Category Archives: Heart Diseases

BHF found ischaemic heart disease (IHD), including heart attacks and angina, killed 2,600 women in Scotland every year. BHF said there were currently 100,000 women in Scotland living with IHD, but many women were not aware of the risks. Continue reading →

Heart attacks require immediate medical attention to minimise the amount of damage done to a persons heart muscle. While heart attacks can happen suddenly, it tends to be an accumulation of unhealthy lifestyle decisions that lead up to the event. Continue reading →

Experts at a view-sharing meeting in Rajshahi on Saturday said the number of heart attack is increasing sharply as poor life-style is largely responsible for the non-communal disease. Hypertensions, diabetes, obesity, having unhealthy diets alongside consumption of tobacco products are blamed for alarming rise of the disease, they told the meeting. They pointed out some other factors including lack of exercise as well as habit of eating fast food, taking soft drinks or various drugs and drinking alcohol as largely responsible for heart ailments Continue reading →

A healthy lifestyle and exercise can reduce your risk of heart disease. In South Africa, 225 people are killed by heart diseases every single day. Continue reading →

Adults who have lost teeth due to nontraumatic reasons may have a higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease according to a presentation at the American College of Cardiology Middle East Conference 2019 together with the 10th Emirates Cardiac Society Congress. The conference is October 3-5 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates Continue reading →

Share Share Email Listen to this Article Though heart disease is a leading cause of death, it does not mean you have to accept it as your fate. Although you cannot change some risk factors such as family history, sex or age there are some key heart disease prevention steps you can definitely take. We have observed increase incidence of heart attack, sudden cardiac arrest and death in young Indians. Continue reading →

Photo by Wikimedia | The Daily Targum From 2004 to 2015 there was a large decline in the number of patients hospitalized with infective endocarditis as the main diagnosis for their reason for admission. People with heart disease or defective or artificial heart valves are at an increased risk of developing a potentially deadly valve infection, according to an article from Medical Xpress in partnership with Rutgers University. Heart valve infections, called infective endocarditis, are typically caused by bacteria entering the bloodstream through the mouth, gastrointestinal or genitourinary tract, according to the article. Continue reading →

On Oral Contraceptive Pills? You could be at risk of Heart Disease!&nbsp | &nbspPhoto Credit:&nbspGetty Images New Delhi: Use of Oral Contraceptive Pill (OCP) or other types of birth control measures that have hormones, in healthy and young women, is a comfortable and safe method to prevent pregnancy. Continue reading →

Research Checks interrogate newly published studies and how theyre reported in the media. The analysis is undertaken by one or more academics not involved with the study, and reviewed by another, to make sure its accurate. Continue reading →

Public health officers for years have urged Individuals to restrict consumption of purple meat and processed meats due to considerations that these meals are linked to coronary heart illness, cancers, and different diseases. A global collaboration of researchers produced a sequence of analyses concluding that the recommendation, a bedrock of nearly all dietary tips, is just not backed by proper scientific proof. If there are health advantages from consuming less beef and pork, they are small, the researchers concluded. Continue reading →