Science and Technology - Briefs
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COVID-19 changes platelets, says study. Why this is harmful
Altering blood platelets can raise risk of building up life-threatening clots
Cardiac care
HEART CARE FOR HOLISTIC HEALTH·Harbans S Wasir·Roli Books·Delhi·2001·84pp· Rs 275
Better education links to good heart health
The study explored the association between education and wealth on one hand and cardiovascular diseases and mortality due to them on the other
New wrist-worn device can quickly tell if you’re having a heart attack — it could save many lives
Testing for a protein in the heart cells called troponin can help show changes in heart rhythm
Mid-life crisis prolonged
High blood pressure when you are over the hill causes 'silent' strokes, which pile up and damage cognitive faculties in your old age
Seal hole, heal heart
Scientists in the US have developed a kit designed to mend torn membranes in heart muscles. Liposomes or little bundles of fat are coming in …
Pudgy babies have the edge
Recent studies indicate that the greater the weight of babies at birth, the less prone they are to heart disease during their riotous adult years
Depressing fats
Low cholesterol helps prevent heart diseases but watch out, excessive loss might drive you towards suicide
The cholesterol dilemma
High levels of cholesterol in the blood can prove risky. But low levels could be even more dangerous. Well, high or low, cholesterol seems to …
Heart disease risk is more in wealthy and urbanised states
States that are wealthier and more urban on an average have a higher risk of heart disease incident within a decade, shows a new study
Supplements are ineffective against cardiovascular diseases
Dietary changes are better than vitamin supplements in prevention of cardiovascular disease, says a recent study
Study links violence to early signs of heart, blood vessel diseases in women
Victims of physical violence were one and a half times more likely to suffer from narrowing of the main blood vessels in the neck that carry …
Kerala beaches kayo the heart
Researchers believe that the minerals present in the sand on the Kerala coast are responsible for a rare heart disease
Heart patients suffer massive price hikes
Doctors and manufacturers seem unperturbed by the ever-increasing price of Acetrome, a drug for heart valve transplant patients.
Can the Grim Reaper wait, please?
A timeless dream: eternal youth, unblemished by illness. The search for the font of immortality has taken a late 20th century turn into what …
Small invasions
A new surgical technique that involving only small incisions has been used for removing a cyst from under the lung
Lifting heart's burden
Heart diseases have been on the rise in the recent past but now a new research says that the trends can be reversed
Watch your waistline
Hormone replacement therapy after menopause could lower the risk of getting heart diseases, advocates' a new study
Flight of fury
Dutch greens decry the expansion of Schiphol airport and jam the main runway, ready to face trial for high crime
Stent stunts
An improved version of a device that keeps blood vessels inflated -after cholesterol deposits have been ballooned out of them - has been …
