Category Archives: Heart Diseases

Improved care for people with heart and circulatory disease suffering from COVID-19 could soon be available after the British Heart Foundation (BHF) and National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) announced support for six flagship research programmes. Researchers from across the UK including the University of Bristol will combine data from hospitals, information about our health and lifestyle, genetic studies, and cutting-edge imaging and artificial intelligence techniques to better understand how the virus affects the heart and circulatory system. People with heart and circulatory diseases are disproportionally affected by COVID-19. Continue reading →

Heart heath: Cholesterol deposits in the walls of the arteries that restricts the flow of the blood. This can significantly increase the risk of heart disease. Continue reading →

Cardiovascular market is witnessing high growth rate due to increasing prevalence of heart diseases and improvement of healthcare facilities across the globe. Heart block also termed as atrioventricular (AV) block refers to a condition, in which the electric signals that regulate the heartbeat are moderately or absolutely blocked from reaching the ventricles. On the basis of criticality, heart blocks can be classified into three degrees Continue reading →

Cardiac disease is a group of disorders of blood vessels and heart. Congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease and heart rhythm problems are some of the major cardiac diseases. Most common cause of heart disease is narrowing or blockage of blood vessels and coronary artery i.e. Continue reading →

International Mens Health Week 2020: Men usually ignore symptoms of ailments and do not consult a doctor. Probably, thats why they are more prevalent to some most debilitating diseases and their health condition has worsened over the decades. Continue reading →

Foxys_forest_manufactureGetty Images In the early 2000s, Dan Buettner embarked on a mission to determine what specific aspects of lifestyle and environment help humans live longer. He teamed up with National Geographic and the National Institute of Aging on his quest, and through research, they were able to identify five areas with the highest percentage of centenarians (i.e Continue reading →

Dog Aging Project co-leaders Matt Kaeberlein (with Dobby and Chloe) and Daniel Promislow didnt have to look far from home for inspiration for the perfect system in which to study aging. Continue reading →

It is now widely acknowledged that heart disease is a significant concern around the world, more so in the MENA region. From sedentary lifestyles to smoking and unhealthy diets, heart failure is a prolonged condition with ever-increasing numbers. According to research, cardiovascular disease (CVD) is responsible for one in five deaths in the UAE Continue reading →

The previous pandemics to which people often compare COVID-19 the influenza pandemic of 1918, the Black Death bubonic plague (1342-1353), the Justinian plague (541-542) dont seem that long ago to archaeologists. Were used to thinking about people who lived many centuries or even millennia ago Continue reading →

Structural heart imaging utilizes special technique to screen the heart at a molecular level. In cardiology practices, high resolution cameras and MRI with high tesla capacity are used to carry out structural heart imaging. Structural heart imaging is an imagining technique incorporating use of reflection of light to generate the image of the interior part undertaken for imagining. Continue reading →