Tag: heart health
Eat more veggies, beat diabetes and heart disease, says Lancet
Study in The Lancet highlight the importance of dietary fibres in battling diabetes and heart disease
Dietary fibre could be the answer to the growing...
New markers identified for irregular heart beat
Researchers trace two new biomarkers for atrial fibrillation that increases risk of stroke and heart failure
Researchers at the University of Birmingham have found two...
No evidence of sweeteners being good for health: BMJ
Review says little scientific basis for popularity of non sugar sweeteners
There is no compelling evidence to indicate important health benefits of non-sugar sweeteners, and...
How’s your heart beating? A device can now keep a tab
The device closely monitors beating heart cells without affecting their behaviorScientists have developed an electronic device to closely monitor beating heart cells, or cardiomyocytes,...
Moderate drinking, not abstention prolongs life after heart failure
Moderate drinkers lived over a year longer after a heart failure as compared to those who did not drink
A new study suggests that people...
All that butter & turkey for Christmas send cholesterol through the...
Study on Danes shows cholesterol levels rise by up to 20% post Christmas
Large quantities of rich Christmas food appear to boost cholesterol levels.
Right after...
Two diabetes drugs linked to higher risk of heart disease
Two commonly prescribed diabetes drugs carry high risk of heart attack, stroke, heart failure, amputation
Two drugs commonly prescribed to treat Type 2 diabetes carry...
10 pm on Christmas Eve is when the risk of heart...
Researchers in Sweden set out to investigate whether time factors, such as national holidays, major sport events, hour of the day or day of...
In rare effort, Apollo docs operate on underweight “blue baby”
The baby was born with a condition called transposition of great arteries
Like any other parent, Mrs. Meena and Mr. Vinod were delighted after the...
Annual flu shot is a life saver in patients of heart...
Influenza can be very serious or even fatal for patients with heart failure
Getting an annual flu shot can save heart failure patients' lives, according...