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Drinking Beetroot Juice Could Lower BP, Heart Attack Risk

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Dietary nitrate is a compound that dilates blood vessels to decrease blood pressure, a leading factor for developing heart attack. A glass of beetroot juice -- a source of dietary nitrate -- could dramatically lower as well as reduce heart attack risk, a study has revealed. The findings, published in the Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology, showed that the supplement can reduce overstimulation of the sympathetic nervous system that occurs with heart disease and causes the heart to beat faster....

Balanced Vegan Diet Reduces the Risk of Heart Disease (and) Cancer

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Experts advise that for a balanced vegetarian diet for children parents require to include beans, chickpeas, lentils, soya mince, fortified soya yoghurt to lowers the risk of blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes and cancer. Heather Russell, dietitian at The Vegan Society, said, "Good nutrition is essential for giving kids a great start and well-planned vegan diets can meet the needs of every family member as well as support normal growth and development." She further added that "Introducing ...

Respiratory Infection can Act as a Trigger for a Heart Attack

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The risk of having a heart attack is 17 times higher in the seven days following a respiratory infection, claimed a recent study. The University of Sydney research is the first to report an association between respiratory infections such as pneumonia, influenza and bronchitis and increased risk of heart attack in patients confirmed by coronary angiography (a special X-Ray to detect heart artery blockages). "Our findings confirm what has been suggested in prior studies that a respiratory infection ...

Modified Bathroom Scales Help Detect Heart Abnormalities

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Bathroom scales, a common accessory of every household, can become a useful tool for health monitoring. A team of KTU researchers have already developed a prototype of multifunctional body composition scales, and are now improving the model by adding new functions and parameters. Weighing oneself has become one of the most common morning rituals. However, your weight is not the only message that can be delivered by your bathroom scales: the team of researchers at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU)....

Can High-Dose Iron Pills Improve Exercise Capacity Among Heart Failure Patients?

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A high-dose of oral iron supplementation among heart failure patients who have iron deficiency did not improve the exercise capacity for over 16 weeks. The research study was published in the journal iJAMA/i. Iron deficiency is present in approximately 50 percent of patients with heart failure with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (HFrEF; ejection fraction: a measure of how well the left ventricle of the heart pumps with each contraction) and is associated with reduced functional ...

Two Weeks Of Physical Inactivity Causes Diabetes, Heart Disease

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Taking a break from exercise for just two weeks, increases the risk of reducing muscle mass, metabolic health, and may accelerate the development of chronic diseases such as Type 2 diabetes, heart disease in young adults, reveals a new study. The findings showed that just 14 days of physical inactivity in young healthy people can cause obesity, poor metabolic health, accelerated musculoskeletal decline, and potentially premature death. "The results emphasise the importance of remaining ...

Surprising Cause for Breathlessness Identified, Offers New Treatment for Heart Failure Patients

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Heart failure patients often complain breathlessness. A Professor from the University of Guelph has uncovered the cause for breathlessness that would help to pave new way for treatment. Jeremy Simpson, a professor in U of G's Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences and the study's lead author, linked shortness of breath in heart failure to a hormonal imbalance in the brain using mice. The first-ever findings appear today in iScience Translational Medicine./i "We may not ...

A Tablet That may Help With Heart Failure Management

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Technology-enabled learning has gone a step further as a novel tablet is helping heart failure patients to manage their disease including drug dosages. Patients with heart failure are prescribed diuretics which act on the kidneys to produce more urine, thereby reducing fluid retention and congestion. Patients are advised to monitor their weight, as a rapid loss could be a sign that the diuretic dose is too high while a sudden gain could indicate fluid retention and require reducing the dose....

Does Early Menopause Increase Heart Failure Risk in Women?

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bHighlights:/b ul class = "group-list punch-points" liWomen who experience early menopause may be at an elevated risk of heart failure /li li A shorter reproductive duration, that is, the time from first menstruation to menopause, can increase heart failure risk /li liWomen who never gave birth were at higher risk of diastolic heart failure. /li /ul Women who reached menopause at an earlier age or who never gave birth are at a higher risk of heart failure, finds a new study....

Risk of Heart Failure is 17 Times More in Preterm Born Infants

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More and more babies survive increasingly preterm births but run a higher risk of heart failure during childhood and adolescence than those born at full term, researchers at Karolinska Institute in Sweden report. Babies born prematurely are exposed to life outside the womb at a time when their organs are yet to fully mature and their bodies are not entirely prepared for the radical transition from fetus to neonate. In recent years, scientists have become all the more interested in the consequences ...

