British scientists are testing an experimental drug to target blood clots linked to Covid-19. The trial has been funded by the British Heart Foundation and is designed to provide more information about the relationship between potentially life-threatening blood clots and hormone imbalances. A third of patients who receive hospital treatment for Covid-19 develop blood clots, […]
A major study has suggested that more adults in the world are classified as obese than underweight. Published in The Lancet and led by researchers from Imperial College London, the study compared the body mass index of almost 20 million adult males and females between 1975 and 2014. It discovered that obesity has tripled in […]
According to the British Heart Foundation, there is a new blood test that could help to diagnose people with inherited heart conditions. Researchers who were funded by the charity discovered that by observing a particular group of genes, they could reliably identify underlying heart problems. The new test follows the death of Sir David Frost’s […]