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Wellington doctor gets $148,000 grant to fight heart disease in mental health sector
Wellington doctor gets $148,000 grant to fight heart disease in mental health sector
Wellington doctor gets $148,000 grant to fight heart disease in mental health sectorSUPPLIED Ruth Cunningham, of the University of Otago in Wellington, is embarking on a two-year project to investigate heart disease among adults in the mental health system.Heart disease is a major killer for mental health patients, says a Wellington doctor who is determined to improve their care and survival rates."We know from my work that having a history of mental health service use increased your risk of dying of cardiovascular disease [CVD] before 65," Ruth Cunningham, from the public health department at the University of Otago, Wellington, said.Cunningham looked at more than 7300 people in this group and found 16 per cent of deaths were due to heart disease – making it the mental health sector's third biggest killer after suicide and cancer, according to her published research in the New Zealand Medical Journal.
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More heart disease research to improve treatment, says BHF
More heart disease research to improve treatment, says BHF
More research on heart disease is needed to improve treatment for patients, the head of the British Heart Foundation in Wales has said.Ruth Coombs' comments come as the latest figures show fewer people are dying or suffering from heart disease in Wales, with falls in smoking and binge drinking helping.Deaths have fallen by a quarter, from just over 12,000 in 2005 to just over 8,800 in 2014, according to the Heart Disease Annual Report.Health Secretary Vaughan Gething said authorities would "build on the positive progress we've seen so far", on risk factors and diagnosis times.
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Risk factors for heart disease increase before menopause
Risk factors for heart disease increase before menopause
Risk factors for heart disease increase before menopausehelloRisk factors for heart disease, diabetes and stroke increase more quickly than expected in the years preceding menopause, according to new research, and the risk factors seem to be more prominent in black women.Metabolic syndrome describes a constellation of risk of factors that contribute to cardiovascular disease, including a large waist, high triglyceride levels, high blood pressure and high blood sugar when fasting.It has been known that metabolic syndrome is more common in women postmenopause, but it wasn't clear when the symptoms start to kick in.Researchers assessed data from 1,470 women taking part in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities cohort, a long-term national study that looks at the root and effects of artery hardening.
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