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Study reveals heart health guidelines which help in reducing diabetes risk

Jan 17, 2019, at 03:27 pm

New York, Jan 17 (IBNS): Lifestyle and health factors that are good for your heart can also prevent diabetes, according to a new study by researchers at The Ohio State University College of Medicine that published on Thursday in Diabetologia, the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes.

Chronic illnesses: UN stands up to stop 41 million avoidable deaths per year

Sep 28, 2018, at 08:47 am

New York, Sept 28 (IBNS): “Heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes, chronic Lyme disease, depression” – just some of the illnesses outlined by World Health Organization (WHO) chief Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, who drove home the danger by asking delegates to stand up, when they heard the name of an illness that had killed someone they loved: One by one, every single person in the room, got to their feet.

Study shows new technology can predict fatal heart attacks

Sep 21, 2018, at 03:44 pm

London, Sept  21 (IBNS): Researchers at the University of Oxford, working with colleagues in Erlangen, Germany and at the Cleveland Clinic, USA, have developed a new technology based on analysis of computed tomography (CT) coronary angiograms that can flag patients at risk of deadly heart attacks years before they occur.

Landmark study reveals: Can aspirin prolong good health?

Sep 17, 2018, at 09:10 am

Canberra, Sept 17 (IBNS): Three groundbreaking papers published in today’s New England Journal of Medicine, led by a team of Monash University researchers in Melbourne, reveal the results from a seven-year study of the benefits and risks of a low daily dose of aspirin to the lives of people over 70.

5Things You Should Know About Sickle Cell Anaemia

Aug 18, 2018, at 01:14 pm

The rate of people having sickle cell anaemia is close to almost 35 percent in few Indian communities, according to the Anthropological Survey of India. The disease is still not documented in the country as it should be and thus there is utter ignorance and unawareness amongst the people. In central India, especially in the Deccan Plateau, the disease is now a thing to be really concerned about as it has become a widespread phenomenon.

Using adrenaline in cardiac arrests results in less than 1% more people leaving hospital alive, but nearly doubles risk of severe brain damage: Study

Jul 21, 2018, at 05:04 pm

London, July 21 (IBNS): A clinical trial of the use of adrenaline in cardiac arrests has found that its use results in less than 1% more people leaving hospital alive - but almost doubles the risk of severe brain damage for survivors of cardiac arrest.

Scientists ID source of damaging inflammation after heart attack

Jun 09, 2018, at 08:18 pm

Washington, June 9 (IBNS): Scientists have zeroed in on a culprit that spurs damaging inflammation in the heart following a heart attack. The guilty party is a type of immune cell that tries to heal the injured heart but instead triggers inflammation that leads to even more damage.