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Hypertension and heart health: 3 foods you should avoid to prevent or manage high blood pressure | &nbspPhoto Credit:&nbspGetty New Delhi: Hypertension or high blood pressure is a common heart condition, and increases the risk of heart diseases like heart attacks, strokes, failure, etc. Heart diseases are a common cause of death, all around the world. As medical science and experts try to find the root causes behind high incidences of hypertension, it is important to understand that the diet we consume, and the lifestyle we follow has a direct link with the heart, and can lead to high blood pressure Continue reading →

Looking back over more than 30 years working in public health globally and in the United States, I can't recall a year with as pronounced a divergence: big advances and big setbacks. Heart health improved in parts of the world, but in the US, the decline in cardiovascular deaths stalled, contributing to a shocking decline in life expectancy. Continue reading →

Generations of moms and grandmothers have gone to their gardens and cupboards to heal ailments of all kinds. Herbs, medicinal recipes (including chicken soup), and vegetables are gaining the attention of doctors and scientists, who rely on controlled studies rather than anecdotal evidence to prove what works in the body reliably and safely. Today, just as throughout history, in every culture, there are foods that can be used as medicine, but can what you eat affect your mental health as well? Continue reading →

Two Internal Medicine Clinical Lecturers from the Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA, (UiTM), Malaysia recently received a special educational award in the Asia Pacific Society of Respirology (APSR) Congress. The APSR Congress 2019 was held in Hanoi, Vietnam from 14th November 2019 till 17th November 2019. Continue reading →