EURACTIV reports from the European Atherosclerosis Congress 2015 in Glasgow, focusing on cardiovascular diseases, and the overlooked consequences of high levels of bad cholesterol.
This Special Report is also available in French (lire la couverture ici), in German (hier finden Sie unsere Berichterstattung), in Italian (leggi lo speciale) and in Spanish (lea la cobertura aquí).
-
New initiatives launched to address dangerous cholesterol
SPECIAL REPORT / Two global initiatives to address Familial Hypercholesterolaemia (FH), a cholesterol-related disease, were launched at the European Atherosclerosis Society's (EAS) conference in Glasgow this week.
-
Catapano: Heterozygous FH is ‘most frequent monogenic disease’ in Europe
?In an interview at the European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS) Congress, Alberico L. Catapano said that Heterozygous FH is the "most frequent monogenic disease" in Europe. The University of Milan researcher called on the European Union to "urge member states to provide information to physicians in order to be able to detect to the disease" and to support additional genetic research into FH.
-
Silent killers in focus at Glasgow cardiovascular conference
SPECIAL REPORT / Growing rates of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes have been on the agenda for a long time, with poor diets and sedentary lifestyles focusing most of the attention. But other silent and sometimes unknown killers will take centre stage at a major health conference in Scotland.
-
Cardiovascular experts call for more focus on genes when treating patients
SPECIAL REPORT / Today's medicines can be so precise that doctors are now able to define a disease at the right time, and tailor the therapy to the patient, according to experts. EURACTIV reports from Glasgow.
-
Health experts link cholesterol to other unexpected diseases?
SPECIAL REPORT / As a silent killer, where symptoms are often invisible before it's too late, high levels of bad cholesterol do not get much attention. But researchers are making the case that the condition, which is known to cause cardiovascular diseases, can also cause brain disorders such as Alzheimer's, and dementia.
-
Pathologist: Cholesterol is a much bigger problem than we previously thought?
SPECIAL REPORT / Some diseases related to cholesterol are more prevalent than previously thought. Therefore, politicians have to recognise that they should be allocating more money for research and screening, says Dr. Robert Cramb.
-
EU needs Europe-wide cascade testing to tackle FH, says expert
Consultant Chemical Pathologist at Birmingham's Queen Elisabeth Hospital Robert Cramb has stressed the importance of cross-country coordination in Europe to tackle Familial Hypercholesterolemia or FH, one of the commonest cardiovascular hereditable diseases in the world.
