https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Exercising after a heart attack may help stave off death for longer, Swedish researchers said in a new study. https://www.thelocal.se/20180420/exercise-after-heart-attack-boosts-survival-chances-swedish-study Fri, 20 Apr 2018 09:02:19 +0200 exercise-after-heart-attack-boosts-survival-chances-swedish-study More than 10,000 British lives could have been saved if the UK had adopted Swedish heart attack treatments, shows a new study that heaped praise on Sweden's "world-leading" cardiac care. https://www.thelocal.se/20140123/sweden-beats-uk-in-heart-attack-care-study Thu, 23 Jan 2014 11:39:00 +0100 sweden-beats-uk-in-heart-attack-care-study Chest compressions performed by a machine are just as effective at helping heart attack patients as those performed by a human, a Swedish study has found. https://www.thelocal.se/20130902/49996 Mon, 02 Sep 2013 10:14:00 +0200 49996 Users of moist snuff or 'snus' who have suffered a heart attack can greatly reduce their chances of dying if they give up the habit, a new Swedish study has shown. https://www.thelocal.se/20110830/35844 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 11:47:00 +0200 35844 Female heart attack patients still receive inferior treatment than men, according to a new study. https://www.thelocal.se/20110829/35828 Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:10:00 +0200 35828 Behaviour therapy to help patients with heart disease learn to better manage stress can greatly reduce the risk of heart attacks in the long run, according to a new Swedish study. https://www.thelocal.se/20110125/31622 Tue, 25 Jan 2011 09:30:00 +0100 31622 Only a little over half of smokers who have suffered a heart attack quit smoking, despite the habit being one of the largest risk factors for cardiovascular disease, a Swedish study shows. https://www.thelocal.se/20101006/29442 Wed, 06 Oct 2010 09:27:00 +0200 29442 An anesthesiologist who was asleep wearing earplugs while on-call at a Swedish hospital is facing disciplinary action after missing an alert that a patient’s heart had stopped. https://www.thelocal.se/20081217/16396 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:16:00 +0100 16396 Vibrating tools can increase the risk of a heart attack by 30 percent, according to a new Swedish study. https://www.thelocal.se/20081111/15596 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:46:00 +0100 15596 Researchers in Sweden have found that the twice yearly ritual of resetting the clock according to daylight savings time can affect one’s chances of suffering a heart attack. https://www.thelocal.se/20081030/15332 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:40:00 +0100 15332 Deaths from heart attacks in Sweden have been cut in half in the last 13 years, according to a new report. https://www.thelocal.se/20080918/14400 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:21:00 +0200 14400