90 percent of strokes preventable: INTERSTROKE Study supriya kashyap kashyap18 July 2016 2:03 PM ISTJust when you thought strokes can strike anyone at any time, a team of researchers report that 90 percent of them are preventable.High blood pressure...
Heart damage caused by chemotherapy is worse in patients with diabetes savita thakur thakur13 Dec 2016 1:53 PM ISTLeipzig: Heart damage caused by chemotherapy is worse in cancer patients who also have diabetes, according to a study presented today at...
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...
Breakthrough treatment for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli6 Dec 2017 7:28 PM ISTLately improved understanding of the mechanisms behind NAFLD has led to new approaches to pharmacotherapy. This review presents an overview of current...
Asian dust and acute myocardial infarction: prediction and prevention supriya kashyap kashyap30 Dec 2017 7:10 PM ISTBarcelona : When Asian dust clouds blow into Japan’s Kumamoto Prefecture, hospitals in the region handle a surge of acute myocardial infarctions (AMI)...
Survivors of childhood cancer at greater risk of CVD & early mortality Anjali Nimesh Nimesh10 March 2018 7:20 PM ISTProfessor Wild at the University Medical Centre of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and associates conducted a study to investigate the...
Medical Treatment of Familial Hypercholesterolemia Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli1 April 2018 7:30 PM ISTFamilial Hypercholesterolemia(FH) is an autosomal dominant genetic disorder thereby meaning that each first-degree relative has a 50% of inheriting...
NO Lower Limit- Follow " the lower the better" Strategy for managing LDL Cholesterol: ESC Guidelines Hina Zahid1 Sept 2019 8:20 PM ISTParis: There is no lower limit of LDL cholesterol that is known to be unsafe and hence the lower the LDL cholesterol the better, were the key...
Fenofibrate add on to statins reduces CV risk in metabolic syndrome: BMJ Medha Baranwal Baranwal28 Oct 2019 7:28 PM ISTKorea: Fenofibrate given as an add-on to statin significantly reduced the risk of major cardiovascular events in people with metabolic syndrome than...
Male-pattern baldness and premature graying associated with risk of early heart disease Anjali Nimesh Nimesh30 Nov 2017 7:22 PM ISTMale-pattern baldness and premature greying are associated with a more than fivefold risk of heart disease before the age of 40 years, according to...
