World Heart Day

World Heart Day 2022: From cycling to swimming, 5 exercises to reduce your cholesterol

A few laps in the pool are one of the best exercises to keep your heart healthy and it even helps to lower your cholesterol levels.

World Heart Day: Young India’s weak hearts and how we can protect them

Of the 28,449 heart-related deaths in India in 2021, 19,744 were in the 30 to 60 age group. Doctors and medical experts opine that unhealthy diets, a sedentary lifestyle, high stress levels and fast-paced social obligations are the biggest contributors to heart problems in younger people

World Heart Day 2020: Here's why we celebrate 29 September to raise awareness about cardiovascular diseases

World Heart Day was first observed on 29 September, 1999, when the World Heart Federation collaborated with the World Health Organisation

World Heart Day 2020: Rising heart attacks among young people and ways to prevent them

Work-related stress and increased screen time also contribute significantly towards heart problems.

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.

Make these five promises for better heart health

To encourage good heart habits, the World Heart Federation has asked people around the world to make five promises.

World Heart Day 2019: Women are more susceptible to heart disease and stroke than men – here's why

While some women have no apparent symptoms, many experience classic symptoms of heart disease that are treatable.

Six heart diseases with strange names, and what they mean

On World Heart Day 2019, we look at some of these strange heart conditions with even stranger names.

Heart of the matter: There are good fats, bad fats and very bad fats

The length of the carbon chain and the number of hydrogen atoms can vary from fat to fat. This is also what makes some fats good and others bad.

Five reasons why our heart muscles become weak

Cardiomyopathy is a condition in which the heart muscles become weak. In people with cardiomyopathy, the heart muscles become thicker and more rigid.