a first

Scientists claim plasters can boost repair of heart tissue without being rejected by child’s body

Wales Online

Just two coffees a day can double risk of heart death

People with high blood pressure need to watch out, says study

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Public urged to use 'common sense' as ambulance workers strike

Ambulance workers and paramedics are striking today, which has sparked warnings that people should not get "blind drunk". However, people should still call 999 if they are in a life-threatening condition.

Manchester Evening News

What to do if you need an ambulance as paramedics in Greater Manchester go on strike

The NHS has issued urgent advice for patients - call 999 in an emergency

Evening Standard

Drive suspected stroke victims to A&E, says top doctor, as paramedics strike

Ambulance workers striking for 12 hours on Wednesday

Belfast Live

Health officials feared DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson's Protocol heart surgery claims would be used for 'electioneering'

Internal emails show Sir Jeffrey received a health trust letter rejecting the claims weeks before he publicly withdrew his remarks

Manchester Evening News

Gran who went to A&E with chest pains 'forced to wait 13 hours' for hospital bed

The 59-year-old, from Sale, had felt poorly with chest pains and was driven to Wythenshawe Hospital by her daughter just after noon on Friday

The Guardian - US

Tennessee workers find human heart in salt depot

Initial reports indicated the heart might belong to an adult male, but state investigators are asking the public for more information

Daily Mirror

Salt factory workers find a dehydrated human heart in 'most bizarre' discovery

Employees at the Tennessee Department of Transportation facility in McEwen, near Nashville, US, were getting ready for the cold weather on Thursday when they found a human heart

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