Sophia Antipolis, 12 December 2016: European experts have called for frail patients to have tailored cardiac rehabilitation programmes in a paper published today in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.1 The call to action comes from the Cardiac Rehabilitation Section of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC), which is a registered branch of the

Authors recommend limiting physical activity in heavily polluted areas Leipzig, Germany – 9 December 2016: Air pollution impairs the function of blood vessels in the lungs, according to a study in more than 16 000 patients presented today at EuroEcho-Imaging 2016.1 “This is the first human study to report an influence of air pollution on

Kochi, India 8 Dec 2016: Yoga reduces blood pressure in patients with prehypertension, according to a study presented at the 68th Annual Conference of the Cardiological Society of India (CSI). The congress is being held in Kochi, India, from 8 to 11 December. Experts from the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) will present a special

The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) welcomes and endorses the ‘Health at a Glance: Europe 2016’ report recently published by the OECD and the European Commission. “The report highlights gains in life expectancy across Europe,” said Prof. Peter Kearney, chair of the ESC Advocacy Committee. “But the report also points to areas that can and