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Obesity May Offer Some Protection After Stenting

Bobette — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:40:52 +0000

In a study, researchers found that obese patients who had stents placed in diseased arteries had a lower incidence of adverse cardiac events than their normal-weight...

No link between blood sugar, heart attacks

Hassan — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:02:59 +0000

Two large studies, in Australia and the United States, have found that aggressive reduction of blood sugar fails to protect diabetics from heart attacks.

Technology Review: A Faster Way to Detect Heart Attacks

Bharat — Sat, 10 May 2008 12:20:37 +0000

A newly developed saliva-based test could give physicians and emergency-care technicians a quicker and easier way to diagnose heart attacks. The nano-biochip test, developed at the University of Texas at Austin and supported by the National...

Cell Transplantation: Technique to reduce heart attack fatalities

Sayudh — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 06:48:10 +0000

Researches have shown that the risks of the fatal conditions that occur as an after-effect of heart attacks can be reduced by transplanting genetically engineered cells into the heart. It has been found that the main reason behind the sudden...

Avoiding heart attacks: The Bigger Picture

Esther — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 08:56:46 +0000

Contrary to popular notion, taking care of the heart and preventing heart attacks is not just about special diets.Sure,cutting down on salt and fats help, but to ensure that your heart keeps ticking away without missing a beat, you need to...

Fries, Big Mac healthier than your fresh salad diets!

Irani — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 06:49:09 +0000

If you are a health freak, and tend to keep yourself fit with a bracing diet, am sure those ready-made salads, sandwiches and pastas rank the priority in your nutrition-food list. But, if you are one of those people who often think that having...

Bluetooth heart monitor: A new life-saving device

Manish Kanaujia — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:43:06 +0000

The new life-saving device that can emerge as godsend for all the heart patients called Bluetooth heart monitor. Developed by scientists from India this avant-garde device measures electrical signal from the heart, analyse them to produce...

Bluetooth heart monitor: Boon to assist almost 22 million people from heart failure

Manish Kanaujia — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:40:20 +0000

People with high blood pressure are not doing much to control their BP

Kalpana — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 07:36:50 +0000

The people who have the problem of high blood pressure (hypertension) should try to have a full control over their BP to remain healthy. A latest telephonic survey of approximately 100,000 adult people disclosed that – most of the US...

ViScope: To sense approaching heart attacks

Manish Kanaujia — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:00:11 +0000

Australia’s HD Medical Group has introduced an innovative device that uses mechanical data (chiefly sound) to foretell approaching heart attacks. According to the HD Medical Group Ltd, the wireless device called ViScope that detects heart...