Tag Archives: Heart Attack

Very often, those who encounter mild strokes are exempted from a brain scan but a scan within 24 hours of a mild, non-disabling stroke, can help doctors to predict whether the patients are at a higher risk of another stroke or when symptoms may worsen, says a study. Like stroke, a transient ischemic attack (TIA) is caused by restricted blood ...

The diabetic patients with even mild coronary artery disease face the risk of a heart attack, finds in a study conducted on a large scale basis involving about 40,000 patients from 17 centres across the world. Researchers at the University of British Columbia and St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver analysed data from the Coronary CT Angiography Evaluation For Clinical Outcomes: ...

Older couples in a bad marriage – particularly female spouses – face a higher risk of heart disease and heart attack than those in a good marriage, finds the first nationally representative study of its kind in the US, which also noted that marriage counselling is often focused on younger couples. “But results show that marital quality is just as ...

Men who have low testosterone and Type 2 diabetes are more likely to have atherosclerosis – a condition where plaque builds up in the arteries – than men who have diabetes and normal testosterone levels, according to new findings by researchers. "The results of our study advance our understanding of the interplay between low testosterone and cardiovascular disease in patients ...

Arjun Deb, associate professor of medicine at the University of California-Los Angeles in the US found that some scar-forming cells in the heart have the ability to become cells that form blood vessels required to boosts the heart’s ability to heal after an injury. Deb and his team found that the drug could enhance the phenomenon – turning the scar-forming ...

As the world observes the World Heart Day 2014 on the last Sunday of September, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has pitched for a common solution — salt reduction to 5 grams per adult or just under a tea spoon and lower for children — to prevent heart diseases, blood pressure or strokes. Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO regional director for ...

Consuming pistachios may help type 2 diabetic patients as the dry fruit helps in curbing vascular response to stress in daily life. Sheila West, a professor of health and nutrition, says two servings of pistachios a day will lower the body’s response during stress and control the heart better. West said although nuts are high in fat, they contain good ...