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Gum infection may risk heart arrhythmia: Research
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Periodontitis, a gum disease, can lead to a litany of dental issues from bad breath to bleeding and lost teeth. Now, researchers at Hiroshima University have found that it could be connected to even more severe problems elsewhere in the body -- the heart.
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Researchers find gum infection may be a risk factor for heart arrhythmia
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Periodontitis, a gum disease, can lead to a litany of dental issues from bad breath to bleeding and lost teeth. Now, researchers at Hiroshima University have found that it could be connected to even more severe problems elsewhere in the body -- the heart.
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Study reveals several genes, individual genetic variations are associated
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Researchers report the identification of numerous genes and specific genetic variations that are linked to atrial fibrillation in the largest genetic study of heart arrhythmia to date. Polygenic risk scores were generated using genetic data based on the analysis of data from over a million i
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Study finds how female, male hearts respond differently to stress hormone
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Male and female hearts react differently to the stress hormone noradrenaline, according to a recent study published in Science Advances. The research on mice may have ramifications for human heart conditions like arrhythmias and heart failure as well as how various sexes react to certain dru
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Warning signs of sudden cardiac arrest provide opportunity for prevention
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Sudden cardiac arrest causes one in five deaths in industrialised countries.2 Most sudden cardiac arrests occur in the community in people not known to be at risk. A cardiac arrhythmia, called ventricular fibrillation, causes the heart to stop pumping and blood flow to cease. If blood flow i
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Extreme weather linked to cardiovascular deaths: Research
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Extremely hot and cold temperatures both increased the risk of death among people with cardiovascular diseases, such as ischemic heart disease (heart problems caused by narrowed heart arteries), stroke, heart failure and arrhythmia, according to new research published today in the American H
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Electronic gaming can result in life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias in v
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Philadelphia [US], October 15 (ANI): Computer gaming might create life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias in vulnerable youngsters whose tendency may have previously gone unreported, according to a new study.
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Study: Electronic gaming can cause life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias in
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Philadelphia [US], October 11 (ANI): Researchers revealed how electronic gaming can cause life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias in susceptible children whose predisposition may have gone unnoticed previously. The researchers discovered a rare yet distinct trend in youngsters who lose conscio
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No link exists between heart dysfunction, COVID-19 booster vaccines availa
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 28 (ANI): No link exists between heart dysfunction and COVID-19 booster vaccines available in India, said health experts on Wednesday.
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Kauvery Hospital perform multiple life-saving procedures on a 55-year old
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 19 (ANI/NewsVoir): Kauvery Hospital Chennai, a unit of Kauvery Group of Hospitals, a leading multispecialty healthcare chain in Tamil Nadu, successfully performed three life-saving procedures on a 55-year-old woman with dangerous cardiac arrhythmias (heart
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Abnormal heart metabolism linked to sudden cardiac death in future: Study
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 11 (ANI): According to a small, but rigorous study led by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers, adults with abnormal heart metabolism are up to three times more likely to experience life-threatening arrhythmias (an irregular heart rhythm), and MRI techniques could be used
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Fatal heart rhythm disorder has been related to air pollution, according t
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], May 28 (ANI): According to recent research presented at the European Society of Cardiology's annual congress, arrhythmias are life-threatening and occur often on days with severely polluted air (ESC).
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