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Heart Month - February 2026
Heart Month takes place each February in order to raise awareness of the risks of cardiovascular disease and to encourage people to take action to reduce their risk of developing heart and circulatory diseases.
RELATED LIBRARY
RESOURCES
The Health Libraries,
both at the Royal Stoke and County Hospitals, offer resources related to this
topic. In the lists below you’ll find a small selection of items from our
collection. To locate these items, simply go to our online catalogue or ask at
the counter. This
document covers the following resources – books, journals, journal articles and patient information.
·
Pathophysiology of heart disease: an introduction to cardiovascular
medicine; Lilly, Leonard S; 2026 (Kluwer Academic); 8th edition –
available as a Keele and an NHS e-book
·
Artificial intelligence for cardiovascular disease: advances in
treatment; Malviya, Rishabha; Rajput, Shivam; Muthiah, Deepa; 2025 (Apple
Academic Press)
·
Oxford Handbook of Cardiology; 2025; 3rd
edition – only available as a Keele or NHS e-book; available in print from the
Health Library at County; 2nd edition available in print at Health Library Royal Stoke
·
Diseases of the Chest, Heart and Vascular System 2025-2028: Diagnostic
Imaging; Hodler, Jürg; Kubik-Huch, R. A; Roos, Justus E; 2025; (Springer) – only
available as an Open Access e-book
·
The ECG made practical; Hampton, John R.; Hampton, Joanna; Adlam, David; 2025; (Elsevier); 8th
edition – also available as a Keele e-book
·
Mayo Clinic Cardiology: Concise Textbook; Murphy, Joseph G;
Anavekar, Nandan S; Boilson, Barry A.; et al; 2024; (Oxford University Press); 5th
edition – only available as a Keele or NHS e-book
·
Paediatric cardiology; Day, Thomas; Bell, Aaron; Quyam, Sadia; et al; 2024 (Oxford
University Press) – also available as a Keele or NHS e-book
·
Heart Disease and Climate Change; Stewart, Simon;
2024; (Springer) – only available as an Open Access e-book
·
Mechanisms of vascular disease: a textbook for vascular specialists; Fitridge, Robert;
2020; (Springer); 3rd edition
JOURNALS
·
JRSM
cardiovascular disease; Royal Society of Medicine (Great Britain);
London Cardiovascular Society; (Sage Publications) – available as an Open
Access e-journal from 2012 onwards
·
European
heart journal open; European Society of Cardiology, issuing body; (Oxford
University Press) – available as an Open Access e-journal from 2021 onwards
·
American
heart journal plus: cardiology research and practice;
(Elsevier) – available as an Open Access e-journal from 2020 onwards
·
Journal of
molecular and cellular cardiology plus; International Society for
Heart Research, issuing body; (Elsevier) – available as an Open Access
e-journal from 2022 onwards
·
International
journal of cardiology. Congenital heart disease;
International Society for Adult Congenital Heart Disease, issuing body; (Elsevier)
– available as an Open Access e-journal from 2020 onwards
·
Therapeutic
advances in cardiovascular disease (Online); (Sage
Publications) – available as an Open Access e-journal from 2007 onwards
N.B. NHS members
can obtain temporary Keele IT logins to view Keele e-journals from the Keele IT
suite in the Health Library at Royal Stoke. NHS ejournals will
require login with an NHS Open Athens account.
