Course: Heart Health: A Beginner's Guide to Cardiovascular Disease

As with our diet, it’s widely known that physical activity levels affect our health. Not only do activity levels impact on our energy balance – and thus weight – other …

In this behind the scenes feature Professor David Leake discusses his role in the University of Reading teaching on a couple of the degree courses and researching atherosclerosis and cholesterol. …

In this video, Dr David Leake talks about stressful situations that correlate with the likelihood of chronic heart disease. You can download the Week 4 supplement, which contains additional images …

In this video, Dr Oonagh Markey discusses the issue of body shape and size. She explains what obesity is, how we can measure it, and why it increases the risk …

Cholesterol is a fatty substance known as a lipid and is needed for the normal functioning of the body. Dr David Leake explains the difference between bad cholesterol (LDL, or …

Mortality rates for cardiovascular disease have dropped by around 45% in the last 10 years. The reduction in smoking over the last few decades is thought to account for 60% …

Over the last four weeks you have been invited to complete a diary of your food intake and activity levels. In the next few steps we’ll look at how to …

In this video, Dr Ditte Hobbs continues looking at the relationship between diet and cardiovascular disease by highlighting how salt, fat and sugars affect the body. You can download the …

It is widely known that diet affects our health. Not only does diet impact on our balance of energy – an imbalance leading to weight gain or loss – there …

Dr Chris Jones continues to explore genetics as a non-modifiable risk factor by looking at some of the studies made in genome research that have helped us identify specific components …

In this first video about genetics as a non-modifiable risk factor, Dr Chris Jones looks at how you are very likely to suffer the same cardiovascular problems that your family …

In this video, Dr Chris Jones, Expert in the Genetics of Haemostasis and Thrombosis from the Biomedical Sciences department at University of Reading discusses how the non-modifiable risk factor of …

In this video Dr Chris Jones discusses how other medical conditions in the body (co-morbidities) affect the risk of cardiovascular disease. Although we may not be able to eliminate these …

In this video Dr Chris Jones from the School of Biological Sciences discusses gender as a non-modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease, and explains the difference between cause and correlation. …

Do you have an ECG coming up? Watch this video to find out what to expect. You can find out more about ECG in Dr Sam Boateng’s video on Heart …