Category Archives: Heart Diseases

Danielle Huff was on her treadmill when she first noticed the pain in her chest. She had just recovered from a terrible case of COVID-19 about two or three weeks earlier, during which shed had just about every symptom imaginable: sore throat, headache, congestion, coughing, loss of smell, body aches, a mild case of pinkeye, and a constant heaviness in her chest like there was a bowling ball weighing it down. But this feeling in her chest was differentit was a sharper pain that came on suddenly Continue reading →

We shall take up diseases with high incidence in India and try to give a cost breakdown of the diagnostic tests, one-time medical procedure or surgery, long-term care and treatment for each one of them. We start with heart or cardiovascular diseases. Continue reading →

On his journey from a small town in India to the head seat of a gene editing company, Kathiresan changed how doctors think about heart attacks. Now, he hopes to find a one-time treatment. Continue reading →

In India, nine in a thousand children are born with Congenital Heart Defects (CHD), translating to 2 lac children every year. (Medical Journal of Indian Pediatrics, 2021). More than 1/5th of these babies have severe defects that require treatment in the first year. Continue reading →

Our health is affected by the combination of nutrients foods contain. Heart disease is a major cause of death worldwide responsible for some 9 million deaths a year. But it is preventable, and health behaviour changes such as exercising more, quitting smoking and eating healthier are often recommended Continue reading →

Ultra-processed foods are a major public health concern for their potential adverse effects on health. A study by the Department of Epidemiology and Prevention of the I.R.C.C.S. Continue reading →

Global Coronary Guidewires Market: Snapshot As per recent surveys by World Health Organization, in 2018 people older than 60 years of age comprises 12% of global population. This estimates provides a broader perspective how many people have chances of suffering from various cardiovascular diseases. However, today, even a person below the age of 40 has high chances of getting serious cardiovascular infections. Continue reading →

Defibrillators are specialized devices that monitor the heart rhythm and deliver electric shocks to rectify abnormal heart rhythms on detection, and as such, play an important role in the treatment of sudden cardiac arrest. New York, Dec Continue reading →

Heart and circulatory diseases cause around a quarter of all deaths in the UK, so it is very important to act fast if you think you are experiencing signs of a heart attack. A heart attack is a serious condition where the supply of blood to the heart is suddenly blocked, and needs to be treated in hospital as quickly as possible. The NHS says that eating an unhealthy diet that is high in fat will make hardening of the arteries worse and increase your risk of a heart attack. Continue reading →

Gayenell Magwood, Ph.D., a professor in the MUSC College of Nursing, has received more than $3.4 million in funding from the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) to investigate how COVID-19 has affected the health and quality of life of Black South Carolinians with preexisting chronic conditions and their caregivers. The funded research will also explore whether stressors related to structural inequities and racial discrimination affect COVID-19 and chronic disease outcomes. We want to explore what happens in a pandemic with people of color and their chronic conditions and what role economic and societal stressors and structural racial inequities play, said Magwood Continue reading →