Long working hours led to 745 000 deaths from stroke and ischemic heart disease in 2016, a 29 per cent increase since 2000, say the latest estimates on Monday.
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Icddr,b studies asymptomatic COVID-19 in heart patients
The study in question, which has been reported on the icddr, b website, was conducted during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic when the Bangladesh daily testing positivity rate was at a peak of around 20%.
Eating chilli peppers may prevent fatal heart attacks, stroke
Chilli peppers aren’t for the faint of heart, but maybe they should be. Scientists in Italy say the spice slashes the mortality rate from a heart attack and cerebrovascular disease (which restricts blood flow to the brain and includes strokes…
Early cholesterol treatment lowers heart disease risk
Treating younger people with high cholesterol levels may help reduce their risk of heart attack or stroke in later life, a major study showed Wednesday.
Big study casts doubt on need for many heart procedures
New York, Nov 18 – People with severe but stable heart disease from clogged arteries may have less chest pain if they get a procedure to improve blood flow rather than just giving medicines a chance to help, but it…
Govt erased from people’s heart: No time to look back: BNP
Jessore, Nov 4 – BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said launching a united movement to dislodge the current government is now a matter of time.
Daily ‘polypill’ reduces heart disease, stroke
A cheap, once-a-day pill combining aspirin with drugs that lower blood pressure and cholesterol cuts the risk of major heart failure and stroke by a third, researchers yesterday. In clinical trials, the so-called “polypill” was especially effective among people with…
Which heart patients need stents?
Nearly every day for the past month Roxana Mehran, an interventional cardiologist at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, and her colleagues have been getting calls from patients wondering if their stents were really necessary. Yes, the doctor assures…