A polypill combining statins and blood pressure drugs could prevent 80% of heart attacks and strokes. Research shows it cuts ...

Thousands of people could avoid heart attacks and strokes if the NHS offered people aged 50 and over a single daily pill, ...

They pointed to a landmark 2003 paper which estimated that giving all over 55s a polypill containing aspirin, folic acid and ...

Heart attacks and strokes rise exponentially with age and make a major contribution to increasing healthcare costs and lost productivity. In the UK more than 7 million people are living with ...

The NHS could prevent thousands more heart attacks and strokes every year by offering everyone in the UK aged 50 and over a ...

According to a landmark study in 2003, a polypill for all over-55s could prevent around 80 per cent of heart attacks and ...

ALL over-50s should get a four-in-one super-pill on the NHS to slash their risk of a stroke or heart attack, scientists say. A polypill lowers blood pressure and cholesterol together and might ...

Popping a single daily pill from our fifties onwards could prevent thousands of heart attacks and strokes, according to researchers from University College London’s institute of Health Informatics.

Researchers from Tehran University of Medical Sciences have found a simple and affordable way to reduce the risk of heart ...

Polypill treatment is cost-effective for CVD prevention, especially in low-income populations, addressing health inequities and improving access to care. The study projected significant prevention ...

A single tablet that contains four generically-available drugs – or ‘polypill’ – could offer an effective, low-cost way to tackle heart disease in low- and middle-income countries ...

A pivotal study conducted in 2003 presented evidence suggesting that giving everyone older than 55 a polypill could avert ...