Statins for more at-risk adults under plans to tackle heart attacks and strokes
Statins will be given to more adults at risk of heart attacks and strokes under new plans to prevent thousands of cases.
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Taxi drivers could be lifesavers as defibrillators installed in 15 cabs
Scotland’s biggest taxi firm has installed defibrillators in 15 of their Glasgow cabs and trained drivers how to help people having heart attacks.
Higher statins dose could prevent thousands of heart attacks, study suggests
Thousands of heart attacks and deaths from cardiovascular disease could be prevented by patients taking higher doses of statins and taking the drugs as advised by doctors, a study has suggested.
Dundee family ask for help to bring seriously ill mum back from Turkey for treatment
A Dundee family are desperately trying to raise £40,000 after their mum suffered a heart attack and was put into an induced coma while on holiday.
Scottish Crannog Centre planning payback after charity air ambulance crew save volunteer’s life
Airlifted by helicopter from Highland Perthshire to hospital in Dundee in a matter of minutes, one man has more reason than most to be thankful for Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance.
Apple-shaped women more likely to suffer heart attack, Oxford study suggests
Women with an apple-shaped figure are more likely to suffer a heart attack than pear-shaped women, a study has suggested.
Calls for minute’s applause after Dundee FC fan’s death
Football fans have called for a minute's applause at Dundee FC's next match in memory of a supporter who died after taking unwell during Saturday's Scottish Cup clash.
Angus man who died of heart attack described as “the greatest husband, dad, brother and uncle”
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Scottish Government brand Dundee man’s year-long wait to see consultant “unacceptable”
The Scottish Government have branded a Dundee man's year-long wait for a consultant "unacceptable".
Dundee man waits for over 12 months to see consultant after heart attack
An ex-Dundee policeman who visited his GP with chest pains had to wait a year before he could see a consultant at Ninewells Hospital - who then told him he had suffered a heart attack.