Eleven UK professional societies (Joint British Societies) involved with cardiovascular prevention have created an online risk calculator called JBS3.
From the JBS3 website:
The JBS3 risk calculator is a tool to help communicate the risk of CVD and the benefits of interventions, whether they are lifestyle or pharmacological… it has been designed for use by doctors and practitioners with their patients.
Read an interesting NHS Choices article about JBS3.
Go to the JBS3 website.
Watch top experts describe the workings of the heart and advances in medical care.
Part 1: the story of a single heartbeat
Part 2: the triumph of drugs
Part 3: emergency repairs
Made by The Guardian in association with the British Heart Foundation. Each part lasts about 10 mins.
Listen to heart experts Prof Michael Shattock from King’s College London, cardiologist Prof Raymond MacAllister of University College Hospital and cardiac stem cell researcher Prof Paul Riley from the University of Oxford as they present an present an overview of how the human heart works and current research into regenerating the organ after a heart attack.
Listen to the podcast.
This Science Weekly podcast from The Guardian was made in association with The British Heart Foundation.
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