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KATRA, Jan 29: Five children suffering from congenital heart disease were treated using Interventional Cardiology (minimally invasive procedure alternatives to surgery) at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Narayana Superspeciality Hospital, Kakryal under Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK).The Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK) was...
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According to the American Heart Association, nearly 80 percent of cardiac issues can be prevented.Author: Carolyn Bruck Published: 4:22 PM EST February 1, 2019 Updated: 5:06 PM EST February 1, 2019 Friday was Wear Red Day for women’s heart health. It’s always the first Friday of February — which also happens to be...
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It’s heart month. February is “National Heart Month,” the month to bring awareness about your heart. Understanding your risk factors, making necessary lifestyle changes, and knowing heart attack symptoms could save your life. Fourteen years ago, my father passed away. Heart disease had ravaged his body. Following a major cardiac...
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Exercise could help you live longer according to new research. (AFP Relax pic) CLEVELAND: New US research has found that your physiological age, which is how well you respond to exercise, may be a better predictor of life expectancy than your chronological, actual age. Carried out by researchers at the Cleveland Clinic, the new...
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Children who are active have a much smaller chance of having cardiac problems as those that eat a high fat diet and are not active. (Photo: Getty Images) Did you know cardiovascular disease is theNo. 1 killer in the United States, with more than 600,000 men and women dying from the disease each year. According to the...
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“There is a worrying increase of almost double, with 54 per cent of death due to heart diseases, with a total of 13,503 deaths in 2017 compared to only 8776 deaths in 2007,” said Dr Lee (Right) in his speech during the launch of Tung Shin Cardiac Care Services at Tung Shin Hospital here. Pic by STR/OWEE AH CHUN. By Beatrice...
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Dr Lee said the increase in mortality rate due to heart disease was also worrying as it had seen an increase of 54 per cent over 10 years. — AFP pic KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 24 — Heart disease has remained the leading cause of death among Malaysians for 13 years from 2005 to 2017, Deputy Health Minister Dr Lee Boon Chye said. However, he...
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Aspirin is a blood thinner and can help prevent clots that may lead to heart attack or stroke. Should healthy people take aspirin to ward off heart disease? The notion has been controversial, and the medical advice mixed. But a review of scientific data on the topic Tuesday showed that any benefits are slight, and are...
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(Eds: Disclaimer: The following press release comes to you under an arrangement with NewsVoir. PTI takes no editorial responsibility for the same.)Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (NewsVoir) 68 year old retired Central Govt. employee from Bangalore who recently underwent ‘heart and lungs’ transplant at Narayana Health City earlier this...
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Heart failure is a rapidly increasing problem all over the world. Congestive heart failure occurs as a failure of pumping blood by the heart muscles. Narrowed arteries in the heart are the main cause that gradually leads to heart problems. This is mainly caused because of the unhealthy lifestyle and poor diet routine. The human...
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Following guidelines used to help prevent heart disease could also prevent diabetes, according to new research. (AFP pic) New US research has found that following seven healthy lifestyle guidelines for preventing heart disease also appears to help prevent diabetes. Led by D. Joshua J. Joseph at The Ohio State University Wexner...
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Surgeon-entrepreneur Dr Devi Shetty of Narayana Health believes even regular mobile phones have enough power to make medical diagnoses. “You just need the right data, that’s all,” he says in this Outliers podcast from November 2017. Shetty, a champion of affordable healthcare, has been exploring technologies such as 3D...
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