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

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 …

Do you have an angioplasty coming up? Are you going to be fitted with a stent? Watch this video to find out what to expect. To find out more about …

Do you have a Coronary Angiogram coming up? Watch this video to find out what to expect. You can find also out more about coronary angiography and how this common …

Do you have a cardiac MRI coming up? Watch this video to find out what to expect. You can also find out more about cardiac MRI scans and why they …