Slitting the beating heart

Dutch surgeons show the way to carry out coronary bypass surgeries without using the heart-lung machine

Be Indian

.... and lower the risk of getting coronary diseases. This is the finding of a study conducted by Monilek Hospital and Research centre in Jaipur

Tea: a health drink?

Recent research indicates that drinking tea can prevent cancer and heart diseases. However, not everyone is buying this idea

Heart-to-heart

A Doctor tension

In some people, blood pressure rises when they visit the doctor.How do they deal with it?

SARS-CoV-2 can lead to heart impairment, experimental study finds

Even mild infections sustained viral presence for a month, indicating persistent infection  

Climate change may worsen conditions of patients with heart problems

Body weight of people with heart failure would fluctuate during heatwaves

COVID-19 now 2nd biggest cause of death in India

Lack of preparedness makes for an asphyxiating crisis in just 8 weeks

Novel surgery

Smoking hearts

Sugar for the heart

A book to correct erroneous notions about heart health without being dramatic or evangelical

A Statin-Free Life is a practical guide to heart health from a cardiologist who has long argued that the cholesterol-focussed approach to …

High blood pressure is more prevalent in poor countries for the first time

Seventy-five per cent of all hypertension cases occur in low- and middle-income countries

In the Parliament on March 8, 2016

Here’s a round-up of today’s debates and reports on environmental and developmental issues

Ray of hope for transplant patients

A bill introduced during the last session of Parliament seeks to change the definition of death from when the heart stops beating to when the …

How government policies are putting our hearts at risk

The food we eat poses the biggest risk to the heart, yet the processed food industry is allowed to sell food high on fats, salt and sugar without …

Gut spills heart secrets

Bacteria in intestine can aid clogging of arteries

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Not all good, not all bad...

Low cholesterol levels may be good for the heart but can cause depression

Valley in danger

Sanguine approach to circulation

The physics of blood flow gives a clearer view of its physiological role

Physical inactivity huge burden on economy but only 50% countries have dedicated policy

Rise in non-communicable diseases will cost the global economy $27 billion annually: WHO

Dual drug delivery system may make heart stents safer

A group of Indian researchers has developed a dual drug delivery therapy to minimise such stent-related complications

Here is how nutrition may help overcome genetic risk of diabetes

B12 and folic acid supplements have a beneficial impact on genes associated with Type 2 diabetes, says research by the Council of Scientific and …

Can the Grim Reaper wait, please?

A timeless dream: eternal youth, unblemished by illness. The search for the font of immortality has taken a late 20th century turn into what …