The largest study yet of people with mild hypertension shows that medical treatment may not be worthwhile in those at low risk of heart attack and stroke. Download this Research Alert as a pdf, for printing. Key messages This study provided no evidence to suggest that new US hypertension guidelines will reduce CVD events in […]
Could screening for a common heart condition called atrial fibrillation help prevent strokes?
Could screening for atrial fibrillation – an underdiagnosed heart condition – help prevent strokes? Researchers from the University of Cambridge, leading a consortium of academic partners, are beginning work this month in East Anglia on the largest trial to date of screening for atrial fibrillation. Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a heart condition that causes an […]
Treatment for moderately high blood pressure may be best saved for those at high risk
The largest study of people with mild hypertension shows that medical treatment may not be worthwhile in those who are at low risk of heart attack and stroke. An observational study of patients with mild hypertension has found no evidence to support recent US guideline recommendations that encourage doctors to offer treatment to patients with […]
New tool reduces the need for 24-hour blood pressure monitors in general practice
A new prediction tool for managing patients with suspected high blood pressure in primary care could reduce by half the number of people needing to wear 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitors to confirm a diagnosis of hypertension. Published today in the BMJ, a study led by Oxford and Birmingham University researchers, with Professor Jonathan Mant, […]
NIHR awards £3m for new research to investigate screening to prevent one in ten strokes
A collaboration of several universities led by Cambridge has won a £3m funding award from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) to lead a new programme of research investigating screening to detect undiagnosed atrial fibrillation, a heart condition responsible for one in ten strokes. The research will include the largest ever randomised controlled trial […]
Professors Jonathan Mant and Simon Griffin recognised with Academy of Medical Sciences Fellowship
Jonathan Mant, Head of the Primary Care Unit and Professor of Primary Care Research, and Simon Griffin, Professor of General Practice at the Primary Care Unit and Group Leader MRC Epidemiology Unit, have been elected to join the prestigious Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences alongside 46 of the UK’s world leading biomedical and […]