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Heart health

Keep the heart healthy.

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Heart health

Home screening CVD scheme in Cumbria shows promising results

A DHSC-backed home screening scheme achieving high uptake.

17 Feb 2025 , 2 Min Article

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Heart health

Fewer than half of public aware of pharmacy blood pressure checks, NHS warns

New campaign urges over-40s to get their blood pressure checked at their local pharmacy

11 Mar 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Heart health

ICS works with digital start-up on pharmacist-led hypertension programme

Prescribing pharmacists to offer virtual consultations to help improve hypertension control

27 Feb 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Heart health

Reducing cardiovascular risk

This module provides an overview of the current NICE guidelines for lipid modification in reducing cardiovascular risk.

11 Sep 2020 , 4 Min Module

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Heart health

Tackling women's heart health

Women are twice as likely to die of a heart attack than men, but pharmacy teams can raise awareness of this and help to ensure women get support.

10 Aug 2020 , 6 Min Article

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Heart health

COPD: part two

Part two of this CPPE module looks at the different guidelines available on COPD.

12 Jun 2020 , 2 Min Module

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Heart health

Body Talk: the blood

Part three of Body Talk considers the workings of the blood.

25 Oct 2019 , 4 Min Module

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Heart health

Body Talk: the cardiovascular system

Part two of Body Talk considers the workings of the cardiovascular system.

17 Oct 2019 , 9 Min Module

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Heart health

Atrial fibrillation

This CPD module takes a look at atrial fibrillation, how to detect and manage the condition to prevent further health issues.

15 Aug 2019 , 15 Min Module

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Heart health

Pacemakers

This pharmacy scenario is about pacemakers and looks at the do’s and don’ts for managing life with one post surgery.

16 Jul 2019 , 2 Min Article

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Heart health

Begin brainstorming

As the prevalence of young stroke continues to rise, it’s time to revaluate perceptions of the condition.

16 Jul 2019 , 2 Min Article

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Heart health

The enigmatic aura

Could you tell the difference between a migraine aura and a transient ischaemic attack or stroke?

30 May 2019 , 2 Min Article

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Asthma & COPD

Asthma: part two

Part two of this asthma CPPE module considers the importance of personalised action plans and asthma triggers.

13 May 2019 , 2 Min Module

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Heart health

The ABC of CVD

A new coalition led by PHE and NHS England aims to educate the public on the A-B-C conditions.

13 May 2019 , 4 Min Article

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Heart health

Clinical review: Antihypertensive medications

From ACE inhibitors to alpha blockers, here is detailed look at the different classes of antihypertensives.

28 Mar 2019 , 3 Min Article

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Heart health

Clinical review: Antihypertensive medication

We take a detailed look at the drugs in the different classes of antihypertensives.

12 Feb 2019 , 3 Min Article

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