There are a few things you probably don’t know about heart disease, especially how it affects women. Heart disease is the number one killer of women, but until recently, as Dr. Karen Latimer explains, cardiac issues were thought to be a men’s health problem. The truth is that more women die from heart disease than men. In fact, […]
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What Congenital Heart Disease Means for Your Child
Congenital heart defects are the most common of all birth defects. But if your child is diagnosed with one, it feels like you’re entering strange, uncharted territory. Instead of welcoming your newborn to a cozy nursery at home, you’re glued to the hospital, immersed in a crash course on an unfamiliar condition such as ventricular […]
Deaths from heart diseases rising in India, says study
Deaths due to cardiovascular (heart) disease is on the rise in India, causing more than one quarter of all deaths in the country in 2015, and affecting rural populations and young adults the most, says a study published in The Lancet Global Health. This work is the first nationally representative study to measure cardiovascular mortality […]
Want A Healthy Heart? Drink More Coffee, Says New Study
Latte lovers, rejoice. New research has found that a daily dose of coffee (or three) may actually help with heart health. Experts at the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute in Melbourne examined a series of studies looking at the effects of caffeine on conditions such as arrhythmias (aka, when the heart beats too fast, too […]