Thin and brittle bones strongly linked to women's heart disease risk Hina Zahid15 Jun 2021 9:00 AM ISTThin and brittle bones are strongly linked to women's heart disease risk, with thinning of the lower (lumbar) spine, top of the thigh bone (femoral...
Smokers needed angioplasty and stenting a decade before non-smokers Hina Zahid14 Jun 2021 9:45 AM ISTSmokers needed their blocked arteries fixed nearly a decade earlier than non-smokers, and patients with obesity underwent these procedures four years...
Study shows new links between high fat diets and colon cancer Hina Zahid14 Jun 2021 9:30 AM ISTFor decades, physicians and dieticians have urged people to limit their intake of high fat foods, citing links to poor health outcomes and some of the...
Low fat Diet Key to Liver Health Following Weight-loss Surgery in women: Study Hina Zahid7 Jun 2021 9:00 AM ISTRockville, Md.- Research suggests that women who have weight loss surgery need to reduce the amount of fat they eat after surgery to reap the full...
Chip inserted under skin may better identify patients at risk of recurrent stroke Hina Zahid3 Jun 2021 7:45 AM ISTA clinical trial examining the efficacy of two devices to monitor and detect atrial fibrillation (AF), or an irregular heartbeat, in ischemic stroke...
Cardiac MRI may help detect post covid Myocarditis in Athletes: JAMA Hina Zahid1 Jun 2021 7:00 AM ISTCOLUMBUS, Ohio - A cardiac MRI of athletes who had COVID-19 is seven times more effective in detecting inflammation of the heart than symptom-based...
Waist size better predictor of atrial fibrillation in men, finds study Hina Zahid20 May 2021 9:00 AM ISTBody mass index may be more helpful in predicting the risk of a common type of irregular heartbeat in women, while waist size may better predict that...
New mutation raises risk for AFib, heart failure for people of color Hina Zahid9 May 2021 11:15 PM ISTA new mutation found in a gene associated with an increased risk of atrial fibrillation poses a significantly increased risk for heart failure in...
One cup of leafy green vegetables a day lowers risk of heart disease Hina Zahid5 May 2021 10:15 AM ISTNew Edith Cowan University (ECU) research has found that by eating just one cup of nitrate-rich vegetables each day people can significantly reduce...
Fasting lowers blood pressure by reshaping the gut microbiota Hina Zahid4 May 2021 10:00 AM ISTNearly half of adults in the United States have hypertension, a condition that raises the risk for heart disease and stroke, which are leading causes...
The versatile drug Trimetazidine: Applications in angina and beyond Dr Tiny Nair26 April 2021 12:45 PM ISTTrimetazidine (TMZ), an anti-anginal agent with a unique pleiotropic profile of actions on the cardiac cells making it an effective anti-anginal...
Artificial intelligence may forecast which plaques will require intervention Hina Zahid23 April 2021 7:45 AM ISTCoronary artery disease (CAD) is the most common form of heart disease and is present in about 18.2 million American adults. This disease is defined...
