Blood pressure over time may better predict stroke, death risk: AHA Study supriya kashyap kashyap3 Sept 2016 11:00 AM ISTStudy Highlights: The pattern of systolic blood pressure from middle age onward may tell more than a single blood pressure reading about a...
80 percent Delhi-NCR residents suffering from obesity: Survey supriya kashyap kashyap2 Sept 2016 11:45 AM ISTNew Delhi : Around 80.7 per cent of people residing in Delhi-NCR region are suffering from obesity though 78.5 per cent continue to consider...
Gallstone disease may increase heart disease risk : AHA Study supriya kashyap kashyap5 Sept 2016 1:00 AM ISTStudy Highlights: A history of gallstone disease was linked to a 23 percent increased risk of developing coronary heart disease. Preventing gallstone...
Should we keep doing face transplants? supriya kashyap kashyap6 Sept 2016 2:43 PM ISTThere are few long-term studies of people who’ve had face transplants, and even the addition of another study of seven cases does not answer all...
Untreated high BP significantly increases risk of bleeding stroke: AHA/ASA Study supriya kashyap kashyap13 Sept 2016 1:00 PM ISTStudy Highlights: Untreated high blood pressure significantly increased the risk of a bleeding stroke, compared to patients without high blood...
Drinking alcohol daily may enlarge heart chamber; lead to atrial fibrillation : AHA Study supriya kashyap kashyap15 Sept 2016 1:00 PM ISTStudy Highlights: Daily, long-term alcohol consumption was associated with a five percent higher risk of developing atrial fibrillation. Part of the...
Hypertension may affect cognitive skills in children supriya kashyap kashyap2 Oct 2016 9:00 AM ISTNew York : Hypertension or high blood pressure is rapidly increasing in children, largely as a consequence of their obesity.This high blood pressure...
Pancreatic cancer increasing, awareness low: Experts supriya kashyap kashyap21 Oct 2016 1:27 PM ISTVienna : While the incidence of pancreatic cancer is increasing, awareness about the disease remains relatively low, experts said at a conference here...
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...
Indian salt intake twice the WHO recommended mark supriya kashyap kashyap27 Oct 2016 2:37 PM ISTKolkata : The average salt intake in India is double that of the WHO recommended maximum consumption level of 5 gm/day, a study said.Researchers at...
Oral Contraceptives increase risk of Ischemic Stroke: Experts supriya kashyap kashyap1 Nov 2016 10:34 AM ISTNew Delhi : Apart from obesity, birth control pills and additional factors such as smoking, high blood pressure or diabetes may put women at increased...
Mexico: The most obese man in the world starts treatment supriya kashyap kashyap18 Nov 2016 10:45 AM ISTMexico : The world's most obese man in Mexico began medical treatment to lose weight.Juan Pedro Franco, 32, weighing 500 kg, was transported night by...
