Heart Disease

A research team, at the University of Oxford, set out to examine the benefits of statin use in older people with and without a history of heart problems.

A gene which puts people at risk of a rare and potentially fatal heart condition could be carried by one in 1,000 people, a study says.

Blanca Palacin's husband Neil Hussey died in 2015, aged 40, after his heart stopped while out on a bike ride. She is now calling for greater testing.