`We've strong evidence that eating sugar contributes to heart disease'

Kimber Stanhope, nutritional biologist at the University of California, Davis, US, is studying the health effects of fructose, a component of …

Fat of the matter

What does 'healthy oil' really mean? It is difficult to tell. The Centre for Science and Environment studied branded edible oils to understand …

Unhealthy countryside

It was once associated with the rich and urban. Today, hypertension is fast spreading in rural India. This is a cause for concern because …

Cardiac care

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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 …

Balloon benefits

Though laser seemed to be technically more advanced as a tool for removing heart blockages, a recent study shows that it cannot be trusted completely

Panacea?

Vitamin E gives protection against heart disease and slows the ageing process, among other benefits

Anticipating strokes

Will you suffer a heart failure or a paralytic stroke? A laboratory test can tell you years before it happens and help you avert it