Access more journals via our Journals
webpage: http://www.keele.ac.uk/healthlibrary/find/journals/
·
“Cardiovascular
disease in the Americas: optimizing primary and secondary prevention of
cardiovascular disease”; Schwalm, J.D; Joseph, Philip; Leong, Darryl;
et al; Lancet Regional Health - Americas (Online), 2025, Vol.42,
p.100964-100964, Article 100964
·
“Adherence
to Lipid‐Lowering Therapies and
Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients With Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular
Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis”; Jones,
Laney K; East, Cara; et al; Journal of the American Heart Association,
2025, Vol.14 (17), p.e037530
·
“Investigating
the interplay of smoking, cardiovascular risk factors, and overall
cardiovascular disease risk: NHANES analysis 2011–2018”; Mambo,
Athumani; Yang, Yulu; et al; BMC cardiovascular disorders, 2024, Vol.24
(1), p.193-16, Article 193
·
“Estrogen
and cardiovascular disease”; Gersh, Felice; O'Keefe, James H; et al; Progress
in cardiovascular diseases, 2024, Vol.84, p.60-67
·
“Exosome-Based
Therapy in Cardiovascular Diseases: A New Frontier in Cardiovascular Disease
Treatment”; Chae, Cheong-Whan; et al; Korean Circulation Journal, 2025,
55(6), , pp.461-480
·
“Cholesterol,
high-density lipoprotein, and glucose index versus triglyceride–glucose index
in predicting cardiovascular disease risk: a cohort study”; Mo,
Degang Zhang, Peng; et al; Cardiovascular
diabetology, 2025, Vol.24 (1), p.116-12, Article 116
·
“High
HDL‐Cholesterol Levels Are
Associated With Lower Risk of Acute Coronary Syndromes in Coronary Artery
Disease”; Clerc, Aurélien; Puricel, Serban; et al; Journal of
interventional cardiology, 2025, Vol.2025 (1)
·
“Strength
and resistance training in adult congenital heart disease: A guide to exercise
prescription in the clinic”; Dolan, Calum; Brown, Gemma; et al; International
journal of cardiology congenital heart disease, 2026, Vol.23,
p.100650-100650, Article 100650
·
“Bridging
the Gap: Ensuring Equitable Access to Healthcare Services for Cardiovascular
Diseases Prevention”; Garg, Ram Kumar; Thirusangu, Senthil; et al;
Practice of Cardiovascular Sciences, 2025, Vol.11 (3), pp. 131–138 .
·
“Awareness
and perceived risk of cardiovascular disease among individuals living with
rheumatoid arthritis is low: results of a systematic literature review”; Ghosh-Swaby,
Olivia R.; Kuriya, Bindee; Arthritis research & therapy, 2019,
Vol.21 (1), p.33-37.
PATIENT INFORMATION / PATIENT ADVICE:
·
NHS website:
o Coronary heart disease - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronary-heart-disease/
o Congenital heart disease - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/congenital-heart-disease/
o High cholesterol - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/high-cholesterol/
·
Charities / Further information:
o
British Heart Foundation - https://www.bhf.org.uk/
o
Heart UK - https://www.heartuk.org.uk/
·
ClinicalKey Patient Information Leaflets [Only
available to NHS staff with Open Athens login]:
o Congenital Heart Disease - https://www.clinicalkey.com/#!/content/patient_handout/5-s2.0-pe_AAFP_congenital-heart-disease_en
o
Heart Attack - https://www.clinicalkey.com/#!/content/patient_handout/5-s2.0-pe_b0fe10db-bf63-47f3-97f8-b78f3f5c76ab
KnowledgeShare
CURRENT AWARENESS:
KnowledgeShare
Evidence Updates is a personalised current awareness service which sends,
straight to your email inbox, new evidence on topics tailored to your
requirements and collated by Health Librarians. For more information, or to register for KnowledgeShare please go to https://www.keele.ac.uk/healthlibrary/find/currentawareness/.
NHS OpenAthens
If you haven't got an NHS OpenAthens password you can self-register using your UHNM email address here: https://openathens.nice.org.uk// (there is more help should you need it here: https://www.keele.ac.uk/healthlibrary/training/onlineguidesandsupport/athens/ )
As well as our physical print bookstock, UHNM staff also have access to a wide array of e-books which can be read on line and sometimes downloaded. All you need to access them is an OpenAthens password.
