Calcium is required for all muscles, including those in the heart, to contract. Muscle cells store calcium and use special channels within their cells to release it when it is needed, according to the report.
Though the video was shared on Twitter in January, it has gone viral with netizens showering praises on the IAS officer who saved his life with his immediate action.
Although heart disease is a leading cause of death, it is not always the case. There are numerous methods available to lower your risk of heart disease.
A number of factors cause heart related disease so learning about them can lower your risk of heart attack.
Cholesterol is a fat-like substance present in our blood that has an important role in many biological functions of our body, but the excess of it can be harmful in numerous ways that might be unknown to us. Most foods that are rich in cholesterol also contain high sugar, saturated fat, and sodium which cause many diseases.
Yet, deaths in emergency departments and in-hospital admissions, which are significantly higher in kids compared with adults, remains the key factor for children.
We may love sugar but it is harmful to our overall health. There are numerous health benefits to eliminating refined sugar from our diets. Scroll down to know why you should avoid sugar if you want to live longer and a healthier life.
The sixth leading reason of country's deaths was injury, poisoning, and certain other consequences of external causes (fractures, poisoning by drugs and biological substances) and it constituted 5.6 per cent of the total deaths.
Nearly half of ventilated patients in the study (47 per cent) died because of COVID-19, a figure that is comparable to national and international death rates, they said.
Among the highest-risk patients with more active coronary disease, vaccination was associated with considerably better outcomes.
Beijing: Women who have given birth have a higher chance of developing heart disease and strokes than those who are childless, a new study says. Previous studies have shown that women usually show changes in vascular properties, blood volume and heart rates during pregnancy. However, the impact of pregnancy on subsequent heart disease has been […]
London: Maternal treatment with vitamin C antioxidant during a complicated pregnancy could protect the baby from developing hypertension and heart disease in adulthood, suggests a study. Heart disease is the greatest killer in the world today, and it is widely accepted that our genes interact with traditional lifestyle risk factors such as smoking, obesity and/or […]
London: Men who sleep less than six hours a night may be at an increased risk of cardiovascular disease compared to those who sleep between seven and eight hours, a new study suggests. The study showed that poor quality sleep of less than six hours increases the risk of atherosclerosis by 27 per cent compared […]
New York: Specks of calcium in the heart’s artery walls could signal early risk of cardiovascular disease, particularly in men from South Asian countries, including India, and may help develop treatment methods, researchers say. According to the team from the University of California-San Francisco (UCSF), people from South Asia are known to have a high […]
Sydney: People who have suffered bullying or sexual abuse have a lower quality of life similar to those living with chronic conditions like heart disease, diabetes, depression or severe anxiety, a new study has found. The findings, led by University of Adelaide researchers, found that the victims of bullying and sexual abuse were three times […]