Cardiovascular

In a long sought quest to rule the best among bypass surgery and angioplasty to treat the sickest heart patients, findings of a new study unveiled at the European Society of Cardiologydefine meeting in Munich Monday pronounced that the effectiveness of open-heart surgery out-do the drug stents.

Studies show that a daily consumption of fish oil capsule can cut the risk of death in patients with heart failure by 14%. This was explicit when 5000 patients followed the once daily regime, yielding positive results.

Next time when you try to take the lift or escalator at work or shopping mall instead of the stairs, remember it could perk up your chances of dying prematurely by up to 15 per cent.

Generally prescribed to lower the death risk in patients suffering a coronary arterydefine disease, Vitamin B supplements might not be as effective as deemed, a new Norwegian research suggests.

Walking the treadmill may out-do the benefits derived from a regular stretching regime - the long-established exercise prescribed to stroke survivors’, according to a new study. Treadmill workouts not only improve the stroke survivors' walking ability, but it also braces a faster and brisker walk by reconditioning parts of the brain, it suggests.

The hard to resist chocolates need not be resisted anymore! A new study found that treating yourself with two chunks of dark chocolate a day for two weeks can significantly reduce the risk of heart disease.

A new American study found that gout drug, allopurinol may help in lowering the blood pressure in teenagers who suffer from hypertension or high blood pressure.

A new American study found that healthy teenagers who sleep little are at an increased risk for pre-hypertension and high blood pressure.

In what could be considered as a breakthrough in medical science, surgeons at Children's Hospital in Denver have performed the first transplants of hearts - whose donors are infants who died a controversial cardiacdefine-related death, rather than being declared brain-dead.

Scientists at Israel's Ben Gurion University claim to have discovered a miracle gel that could mend a damaged heart tissue, a breakthrough in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases. Currently there’s no way of repairing heart muscle after an attack.