A question of labelling

Biased air pollutants

Increases due to global warming, claims study

Fungal friend

Carotenoid in a fungi keeps heart diseases, cancer at bay

Recovered COVID-19 patients had lasting heart damage, flags study

Around 80 of the 100 patients whose cardiovascular MRIs were examined had some structural changes to heart, finds peer-reviewed study

Guggal faces sticky end

Ayurveda prescribes it for heart ailments; no data available on surviving plants

Growing tendency

Compared to Europeans, South Asians need longer workouts

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Firecrackers banned

Puffed out

Exercising after exposure to air pollution can be fatal for heart patients

Pollution control boards should set their own deadline

An effective regulatory framework for pollution control boards can enable authorities to monitor air pollution better

New cholesterol control guidelines in US draw flak for promoting drug use

Experts say the formula used to calculate risk of heart diseases in people uses very old data and overestimates risk of heart ailments

Arsenic just got dirtier

Exposure to arsenic also increases risk of hypertension

Iron in particulate matter damages lungs

Asia's sooty air

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Spending on junk food

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Atrial fibrillation patients at greater stroke risk when exposed to air pollution: Study

AFib is a common heart rhythm disorder that affects more than 2.7 million Americans

Fruit consumption reduces heart-related health risks by 40%

Study shows compared to those who never ate fruit, daily consumers of fruit cut their overall risk of death by 32 per cent

NCD battle starts now

The UN agreement on non-communicable diseases will get snagged on the issue of intellectual property rights for drugs

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Vicious cycle

Cost of treating hypertension itself leads to stress

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Fat of the matter

What does 'healthy oil' really mean? It is difficult to tell. The Centre for Science and Environment studied branded edible oils to understand …