Clinical Key
Besides journal articles there are lots and lots of the latest ebooks available via our subscription to Clinical Key on a wide range of clinical topics. Take a look at our guides to Clinical Key here: https://www.keele.ac.uk/healthlibrary/training/onlineguidesandsupport/clinicalkey/
Kortext
There are around 100 titles on this site on a range of topics including many from the popular "...at a glance" series. Once logged in with OpenAthens type University Hospitals of North Midlands in the institution box and then on the page that comes up click on "collections" next to books and the titles will gradually all appear in an alphabetical list. Click on the images to access the books.
Library Search
You can also find some of our e-books alongside print copies in our library catalogue some are for Keele users only but others are available to NHS staff such as the Oxford Handbooks online collection. Access the catalogue here: https://www.keele.ac.uk/healthlibrary/find/librarysearch/
To help you use and access all our e-books as mentioned above there are further helpful guides on our website here: https://www.keele.ac.uk/healthlibrary/find/ebooks/
Glaucoma Awareness Month
Glaucoma Awareness Month
January 2026
According to the charity Glaucoma UK there are over 700,000 people in
the UK who have been diagnosed with glaucoma.
Glaucoma Awareness Month is aimed at raising awareness of the disease
and its symptoms to bring an end to preventable glaucoma sight loss.
RELATED LIBRARY
RESOURCES
The Health Libraries,
both at the Royal Stoke and County Hospitals, offer resources related to this
topic. In the lists below you’ll find a small selection of items from our
collection. To locate these items, simply go to our online catalogue or ask at
the counter. This
document covers the following resources – books, journals, journal articles and patient information.
·
Medical treatment of glaucoma; Sun, Xinghuai;
Dai, Yi; 2019 (Springer).
·
Kanski's clinical ophthalmology: a systematic approach; Salmon, John F; 2020
(Elsevier); 9th edition.
·
Medical and Surgical Retina: Recent Innovation, New Perspective, and
Applications; Giudice, Giuseppe Lo; 2023 (IntechOpen) – available as an Open Access
e-book.
·
Glaucoma: Recent Advances and New Perspectives; Davey, Pinakin
Gunvant; 2023 (IntechOpen) – available as an Open Access e-book.
·
Glaucoma; Shaarawy, Tarek M; 2015 (Elsevier); 2nd edition – only
available for UHNM users via ClinicalKey with an Open Athens login.
·
Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery; Sng, Chelvin C. A;
Sng, Chelvin C. A; Barton, Keith; 2021 (Springer Nature) – available as an Open
Access e-book.
·
Glaucoma: Methods and Protocols; Jakobs, Tatjana C;
2018 (Springer Nature) – only available as a Keele e-book.
·
Constable and Lim Colour atlas of ophthalmology; Constable, Ian J;
Wong, Tien Yin; Raja, Vignesh; 2018 (World Scientific); 6th edition.
·
Ophthalmology Secrets; Gault, Janice A., 2023 (Elsevier) 5th edition –
available for UHNM users via ClinicalKey with an Open Athens log-in, or as Keele e-book.
JOURNALS
·
Journal of
current glaucoma practice; (Jaypee) – available as an Open Access
e-journal from 2012 onwards.
·
Frontiers
in ophthalmology; (Frontiers Media S.A) – available as an Open
Access e-journal from 2021 onwards.
·
BMJ open ophthalmology; (BMJ
Publishing Group Ltd) – available as an Open Access e-journal from 2016 onwards.
·
Therapeutic
advances in ophthalmology; (Sage Publications Ltd) – available as an Open
Access e-journal from 2018 onwards.
·
Ophthalmic
surgery, lasers & imaging retina; (Slack, Inc) – only
available as a Keele e-journal from 2019 onwards.
·
American
journal of ophthalmology case reports; (Elsevier) – available as
an Open Access e-journal from 2016 onwards.
·
Case
reports in ophthalmological medicine; (John Wiley & Sons Ltd)
– available as an Open Access e-journal from 2011 onwards.
·
Journal of
Current Glaucoma Practice, (Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers Private
Limited) – NHS ejournal 2012 onwards.
