Telehealth to play important role in the future of cardiovascular care, though challenges remain Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli15 Nov 2022 8:00 PM ISTTelehealth enables the remote delivery of health care through telecommunication technologies and has substantially affected the evolving medical...
Six common dietary supplements no better than placebo for reducing LDL cholesterol and CVD risk Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli8 Nov 2022 12:30 PM ISTAccording to American Heart Association 2022 statistics, elevated LDL cholesterol is a growing problem worldwide. Globally in 2020, there were 4.51...
Adults need shots, too: Find out which vaccines are important for heart health Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli19 Oct 2022 8:00 PM ISTWhile most parents are good at keeping track of vaccines kids need to stay healthy, many people don't realize there are immunizations important to...
Habitual Fish Oil Supplementation increases risk of Atrial Fibrillation Dr.Niharika Harsha B13 Oct 2022 7:30 PM ISTRegular intake of fish oil was associated with an increased risk of incident atrial fibrillation irrespective of the genetic predisposition and...
Obstructive CAD in young Indians undergoing PCI? Dr. Nandita Mohan29 Sept 2022 10:00 AM ISTIn developing countries like India, cardiovascular diseases (CVD) have surpassed cancer as the leading cause of death and morbidity. In reference to...
Early onset type 2 diabetes patients prone to substantially higher relative risk of CVD and death Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli28 Sept 2022 10:00 AM ISTResearchers have found in a large study conducted on 1.9 million adults that young-onset type 2 diabetes was linked to substantially higher relative...
Artificial sweeteners no healthy and safe alternatives to sugar, linked to heart disease Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli8 Sept 2022 4:00 AM ISTArtificial sweeteners are widely used as no or low calorie alternatives to sugar. They are found in variety of products globally including...
USPSTF sticks to existing relatively higher risk threshold for statin initiation for primary prevention Medha Baranwal25 Aug 2022 9:30 AM ISTUSA: The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) in its recently released recommendation statement has stated that the current evidence is not...
Chemicals produced by gut microbiota in response to red meat consumption tied to CVD risk Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli11 Aug 2022 8:00 PM ISTChemicals produced in the digestive tract by gut microbes after eating red meat may help explain part of the higher risk of cardiovascular disease...
Risk factors in adults with CVD worsening over time despite advances in secondary prevention Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli17 July 2022 7:15 PM ISTIn an analysis of medical information of more than 6,000 American adults with a history of cardiovascular disease (CVD), researchers at Johns Hopkins...
Cardiovascular risk factors, low physical fitness tied to social cognitive functions? Dr. Nandita Mohan2 July 2022 9:00 AM ISTIn the current circumstances, where the number of people at risk of cardiovascular disease and those with low fitness levels are increasing, finding...
Don't ablate too much in AF especially at advanced stages: JAMA Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli22 Jun 2022 11:33 AM ISTAblation is a procedure where physicians destroy or ablate cardiac tissue to correct irregular heart rhythms. Findings of one of the largest...
