Heart Health

5 tips for a healthy heart during winters

Being overweight puts strain on your heart, body and immune system and may make it weak for fighting infections

Remote monitoring: Keeping your heart health in check with technology

The new generation of devices uses a technology that have inbuilt capability to send the device data to the patient’s smartphone via Bluetooth and the phone then automatically transfers the data to the doctor enabling advanced remote monitoring capability.

Astronauts can expect shrinking hearts, other changes from long stints in low gravity

Astronaut Scott Kelly's heart shrunk considerably despite exercising almost every day, which worked to stop bone & muscle wasting.

Social isolation puts middle-aged and older women at higher risk of hypertension, study suggests

Experts believe that while a family history of hypertension cannot be avoided, the other lifestyle risk factors can and must be regulated to keep hypertension at bay

World Heart Day 2020: Irregular periods, PCOS may have long term effect on women's heart health

Women with irregular periods often don’t realise it to be a symptom and believe it to be normal, while the truth is that irregular and unpredictable periods are one of the major symptoms that help diagnose PCOS.

Knowing the difference between three potentially-fatal heart conditions can help avert a tragedy

Close to midnight on 6 August, 2019, former external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj died following a cardiac arrest

Resting heart rate: What is normal and should you measure yours?

"Normal" resting heart rate can vary by as much as 70 beats per minute (bpm) between individuals!

Breath-hold technique could help develop a better treatment for cardiac arrhythmia

Scientists have developed a technique that may enable those suffering from arrhythmia to hold their breath for 5 minutes while undergoing cardiac ablation.

Stents can’t take the place of diet and exercise: What Indians should really take away from the ISCHEMIA trial

IHD occurs when cholesterol plaque builds up inside the walls of our arteries. This can later stop the blood flow to the heart and cause a heart attack.

Six yoga poses for a healthy heart

Regular practice of yoga can reduce stress and anxiety, and lower the risk of depression in people who have had cardiac surgery.