N.B. NHS members
can obtain temporary Keele IT logins to view Keele e-journals from the Keele IT
suite in the Health Library at Royal Stoke. NHS
ejournals will require login with an NHS Open Athens account.
Access more journals via our Journals
webpage: http://www.keele.ac.uk/healthlibrary/find/journals/
·
“Damage
and repair in retinal degenerative diseases: Molecular basis through clinical
translation”; Zhang, Ziting; Ma, Junfeng; et al; Neural regeneration research,
2026-04, Vol.21 (4), p.1383-1395; DOI: 10.4103/NRR.NRR-D-24-01016
·
“Domain-specific
multi-transfer approaches for deep learning-based glaucoma screening in high
myopia patients”; Goyanes, Elena; De Moura, Joaquim; et al; Expert
Systems with Applications, 2026-01, Vol.296, p.129265, Article 129265; DOI:
10.1016/j.eswa.2025.129265
·
“Research
progress on molecular therapy for glaucoma (Review)”; Wang,
Weiwei; Cheng, Gangwei; et al; Molecular medicine reports, 2026-01,
Vol.33 (1), p.1-10; DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2025.13757
·
“A
Blurred Vision of Health: Metabolic Syndrome as a Risk Factor for Glaucoma in a
Large Taiwanese Population Study”; Chang, Sheng-Hao; Lee, Jia-In; et al; International
journal of medical sciences, 2026-01, Vol.23 (1), p.216-226; DOI:
10.7150/ijms.121641
·
“Cellular
senescence and glaucoma”; Guo, Liang; Wang, Na; et al; Experimental
gerontology, 2025-04, Vol.202, p.112718, Article 112718;
·
“Clinical
outcomes of the PAUL Glaucoma implant for neovascular glaucoma”;
Deubel, Carolin; Walz, Wolfgang; et al; Graefe's archive for clinical and
experimental ophthalmology, 2025-08, Vol.263 (11), p.3199-3209; DOI:
10.1007/s00417-025-06933-3
·
“OCT-based
diagnosis of glaucoma and glaucoma stages using explainable machine learning”; Hasan,
Md Mahmudul; Phu, Jack; et al; Scientific reports, 2025-01, Vol.15 (1),
p.3592-20, Article 3592; DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-87219-w
·
“Bilateral
Primary Congenital Glaucoma in a Newborn”; Consales, Alessandra;
Araimo, Gabriella; et al; The Journal of pediatrics, 2025-04, Vol.279,
p.114464, Article 114464; DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2025.114464
·
"Patient Attitudes toward Distress
Screening and Referral in Glaucoma Care"; Choi, Eun Young; Chou,
Natalie et al.; Ophthalmology Glaucoma; 2025, Sep 18:S2589-4196(25)00190-5. DOI:
10.1016/j.ogla.2025.09.004. Online ahead of print.
PATIENT INFORMATION / PATIENT ADVICE:
·
NHS website:
o Glaucoma - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/glaucoma/
·
Charities / Further information:
o
Glaucoma UK - https://glaucoma.uk/
o
Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB)
- https://www.rnib.org.uk/
·
ClinicalKey Patient Information Leaflets [Only available to NHS staff with OpenAthens login]:
o
Glaucoma - https://www.clinicalkey.com/#!/content/patient_handout/5-s2.0-pe_94bf5890-126c-449f-b39a-17735982c959
o
Glaucoma Surgery - https://www.clinicalkey.com/#!/content/patient_handout/5-s2.0-pe_735cda90-1993-44bf-80b1-53281fd6cd1f
KnowledgeShare
CURRENT AWARENESS:
KnowledgeShare
Evidence Updates is a personalised current awareness service which sends,
straight to your email inbox, new evidence on topics tailored to your
requirements and collated by Health Librarians. For more information, or to register for KnowledgeShare please go to https://www.keele.ac.uk/healthlibrary/find/currentawareness/.
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