The heart cells created from patients' skin are at the same stage of development as those of a newborn baby. The study is exciting for ...
04:47 PM, May 24, 2012
New Delhi: The body of two-year-old Falak, whose struggle for survival was closely followed by countless well-wishers, was on Friday handed over to her mother by AIIMS doctors who had attended on the baby for 58 days. Baby Falak, who was recuperating at the AIIMS Trauma Centre for over a month following fatal injuries, passed away on Thursday night after suffering a fatal cardiac arrest. Deepak Agrawal, Assistant Professor of...
07:15 PM, Mar 16, 2012
London: Stroke is one of the main cause of death among people over the age of 65 in developing countries like India and China, according to new research. The study surveyed 12,373 people aged 65 and over between 2003 and 2005 in a total of 10 urban and rural sites in India, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Peru, Mexico and China, documenting over 2,000 deaths over a three to five...
08:11 AM, Mar 01, 2012
Washington: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, who abruptly left the Pakistan capital for Dubai, has suffered a minor heart attack and some in the US government believe he may even resign on account of 'ill-health', a media report said. Zardari on Tuesday evening left for Dubai to visit his children and also to undergo some medical tests, Pakistan's official news agency Associated Press of Pakistan had reported. Though the president's...
11:03 AM, Dec 07, 2011
New Delhi: Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the country, after heart disease and cancer. While a massive stroke can kill you within minutes, you can save yourself if you recognise the symptoms in time. Dr Amit Verma, speaking to CNN-IBN, marks out what you can do to save yourself. Symptoms of a stroke: A stroke occurs when a blood vessel in the brain is blocked or...
09:50 AM, Dec 02, 2011
Orlando: A woman's heart breaks more easily than a man's. Females are seven to nine times more likely to suffer 'broken heart syndrome', when sudden or prolonged stress like an emotional breakup or death causes overwhelming heart failure or heart attack-like symptoms, the first nationwide study of this finds. Usually patients recover with no lasting damage. The classic case is 'a woman who has just lost her husband,' said Dr....
10:20 AM, Nov 17, 2011
A new study finds eating the right food can override a natural risk someone may carry for heart attack. ...
04:39 PM, Oct 15, 2011
Mumbai: Recent data reveals that around five million Indians suffer from heart problems. Huge amount of stress, lack of exercise and bad eating habits are some of the reasons doctors in India say almost half of their cardiac patients are well below the age of 40. Pramod, 23, a heart patient said that he never saw any warning signs. "I was returning home from a party when suddenly was it...
08:41 AM, Sep 29, 2011
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How different could a 23-year-old Mumbaikar be? So I thought, before I met Pramod, an animator by profession. Stuck in a sort of limbo, a ...
04:34 PM, Sep 28, 2011
New York: Living alone after a heart attack is associated with a higher risk of death over the next four years, while a lack of support at home was also linked to a lower quality of life just one year after the attack, according to a study. While the risk of death one year after a heart attack was about the same among people who lived alone and those who...
09:45 PM, Aug 08, 2011
Washington: A synthetic fat used in treating overdoses of local anaesthetics could also protect heart attack victims. A University of California, Los Angeles study, led by anaesthesiologist Siamak Rahman, identified how Intralipid, a fat emulsion combining soy bean oil and egg phospholipids, can prevent extensive heart damage. It could help preserve heart function when used during the return of blood flow to the heart immediately following a heart attack, the...
07:17 PM, Aug 07, 2011
Washington: Surprisingly, men who are married or are in live-in relations seek medical care sooner for heart attacks compared with single, divorced or widowed men, according to a new research. This study sought to assess the affect of marital status on time from first experiencing chest pain to arrival of the patient in an emergency department. Researchers looked at data on 4,403 patients in Canada, who had heart attacks (acute...
05:52 PM, Jul 19, 2011
Cairo: Hosni Mubarak's lawyer said on Sunday that the ousted Egyptian president suffered a stroke and is in a coma. However a top medical official with knowledge of his condition denied the report and said Mubarak was stable. Mubarak, 83, has been in a hospital in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh since April under arrest on charges he ordered the killings of protesters during Egypt's uprising. He is...
11:20 PM, Jul 17, 2011
London: Scientists claim to have finally found the secret to 'mending broken hearts'. A team at Liverpool John Moores University says that it has discovered how to mend broken hearts by examining ways of repairing damaged tissue after cardiovascular attacks, 'The Daily Telegraph' reported. Injecting proteins similar to insulin directly into the heart can cause damaged cells to repair themselves and begin regenerating again, the scientists say. Tests on pigs...
12:20 PM, Jul 02, 2011
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