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POSTED November 23, 2011 - 17:08 | POSTED BY Jyoti Pal

Heart attacks most severe between 1am and 5am -- study

The severity of the heart attack depends on the time of the day when it occurs, researchers have found.

According the findings of the new study, heart attacks are worst between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m.

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POSTED August 2, 2011 - 11:21 | POSTED BY Jyoti Pal

BP drugs may cut odds of heart problems

Taking blood pressure pills might not only help combat soaring levels, but also confer “significant benefits” to patients with aortic stenosis, findings of a new study suggest.

Aortic stenosis, the most common form of valvular heart disease, surfaces due to blockage in the main valve connecting the heart with the rest of the body. Due to this, the heart valve gets extremely tight causing chest pain, and breathlessness.

The heart disorder affects an estimated 5 percent of the population worldwide.

POSTED March 12, 2009 - 13:32 | POSTED BY Pragati Khond

Lower dietary salt intake can cut heart attack, death risk

San Francisco, March 11: With even a gram of reduction in salt intake, Americans can reduce cases of cardiacdefine ailments and deaths by a considerate amount, researchers assert.

Lower dietary salt intake can cut heart attack, death risk

At the 49th Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention by the American Heart Association, the researchers explained that lower salt intake may result in about a quarter-million lesser new cases of heart disease and could slash deaths by over 200,000 over a decade.

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