New technique to save kids born with 'half a heart'Business StandardNew technique to save kids born with 'half a heart'. Press Trust of India / Washington November 07, 2012, 18:15 … "Many of the children who reach adulthood event…
Baldness and baggy eyes tell-tale signs of heart attackBusiness StandardResearchers analysed 10,885 participants 40 years and older (45 per cent women) in the Copenhagen Heart Study. Of these, 7,537 had frontoparietal baldness (receding hairline at the…
The NationDonated stem cells better for heart attack patients?Times of IndiaThe study involved 30 patients whose hearts were damaged by an earlier heart attack. Half received heart-muscle injections of their own cells, while the other half received don…
From K to KK in 60 daysTimes of IndiaOn his 60-day journey from Kargil to Kanyakumari, ultra-marathoner Arun Bhardwaj completed 2300km when he reached the heart of India – the Zero Milestone – on Tuesday evening at 5.15. The country's first interna…
Quacks (mis)treat in the heart of IndiaDaily PioneerWith Government healthcare providers often failing to reach the rural poor in Chhattisgarh, jholachaap doctors who do not have a medical degree, are flourishing. This has exposed the locals to risks a…
India Inc rides high on operational gainsBusiness StandardThe slowdown clouds are still hovering, as reflected in slowing sales growth. But India Inc can still take heart from its September quarter performance. Net profit has gone up 32 per cent, compa…
Smallest baby in western Europe waits for transplant
New probiotic lowers bad cholesterolTimes of IndiaSuch treatments are drawing increasing medical attention as researchers unravel how supplementing gut bacteria (microbiome) with probiotics can play a role in health and certain chronic diseases such as…
ABC NewsMultivitamins don't lower heart riskTimes of IndiaResearchers then compared the group that took the multivitamin with the group that took the placebo and found no significant impact on risk of heart attack, stroke, or cardiovascular mortali…
Recreational cocaine use causes heart attackTimes of IndiaPeople who regularly use cocaine socially have stiffer arteries, higher blood pressure and thicker heart wall muscle than non-users — all of which can cause a heart attack — an Australian st…