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Smoking, boozing boosts atrial fibrillation
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [United States], May 1 (ANI): Smoking and drinking are two lifestyle habits that get a lot of negative criticism for a good reason. Giving up on these can be a challenge for many, but doing that can decrease the lifetime risk of stroke, heart failure and other heart-related
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Obesity can make heart rate irregular
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], Apr 19 (ANI): Turns out, obesity can lead to higher chances of developing rapid and irregular heart rate.
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Why nuts are your heart's best buddies?
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], Apr 17 (ANI): Turns out, regular intake of nuts is linked to lower risk of heart rhythm irregularity.
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Medica Superspecialty Hospital brings smile to a young mother
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India] Mar. 30 (ANI-BusinessWireIndia): A 24-year old lady, mother of two young kids, hailing from a middle class family in Jharkhand has been having symptoms of easy fatigability and palpitation for the last few years.
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Blood-thinning drugs may cut dementia risk by upto 48%
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], October 25 (ANI): Here's a good news! Blood-thinning drugs not only reduce the risk of stroke, but also decrease the risk of developing dementia, in people with an irregular heartbeat, a study has recently found.
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Irregular heartbeat associated with thyroid problems
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 23 (ANI): People with high thyroid hormone levels are at greater risk of developing irregular heart rhythm (known as atrial fibrillation) than those with lower levels.
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Overweight men develop irregular heartbeat earlier than women
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 17 (ANI): Men beware! Overweight males develop a type of irregular heartbeat, known as Atrial fibrillation, about a decade earlier than women, reveals a recent study.
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Big women likelier to have wrecked heart rhythm
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 9 (ANI): Big women have a nearly threefold greater risk of atrial fibrillation than small women, according to a new research.
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Risk score tools can improve stroke prediction in atrial fibrillation pati
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar. 20 (ANI): A study finds that by combining two independent, scientifically-proven risk measurements, physicians can better predict a patient's irregular and often very fast heart rate risk of stroke or death.
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Turns out, antithrombotic therapy can't keep offbeat hearts from wrec
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Mar. 18 (ANI): If you are a low-risk atrial fibrillation patient, then you may want to steer clear of antithrombotic therapy as a recent study has suggested that it doesn't cut the chances of suffering a stroke within five years.
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New study to help reduce post-operative setbacks in cardiac patients
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sept. 7 (ANI): A recent study estimates that up to six million Americans have a form of Atrial fibrillation (AF) and the
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