Vitamin D deficiency may indicate cardiovascular disease in overweight and obese children supriya kashyap kashyap11 April 2017 12:32 PM ISTOrlando : In overweight and obese children and adolescents, vitamin D deficiency is associated with early markers of cardiovascular disease, a new...
Obesity top cause of decreased Lifespan: Cleveland Clinic supriya kashyap kashyap26 April 2017 10:16 AM ISTA team of researchers from Cleveland Clinic and New York University School of Medicine have found that obesity resulted in as much as 47 percent more...
Statins - A Hope Drug For Multiple Sclerosis Patients supriya kashyap kashyap9 May 2017 3:45 PM ISTScientists say that Cholesterol-busting drugs Statins could be used to treat multiple sclerosis which affects more than 100,000 people in the UK.A...
World Thyroid Day: One third Indians suffer from hypothyroidism Anjali Nimesh Nimesh25 May 2017 12:17 PM IST North India witnesses maximum cases of hypothyroidism as compared to rest of the Indian population · Subclinical Hypothyroidism emerged as the...
Injectable antibodies for reducing cholesterol: NEJM Anjali Nimesh Nimesh29 May 2017 10:06 AM ISTA new strategy -- an injectable antibody -- for lowering blood lipids and thereby potentially preventing coronary artery disease and other conditions...
Statins lower cholesterol and associated with improved heart structure,function Anjali Nimesh Nimesh2 Jun 2017 10:39 AM ISTStatins are associated with improved heart structure and function, according to research presented today at EuroCMR 2017.1 The benefits were above and...
Statins can bring out hidden Parkinson's disease: Study Anjali Nimesh Nimesh17 Jun 2017 9:54 AM ISTWashington D.C: In a first, a study has found that fat-soluble statins, a group of drugs which act to reduce levels of cholesterol in the blood, may...
New Headway : Vaccine against Atherosclerosis moves to Human Trial Anjali Nimesh Nimesh21 Jun 2017 9:59 AM ISTResearchers of Medical University of Vienna have developed a vaccine to immunise people against high levels of cholesterol and the narrowing of the...
Coconut oil has more BAD fat than beef and butter: American Heart Association dietary recommendation Anjali Nimesh Nimesh28 Jun 2017 9:00 AM ISTCoconut oil raises ‘bad’ cholesterol in the same way as other foods high in saturated fats like butter and beef, according to the American Heart...
Chickenpox increases risk of heart attack, stroke: JACC Anjali Nimesh Nimesh5 July 2017 3:10 PM ISTContracting shingles, a reactivation of the chickenpox virus, increases a person's risk of stroke and heart attack, according to a research letter...
Cornell discovery holds potential for treating tuberculosis Anjali Nimesh Nimesh8 July 2017 9:23 AM ISTITHACA, N.Y. - A recent discovery by Cornell University researchers could lead to a new, effective treatment for persistent tuberculosis...
Behavioral counseling for cardiovascular disease prevention: USPSTF recommendation supriya kashyap kashyap14 July 2017 9:53 AM ISTThe U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends that primary care professionals individualize the decision to offer or refer adults...
