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Gender divide in heart health check-up?
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar. 2 (ANI): A new report has highlighted a gender divide in the screening of patients for cardiovascular disease - Australia's number one killer.
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New research indicates regular fresh pear consumption may improve blood pr
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 23 (ANI-NewsVoir): An abstract of an ongoing study, "Fresh pear (Pyruscommunis) consumption may improve blood pressure in middle-aged men and women with metabolic syndrome," presented at Experimental Biology in San Diego indicates regular fresh pear consumpti
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Cipla initiates campaign for a pollution free Delhi; starts #saveyourlungs
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 19 (ANI): The World Health Organization recently reported that 13 of the 20 most polluted cities in the world are in India. National Capital Delhi also figures in the list of 13. The environmental exposure to increasing air pollutants in Delhi is so immensely affecting
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Researchers find new drug to prevent heart attack, stroke in high-risk pat
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec. 22 (ANI): Researchers have developed a new therapeutic approach to prevent heart attack, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases by finding a protein inhibitor drug that can stop blockage development in blood vessels.
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Babies born to mothers with diabetes are often bigger
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], Dec.11 (ANI): A recent research conducted by the European Society of Cardiology has found that blood flows preferentially to the placenta instead of the brain in fetuses of mothers with diabetes, hence increasing the size of the infant.
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Jayalalithaa 'critically-stable' says Dr. Naresh Tehran
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 5 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa, who suffered a cardiac arrest on Sunday evening, is in a 'critically-stable' condition, says eminent cardiologist Dr. Naresh Tehran, who is heading a team of doctors to Chennai Apollo.
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Tighter blood pressure control could save lives: Study
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Nov. 20 (ANI): Washington D.C [USA], Nov. 20 (ANI): A new research has found that considerable number of lives would be saved if patients at high risk of cardiovascular disease underwent intensive blood pressure lowering.
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Gulp of red wine before smoking prevents vascular injury
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov.17 (ANI): Red wine helps prevent cardiovascular disease and drinking a glass or two of it, before lighting up a cigarette, can counteract some of the short-term negative effects of smoking on blood vessels, says a study published in The American Journal of Medicine
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Genetic mutation linked to rare heart muscle disease: Study
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov.15 (ANI): A recent study, published this in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, found that genetic mutation and a rare kind of heart muscle disease are associated with each other.
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Cholesterol-lowering drugs help prevent heart attack risk
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov.15 (ANI): A recent study has found that cholesterol-lowering drugs reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes in adults with cardiovascular risk factors such as high cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes and smoking, but have not had a heart attack or stroke
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Successful heart transplant at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, courtesy an
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 5 (ANI): A team of doctors at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute (FEHI) performed a lifesaving heart transplant on a 61-year-old male recipient suffering from ischemic cardiomyopathy.
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American kids consume excess salt, putting them at risk
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov. 4 (ANI): A study has found out that American children are consuming sodium at levels that far exceed the daily recommended limit. Taste preferences for high sodium foods, formed as children, follow individuals into adulthood and put them at increased risk for deve
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