Scientists have developed a simple blood test that can predict which heart disease patients face the greatest risk of life-threatening complications.
Blood pressure management is no longer just about a number on a chart
Dr Ashish Mishra, consultant interventional cardiologist, Wockhardt Hospitals, explains how smoking and alcohol can impair your heart health and lead to cardiac arrest.
An angry heart can kill, suggests a study, which found that rage and hostility are significantly linked with a high risk for coronary disease. According to the research, which appears in the latest issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, anger and hostility was harmful to the heart, especially among men. The harmful association of anger and hostility with CHD events in healthy people was greater in men than women.
Cardiac patients whose proposals for a regular health insurance plan get turned down should apply for a cardiac-specific plan.
Renowned Indian-American cardiologist Suresh Gadasalli, who performed the world's first simultaneous hybrid revascularisation, was shot dead by his friend and business associate who then committed suicide in Odesaa in the US state of Texas, police said.
1 in 100 men and 1 in 1,000 women experience sudden cardiac arrest during sexual activity.
Doctors call it the 'weekend effect'.
Aim for a fitter self for a longer life.
An increasing number of overweight and under-exercised children are staring at serious heart problems if parents don't step in
The American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin will attend the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in Delhi with an agenda to develop a plan to bring together AAPI, NGOs and the government to provide access to affordable and quality health care. Aziz Haniffa reports
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