The European Society of Cardiology chooses venues for its 2013 and 2014 Congresses

The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) has announced that it has chosen the venues for the 2013 and 2014 editions of its flagship annual event, the ESC Congress. Amsterdam and Barcelona respectively have been selected as the host cities after a rigorous evaluation process. The 2013 event will be held between 31 August and 4 September at the RAI Centre, while the 2014 event will be held between 30 August and 3 September at the FIRA de Barcelona

The European Cook Book

"The European Cook Book is a unique collection of mouth-watering and culturally diverse recipes provided by the European Society of Cardiology National and Affiliated Societies. More than 40 tempting 3-course menus from around the world, combined with a comprehensive, but easy-to-understand section about the cardiovascular system, conditions which affect it and tips for improving and maintaining a healthy heart"

ESC warns the public to be aware of risk factors following Philippe Seguin's death

"Following the sudden death yesterday of the former French government minister Philippe Séguin, who suffered a fatal heart attack, aged 66, the European Society of Cardiology is warning the public of the dangers of leaving risk factors such as hyperlipidemia, hypertension or diabetes untreated. Other major risk factors for coronary artery disease are smoking or being overweight. ESC spokesperson Professor Nicolas Danchin, an expert in Acute Cardiac Care, explains: 'You can have a heart attack leading to sudden death without having any symptoms before and so as you have had no symptoms you can’t really prevent it or prepare for that eventuality. The only way to try to avoid that is to have a proper lifestyle with regular exercise and to have a proper diet. If you are aware of risk factors such as diabetes or hypertension, then you should treat these.' Although in today's society progress has been made in the control of some risk factors, such as smoking, hyperlipidemia and hypertension; other risk factors such as overweight, obesity and diabetes are still increasing in alarming proportions"