Three simple methods to prevent heart attack and stroke found supriya kashyap kashyap4 April 2016 2:10 PM ISTToronto : Researchers, including one of Indian-origin, have found three effective methods involving statins and antihypertensives which may prevent...
Aspirin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Colorectal Cancer:USPSTF 2016 Meghna Singhania14 April 2016 2:16 PM ISTCardiovascular disease is the one the major causes of death among in the indian population. Use of aspirin is known to play an important role in...
Aspirin benefits outweigh risks in some patients supriya kashyap kashyap17 April 2016 9:41 AM ISTWashington D.C : People who take daily aspirin to stave off heart disease may be inviting more benefit than harm, according to a government-appointed...
Fatty Liver Can Break Your Heart supriya kashyap kashyap28 April 2016 5:49 PM ISTWashington D.C : A new study has found that a fatty liver can risk your heart.The study from the Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital, Pierre and Marie Curie...
HDL protection dependent on two other blood lipids: Study supriya kashyap kashyap13 May 2016 3:32 PM ISTBaltimore : For years, physicians have told patients that HDL (high-density lipoprotein cholesterol) helps protect them from cardiovascular disease...
New Joint European Cardiovascular Prevention Guidelines Launched supriya kashyap kashyap25 May 2016 2:39 PM ISTThe highly anticipated document gives the latest advice on prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in individuals and populations. It is published...
Higher Salt Intake May Increase Risk of CVD among Patients with CKD supriya kashyap kashyap25 May 2016 2:40 PM ISTIn a study appearing in the May 24/31 issue of JAMA, Jiang He, M.D., Ph.D., of the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine,...
Family history of heart disease ups cholesterol risk in kids Dr. Prem Aggarwal1 Jun 2016 4:06 PM ISTOne in three children with a strong family history of heart disease and Type 2 diabetes may have significantly higher levels of risk for...
Controversy over statins risking thousands of hearts supriya kashyap kashyap5 July 2016 2:22 PM ISTWashington D.C : A period of controversy over the risks and benefits of statins, covered widely in the UK media, was followed by a temporary increase...
Lipid Association India issues guidelines on Management of Dyslipidemia in Indians supriya kashyap kashyap5 Aug 2016 3:42 PM ISTThe burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in India is alarmingly high and continues to increase exponentially. Not only Indians are at high risk of...
Cancer kills more Europeans than heart disease does: Study supriya kashyap kashyap16 Aug 2016 3:17 PM ISTLondon: With 17.3 million deaths globally, cancer has now overtaken heart diseases as the main cause of death in 12 European countries, revealed a...
Aspirin prevents CVD and colorectal cancer: USPSTF Recommendation Statement supriya kashyap kashyap11 Sept 2016 9:19 AM ISTTo update the 2009 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations on aspirin use to prevent cardiovascular disease (CVD) events and the...
