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26/01/2012
Heart Attacks Deaths Down By 50%
An Oxford University study has found the death rate from heart attacks in England has halved in the last decade.
According to the research by the British Medical Journal, fewer heart attacks occurred in later years than before, and of those that did occur, fewer were fatal.
Improvements in NHS care and better prevention measures have been identified as being responsible for the vast improvement in mortality rates.
According to the figures, between 2002 and 2010, death rates fell by 50% in men (78.7 per 100,000 population to 39.2) and by 53% in women (37.3 per 100,000 to 17.7).
The news comes as the family of James Bond creator, Ian Fleming donated over £120,000 to support research heart recovery being conducted by the British Heart Foundation.
Dr Nicola Smart, who works with BHF Professor Paul Riley, can now continue her work looking at ways to repair the heart after heart attack until May 2013, while in recognition of the Fleming family’s support, Dr Smart will now be the ‘BHF Ian Fleming Intermediate Research Fellow”.
Lucy Fleming, Ian Fleming’s niece who formally gave Dr Smart her award on behalf of the family, said: "We are very proud to support Dr Nicola Smart and her ground-breaking research. My uncle, Ian Fleming, would have been fascinated by the discoveries she has made and if such extraordinary breakthroughs had been available during his lifetime, he might have given us many more James Bond adventures."
Upon receiving the award Dr Nicola Smart said: “Until recently, the idea that we could mend broken hearts was considered science fiction and more likely to have been imagined by an author like Ian Fleming. But this work is now becoming science fact and thanks to the help of Ian’s family and the BHF we hope it will become a clinical reality over the next decade.”
(DW)
According to the research by the British Medical Journal, fewer heart attacks occurred in later years than before, and of those that did occur, fewer were fatal.
Improvements in NHS care and better prevention measures have been identified as being responsible for the vast improvement in mortality rates.
According to the figures, between 2002 and 2010, death rates fell by 50% in men (78.7 per 100,000 population to 39.2) and by 53% in women (37.3 per 100,000 to 17.7).
The news comes as the family of James Bond creator, Ian Fleming donated over £120,000 to support research heart recovery being conducted by the British Heart Foundation.
Dr Nicola Smart, who works with BHF Professor Paul Riley, can now continue her work looking at ways to repair the heart after heart attack until May 2013, while in recognition of the Fleming family’s support, Dr Smart will now be the ‘BHF Ian Fleming Intermediate Research Fellow”.
Lucy Fleming, Ian Fleming’s niece who formally gave Dr Smart her award on behalf of the family, said: "We are very proud to support Dr Nicola Smart and her ground-breaking research. My uncle, Ian Fleming, would have been fascinated by the discoveries she has made and if such extraordinary breakthroughs had been available during his lifetime, he might have given us many more James Bond adventures."
Upon receiving the award Dr Nicola Smart said: “Until recently, the idea that we could mend broken hearts was considered science fiction and more likely to have been imagined by an author like Ian Fleming. But this work is now becoming science fact and thanks to the help of Ian’s family and the BHF we hope it will become a clinical reality over the next decade.”
(DW)
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