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The power of thinking big

Population studies on a vast scale are providing the power to enable accurate risk assessment - and intervention - into cardiovascular disease.

Scientists develop new technique that could improve heart attack prediction

First use of PET and CT to look at disease processes leading to heart attack.

Eating chocolate cuts risk of heart disease

Eating high levels of chocolate could be associated with a significant reduction in the risk of certain cardiovascular disorders, reveals Cambridge research published in the British Medical Journal this week.

High-risk hearts: a South Asian epidemic

Why is heart disease increasing at a greater rate in South Asia than in any other region globally? Large-scale population studies in Pakistan and Bangladesh aim to discover the basis of a little-studied public health problem of epidemic proportions.