Fasting Not Necessary Before a Cholesterol Test : Experts supriya kashyap kashyap1 May 2016 12:04 PM ISTPeople need not check their cholesterol levels on an empty stomach, suggests new research involving more than 300,000 individuals from Denmark, Canada...
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...
Endurance training not damaging for heart: Study savita thakur thakur2 Jun 2016 4:49 PM ISTCountering a common perception, a new study has found no evidence of heart damage from long-term endurance training by elite master athletes.While the...
Myocardial infarction : Rush-hour for neutrophils supriya kashyap kashyap10 Jun 2016 4:28 PM ISTLMU researchers have shown that circadian oscillations in the influx of immune cells into the damaged tissue play a crucial role in exacerbating the...
Overweight adolescents at high risk of heart failure supriya kashyap kashyap21 Jun 2016 5:15 PM ISTLondon : Men who are overweight in their adolescence are at an increased risk of heart failures in their middle age, reveals a new study.Heart...
Fasting is not routinely required for lipid profile :Expert Consensus statement Dr. Prem Aggarwal24 July 2016 3:51 PM ISTTraditionally it is practised that a lipid profile obtained only after 12 hrs fasting and the random lipid profile may not be reflective of daily...
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...
World’s largest study shows effects of long term exposure to air pollution and traffic noise on blood pressure supriya kashyap kashyap27 Oct 2016 5:47 PM ISTLong-term exposure to air pollution is linked to a greater incidence of high blood pressure, according to the largest study to investigate the effects...
More than half of AF patients become asymptomatic after catheter ablation: EHJ supriya kashyap kashyap23 Jan 2017 10:35 AM ISTMore than half of patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) become asymptomatic after catheter ablation, reports the largest study of the procedure...
Cardiac arrest patients do better if taken immediately to a specialist heart center supriya kashyap kashyap6 April 2017 12:48 PM ISTPeople who suffer cardiac arrest outside of hospital have a better chance of survival if they are taken immediately to a specialist heart centre...
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...
Long working hours increases the risk of developing atrial fibrillation:European Heart Journal Ruby khatun khatun18 July 2017 10:23 AM ISTPeople who work long hours have an increased risk of developing an irregular heart rhythm known as atrial fibrillation, according to a study of nearly...
