Researchers in the US have mapped gene control elements in specialised cardiac cells responsible for co-ordinating heartbeats.

Healthcare professionals looking to refresh their diabetes knowledge are invited to sign up for the first session of a new monthly webinar series dedicated to the subject.

Editing a gene that prompts a cascade of damage after a heart attack appeared to reverse this inevitable course in mice, leaving their hearts remarkably unharmed, a new study by US scientists showed.

Using the latest technologies researchers have uncovered novel candidate drug targets for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

A virtual event dedicated to continuous glucose monitoring will take place next month as part of a webinar series covering all aspects of diabetes care.

Clinicians have helped develop a new prototype application which aims to help healthcare professionals effectively triage patients who suffer a cardiac arrest outside of a hospital.

A stroke team has won a national prize for the way it has involved patients in shaping future care.

Using the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing system, researchers have corrected mutations responsible for a common inherited heart condition called dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) in human cells.

Immunologists have uncovered a key pathogenic event prompted by obesity that can trigger severe forms of non alcoholic fatty liver disease and potential liver failure.

A new 20-bed ward is opening at Hull Royal Infirmary this month for patients with acute heart problems.

Patients recovering from heart surgery can be at risk from a life-threatening condition where fluid builds up around the heart, strangling its ability to beat properly.

A landmark study has for the first time described the characteristics and symptoms of childhood-onset hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Around 200 stroke patients in Scotland’s Forth Valley have benefitted from a range of services from a new team which recently celebrated its first anniversary.

A study has found high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, often called the “good cholesterol,” may not be as effective as scientists once believed in uniformly predicting cardiovascular disease risk among adults of different racial and ethnic backgrounds.

A new study demonstrated that shingles is associated with an almost 30 per cent higher long-term risk of a major cardiovascular event such as stroke or heart attack.

The NHS in the North East and North Cumbria has introduced a service to help hundreds of people combat type 2 diabetes by losing weight.

Young adults who experience kidney function decline tend to have accelerated progression to more severe chronic kidney disease and higher risk of cardiovascular disease and death in middle age.

A Barts Health NHS Trust project which has cut the time spent in hospital for some heart attack patients by more than half has won a Health Service Journal award.

In a new study, researchers found first-degree relatives of patients with NAFLD characterised by advanced fibrosis are at a 15 per cent risk of developing the condition.

To improve stroke outcomes, scientists in the Texas A&M University School of Medicine in the United States are pioneering research into the connection between stroke-induced gut permeability, or leakiness, and cognitive impairment.