Tennessee’s first artificial heart patient gets permanent heart replacement Hina Zahid3 April 2019 7:25 PM ISTGood news-Tennessee's first artificial heart patient gets a permanent heart replacement.Tim Lowell 57 of Hernando, Mississippi, received the first...
Soon at PGI Chandigarh: Tongue pacemaker for sleep apnea patients Medha Baranwal Baranwal2 April 2019 8:28 PM ISTChandigarh: Patients who suffer from Obstructive Sleep Apnoea and are unable to use/tolerate a mask or a CPAP may now soon have access to a news...
Adding beetroot to salty foods may prevent high Blood Pressure: AHA Study Medha Baranwal Baranwal2 April 2019 8:20 PM ISTAdding beetroot to salty foods may prevent high Blood Pressure, finds American Heart Association Study.Promoting high intakes of potassium and low...
Compression only CPR by bystanders doubles survival rate: AHA Hina Zahid2 April 2019 7:05 PM ISTCompression only CPR by bystanders doubles survival rate in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.A new study suggests that more lives could be saved after...
Omega-3 fatty acids do not decrease death risk from heart attack or cancer Medha Baranwal Baranwal1 April 2019 7:30 PM ISTOmega-3 fatty acids do not decrease death risk from heart attack or cancer, according to a new study.It is a widespread belief that omega-3 fatty acid...
Frequent urination at night may be a sign of high blood pressure Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli1 April 2019 7:28 PM ISTAccording to a Watari study presented at the 83rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Japanese Circulation Society (JCS 2019), frequent urination at...
New cardiac patch may repair heart and hasten heart attack recovery Medha Baranwal Baranwal1 April 2019 7:10 PM ISTNew cardiac patch may repair heart and hasten heart attack recovery.A team of biomedical engineers led by Feng Zhao from Michigan Technological...
Gestational diabetes linked to increased future risk of heart disease Medha Baranwal Baranwal31 March 2019 8:10 PM ISTCANADA: Women with gestational diabetes or diabetes during pregnancy are known to have an elevated lifetime risk of type 2 diabetes. However, a...
Why eligible patients don't take Statins as prescribed? Hina Zahid31 March 2019 7:25 PM ISTDespite a proven role of Statins in secondary prevention of cardiovascular diseases and also national guidelines supporting the same, more than half...
Stopping DAPT after one-month improved outcomes in stent patients Hina Zahid31 March 2019 7:20 PM ISTPatients who stopped taking aspirin one month after receiving a stent in the heart's arteries but continued taking the P2Y12 inhibitor clopidogrel...
New evidence strongly supports statin use for secondary prevention Medha Baranwal Baranwal29 March 2019 8:28 PM ISTDELHI: The role of statin therapy in the prevention of cardiovascular disease has been well received by the medical and scientific communities, with...
Surgeons conduct rare pediatric double Lung-Heart transplant on a 12-year old girl Medha Baranwal Baranwal29 March 2019 6:00 PM ISTA team of surgeons at the University of Maryland Children's Hospital (UMCH) performed a rare bilateral lung-heart transplant on a 12-year-old girl...