Aurangabad Boy With Critical Heart Ailment Saved After Complex Surgery

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At the Sir H.N. Reliance Foundation Hospital (and) Research Centre, a six-year-old boy from Aurangabad, Sanket More, suffering from a complex heart defect, was saved after surgery. The patient was suffering from complex problems - his heart chambers and arteries were interchanged, there was a large hole in the heart, the artery to the lungs was narrow, and the heart was located on the right side of the chest instead of the normal left. All this resulted in extremely poor supply of blood to ...

Lowering Blood Pressure in Hypertensive Patients Can Reduce the Risk of Heart Diseases

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Lowering the blood pressure in people with hypertension can reduce the risk of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). The condition causes the enlargement and thickening of the walls of the heart's main pumping chamber and increases the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases. The research team from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center has also published the study in the journal iCirculation./i "We know that high blood pressure could lead to LVH and we know that lowering this pressure to ...

Two Genes Responsible for Severe Congenital Heart Disease Identified

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The two genes that are responsible for a severe congenital heart defect called hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) were recently reported by a research team from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. The study findings were published in the journal iNature Genetics./i Congenital heart disease, or structural abnormalities in the heart that are present at birth, affect up to 1 percent of all live births. HLHS is a rare congenital heart disease where the left side of the heart ...

Now Heart Failure Patients can Self-Monitor With Simple Paper-Based Test

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bHighlights:/b ul class="group-list punch-points"liHeart failure is a condition where the heart cannot pump enough blood into the organs./li liSimple paper-based test strip has been developed for heart failure patients to self-monitor their condition./li liThe results of the paper test has been found to match with the conventional methods closely./li/ul Heart failure is a condition in which the heart fails to pump enough blood to the organs. The condition can usually be ...

Pregnancy Complications Increase Risk of Heart Disease in Offspring

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bHighlights/b ul class = "group-list punch-points" li Premature deaths attributable to non-communicable diseases are high, with one in three occurring before the age of 60. /li li Complications during pregnancy increased the risk of coronary artery heart disease in their offspring by three times. /li li Optimal health and nutrition of a mum-to-be throughout her pregnancy is crucial to help stave off or curb the risk of early heart disease in her children. /li/ul High blood ...

78 Year Old Undergoes a Life Saving Sutureless Valve Replacement Surgery

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Global Hospitals, Mumbai, successfully performed a sutureless valve replacement surgery on a 78 year old patient who had her heart pumping at only 20 percent and had other complications. Sutureless aortic valve replacement is innovatively designed procedure for aortic stenosis (one of the most common and most serious valve disease problems), which is highly versatile and suitable for a wide range of surgical approaches, including traditional and minimally invasive surgeries. The 78-year-old, ...

Smoking Causes 23-year-Old to Suffer from Heart Attack

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A paradigm shift in the age groups of people suffering from heart attacks to younger age brackets is due to several reasons, with tobacco induced cardiac arrests rated as the topmost ones. A patient in his early 20's was saved by a team led by Dr. Sanjay Mittal,Consultant Cardiologist, Columbia Asia Hospitals,Ghaziabad. The patient, 23-year-old Anshul Pandey (name changed to protect identity), was a hale and hearty youngster with no previous medical records. When he was presented to the team ...

Research Paves the Way to Develop New Drugs to Treat Heart Problems in Diabetics

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Diabetes-induced changes in heartbeat are regulated by (and) #946;1-adrenoceptor, finds a new study published in iExperimental Physiology./i This discovery could lead to the development of more targeted drugs to improve treatment of heart problems in people with diabetes. Patients with type 2 diabetes can have problems with the regulation of their heartbeat. The heartbeat is partly regulated by receptors called beta-adrenoceptors. There are two different forms, the (and) #946;1 and (and) #946;2, and each has a different function....

Diesel Pollution Increases Risk of Heart Damage and Premature Death

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Exposure to particulate matter (PM) emitted from diesel road vehicles can increase the risk of heart attack, heart failure and death, according to a research presented at EuroCMR 2017. "This appears to be driven by an inflammatory response - inhalation of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) causes localized inflammation of the lungs followed by a more systemic inflammation affecting the whole body," said lead author Dr Nay Aung, a cardiologist and Wellcome Trust research fellow, William Harvey Research ...

Protein Linked to Chronic Heart Failure Identified

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A receptor protein found on the surface of heart cells that promote chronic heart failure has been identified by a research team in Japan. The study suggests that inhibiting corticotropin releasing hormone receptor 2 could help prevent chronic heart failure that affects more than 20 million people worldwide. The study titled "Corticotropin releasing hormone receptor 2 exacerbates chronic cardiac dysfunction," is published in iThe Journal of Experimental Medicine./i Chronic heart failure is ...
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