Singapore researchers have developed a rapid system to test for cardiac biomarkers in the blood during a heart attack. This greatly cuts the time down from the conventional method to allow treatment to begin much faster. Read the full article here:...

Swedish research suggests that men who do not openly express their anger double their risk of a heart attack. The researchers studied 2,755 male employees in Stockholm and their results showed a strong relationship between built up anger and heart disease. Read the full article here:...

Canadian researchers suggest that it is a myth that women have different heart attack symptoms to men. After studying 305 patients undergoing angioplasty, no gender differences were seen. Read the full article here: https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8322754.stm

The law enforced to ban smoking in public places had a huge impact on cutting the number of heart attacks, a bigger impact than what was previously expected. Results showed that the ban cut the number of myocardial infarctions by up to a third in Europe and North America. Read the full article...