Search For "heart attacks"
Avert heart attacks by limiting salt
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 25 (ANI): A high salt intake, which can trigger high blood pressure, can be one of the leading causes of a heart attack in people worldwide.
Read More
Research reveals changing what heart cells eat could help them regenerate
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 23 (ANI): A new study has found that switching what the powerhouses of heart cells consume for energy could help the heart regenerate when cells die. The finding could open whole new avenues for treating a variety of conditions in which heart muscle becomes damaged
Read More
US study reports decline in heart attacks greater among men than women
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 22 (ANI): In a study based on US health system from 2000 to 2014, researchers have reported a steady decline in heart attacks among both men and women. However, the rate of decline slowed among women in the last five years of the study.
Read More
Switching the heart's fuel source can help its cells regenerate: Study
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 22 (ANI): As revealed by a new study, switching from fats to glucose as a fuel source for the heart muscles could help the organ regenerate when its cells that are responsible for contraction die out as a result of heart failure caused by viruses, toxins, high bloo
Read More
Researchers report decline in heart attacks greater among men than women
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 19 (ANI): In a recent study, researchers report a steady decline in heart attacks in both men and women enrolled in the US health system from 2000 to 2014. However, the rate of decline slowed among women in the last five years of the study.
Read More
Study reveals ill effects of marijuana for heart patients
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 25 (ANI): Physicians are worried after they found traces of Marijuana in a number of heart patients. While smoking tobacco leads to one in every four cardiovascular disease-related deaths, the cause of similar effects from using marijuana is still not entirely kno
Read More
Abdominal fat can lead to repeated heart attacks: Study
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Sophia Antipolis [France], Jan 21 (ANI): According to a recent study conducted by researchers, heart attack survivors having excess belly fat are at a higher risk of another heart attack.
Read More
Hyderabad: 'Air pollution due to extreme traffic congestion causing heart
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Nov 3 (ANI): Air pollution caused due to extreme traffic congestion is causing heart attacks and lung cancer even to those who eat healthy food and do exercise, said Karuna Gopal, president of Foundation for Futuristic Cities, here on Sunday.
Read More
Here's what can reduce risk of future heart attacks
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sept 29 (ANI): A new research has shown that patients who have had emergency heart attack treatment with heart artery stenting - and have significant narrowings in their other untreated arteries - can take advantage from additional stenting to help stop future attacks.
Read More
Women having heart attacks show identical key symptoms as men: Study
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 21 (ANI): Quashing the myth that women tend to have 'atypical' symptoms during a heart attack, a new study has found that the women who suffer heart attacks show identical key symptoms as men.
Read More
Localities with more fast food outlets witness more heart attacks
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 14 (ANI): A recent study has found that localities having more number of fast-food joints can have maximum cases of heart attacks. The research also concluded that there were four heart attacks corresponding to every additional outlet per 10 lakh people.
Read More
Intense light can protect cardiovascular health: Study
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 11 (ANI): Intense light amplifies a specific gene that bolsters blood vessels and offers protection against heart attacks, suggests a study.
Read More