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18 Sep 2024

Promote Healthy Diets, Physical Activity To Tackle Rising Obesity: WHO

The World Health Organization urges countries to strengthen policies promoting healthy diets and physical activity to combat rising overweight, obesity, and noncommunicable diseases.

31 Aug 2024

Study Shows Blood Test Can Predict 30-Year Heart Disease Risk for Women

Scientists can predict 30-year cardiovascular disease risks for women Measuring two types of fat in the bloodstream can predict a woman’s risk for cardiovascular disease decades later Researchers suggest regular physical activity, a heart-healthful diet, manage stress, and quit smoking to minimise heart disease risk

Narayana Murthy

29 Oct 2023

Doctor's Post On Health Risks After Narayana Murthy's Statement Goes Viral

Underscoring the dire impact on an Individual's life and health, a doctor pointed out that such extreme work hours could lead to a generation with various heart-related health issues.

29 Sep 2023

Climbing Stairs Each Day Could Greatly Reduce Risk Of Heart Disease: Study

Short bursts of high-intensity stair climbing are a time-efficient way to improve cardiorespiratory fitness, reveals study.

28 Sep 2023

Hot Flashes In Women Associated With Cardiovascular Disease, Alzheimers: Study

Study shows that when hot flashes occur during sleep, it may be early indicators of a woman's increased risk for Alzheimer's, and, the more hot flashes, the greater the disease risk.

14 Aug 2023

Lack Of Sleep Associated With Heart Diseases In Long Term: Research

The researchers assessed the individuals' resting heart rates and blood pressure every two hours during the day to assess the impact of this sleep regimen on cardiovascular health.

Breastfeeding Health Benefits

13 Aug 2023

Breastfeeding Reduces Risk Of Heart Problems In Mothers: Study

The study showed that women who breastfed a baby for at least six months experienced lower blood pressure and body-weight recovery (or BMI) for up to three years after the birth of their baby.

Walking benefits

09 Aug 2023

Walking 4,000 Steps A Day Enough To Reduce Risk Of Death: Study

An increase of 1,000 steps a day was associated with a 15 per cent reduction in the risk of dying from any cause An increase of 500 steps a day was associated with a 7 per cent reduction in dying from cardiovascular disease Researchers found that even if people walked as many as 20,000 steps a day, the health benefits continued to increase

07 Jul 2023

People Who Do Not Consume Healthy Diet Are At Risk Of Heart Disease: Study

Consuming whole-fat dairy products, seafood, legumes, nuts, fruits, and vegetables helps reduce the risk of CVD, including heart attacks and strokes.

30 Jun 2023

Loneliness Linked With Elevated Risk Of Heart Disease In Diabetics: Study

High-risk loneliness features were feeling lonely and never or almost never being able to confide in someone, for a total score of 0 to 2 High-risk social isolation factors were living alone, having friends and family visit less than once a month, and not participating in a social activity once per week Loneliness showed a weaker influence than kidney function, cholesterol, and BMI, but a stronger influence than depression, smoking, physical activity, and diet

05 Jun 2023

Fatal Heart Attack More Likely To Happen On Monday: Study

The study found a spike in rates of STEMI heart attacks at the start of the working week, with rates highest on a Monday.

01 May 2023

High Fitness Levels May Reduce Death From Cardiovascular Disease In Men: Study

This study looked at the relationship between blood pressure, fitness, and the risk of cardiovascular death.

30 Apr 2023

Gene Mutation Can Be Linked To Some Types Of Heart Disease: Study

The study reveals variants associated with cardiovascular disease risk are often found "incidentally" when people undergo genetic testing for non-cardiac reasons.

Cardiovascular disease

28 Feb 2023

Cardiovascular Diseases: Reproductive Factors In Women Contribute to Risk

The study did not find an association between the age of menopause and cardiovascular disease The researchers also found that much of the increased risk for earlier menarche resulted from this factor being associated with women having a higher BMI Cardiovascular disease has often been thought of as a man's disease, as men are more likely to develop it at an earlier age than women

22 Nov 2022

Weight loss: Almonds can help cut calories, finds study

According to the study, the consumption of almonds was associated with lower levels of C-peptide responses C-peptide responses can improve insulin sensitivity and lower the risk of developing diabetes and cardiovascular disease In Australia, 12.5 million adults - or two out of three - are overweight or obese, the research revealed, adding that nine billion persons worldwide are overweight

Vascular insulin resistance

28 Oct 2022

'Short-term lifestyle changes can impair blood vessel sensitivity to insulin'

The findings of the study were recently published in the journal Endocrinology The results showed that only in men did the sedentary lifestyle and high sugar intake causes decreased insulin-stimulated leg blood flow In men, it also showed a drop in a protein called adropin, which regulates insulin sensitivity and is an important biomarker for cardiovascular disease

27 Apr 2021

Patients hospitalised with COVID at higher risk of heart failure

COVID-19 patients are at a risk of developing heart failure Symptoms of heart failure --namely shortness of breath-- can mimic symptoms associated with COVID-19

28 Sep 2020

Heart disease in teenagers may be linked to diabetes exposure in the womb

Researchers looked at data on more than 290,000 children born to almost 190,000 mothers in Manitoba between 1979 and 2005 Heart conditions and risk factors were diagnosed 2 years earlier in the children exposed to diabetes in the womb Previous studies have documented the increased risk of type 2 diabetes, but not cardiovascular disease, from in utero exposure to diabetes

11 Sep 2020

Optimal detection, treatment of cardiac risk could save millions of lives

Cardiovascular disease is estimated to have cost the UK economy around UKP 23.3bn, overall, in 2015 As part of its strategy to improve cardiovascular disease prevention, NHS England has highlighted six high-risk conditions that are currently under-diagnosed The six high-risk conditions are - high blood pressure, high cholesterol, atrial fibrillation (irregular heartbeat), diabetes (types 1 and 2), high blood glucose, and chronic kidney disease

Coronary Artery Disease

05 Aug 2020

Pregnancy, ovarian function are risk factors for coronary artery disease

Previous studies have provided mixed conclusions regarding the association between various reproductive risk factors, such as pregnancy and ovarian function, and CAD This new study is one of the first known larger studies (involving nearly 1,500 postmenopausal women) to consider a broad range of reproductive risk factors These include pregnancy factors, such as the number and type of pregnancy and age at first birth, as well as ovarian function factors including age at menarche, age at menopause, and reproductive life span

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