Temperamental disease
Patients who are hypertensive inside a doctor's clinic are more likely to develop heart diseases
A pinch of salt, anyone?
If you are health-conscious, you will politely decline the offer. But what do the experts have to say?
Cutting clots
These clot busters can be an enormous help to medical science, helping those prone to vascular diseases
Health in news on April 17
Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and developments around health
Exerting pressure
Are exercises like brisk walking and cycling safe for people suffering from acute hypertension? Yes, says a recent study. High blood pressure and …
Tense? Cut down on fat
A lowfat diet can be as effective as any single drug therapy in checking high blood pressure
Affairs of the heart
Not relying purely on preventive measures is being considered a better strategy for heart patients
Down with iron
Evidence indicts excess of iron in the body as reason for coronary diseases and the growth of latent cancers
Dangerous grafting
Public health could be under a serious threat if organ transplants from animals are carelessly conducted
New algorithm may help heart patients in remote areas
The new algorithm promises to help transmit heart parameters even on a low-bandwidth network and make it easier for cardiologists to interpret …
Teen makes device that predicts heart attack six hours in advance
It keeps a tab on biomarker level and if it crosses the critical point, the device alerts the patient
Residual pandemic: How India is battling long COVID
There is a huge number of people who have defeated COVID-19, but continue to suffer its debilitating long-term effects
Researchers identify possible cause of deaths from sudden cardiac arrests
Researchers found a reduction in levels of protein integrin β1D led to abnormal heart rhythms
Hypertension affects 1.13 billion people globally; 199 million reside in India
The burden of high blood pressure witnessed a dip in high and middle-income countries but low-income countries experienced a surge
Making sex count
In the annals of modern medicine, medical research experiments have always been sexist. The tide is finally turning
Are your organs in the right place?
Scientists have hit on a gene that decides exactly where internal organs will be positioned in the body of a mouse
Craft of the graft
A plastic tube can be used to insert a graft into blood vessels, circumventing the need for bypass surgery
End of innocence
Two recently published American studies reveal that cytomegalovirus (CMV) can cause arterial blockages in infected individuals
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
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 …