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Exercising 150 mins/week to prevent heart attacks? Study says it may not be enough if you have sugary health drinks
Published Date : 13-Feb-2024 (www.indianexpress.com)
You may be religiously completing 150 minutes of moderate intensity exercise per week to reduce your heart attack risk but you may be undoing all the good if you choose to have a sugary or energy drink.....Read More
Cold wave hazards: 5 adverse effects of extreme cold on your health
Published Date : 05-Jan-2024 (www.hindustantimes.com)
Extreme cold can have significant impact on cardiovascular and neurological health, raising concerns for conditions ranging from heart attacks to brain strokes.....Read More
ICMR और हेल्थ मिनिस्टर Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya ने Covid और Heart Attack का लिंक बताया | Sehat 752
Published Date : 7-Oct-2023 (https://www.youtube.com/@TheLallantop)
Welcome to The Lallantop's 752nd episode of Sehat. Your daily health show. In today's episode: 1. Find out what is causing heart attacks and cardiac arrests post covid-19. Dr. Nishith Chandra, Principal Director, Cardiology, Fortis, New Delhi explains what ICMR found in its study.....Watch Now
Is Sudden Heart Attack Linked To Covid-19: Expert Lists Tips For Covid Survivors To Take Care Of Their Heart
Published Date : 20-Sept-2023 (www.indianexpress.com)
While exploring the link between heart attacks and covid, Jagran English spoke to Dr. Nishith Chandra, Principal Director, Interventional Cardiology, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, Okhla Road, New Delhi about effective tips that COVID survivors can keep in mind to take care of their heart....Read More
Is your bad cholesterol or LDL level not going down despite diet and exercise? How to keep LDL less than 100mg/dL
Published Date : 20-Sept-2023 (www.indianexpress.com)
LDL has many sub-types, and most Indians have the small dense type which damages the blood vessels in the heart. While the total LDL counts of Indians are usually lower than Caucasians, the proportion of small density LDLs is higher, says Dr Nishith Chandra, Principal Director, Interventional Cardiology, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, Delhi...Read More
Bipasha Basu’s baby had a hole in the heart: What causes congenital heart defects? Do parents need to worry?
Published Date : 7-Aug-2023 (www.indianexpress.com)
This heart condition is quite common among Indian children. Early diagnosis and corrective surgery mean the child can grow up to be as healthy as any regular kid. An early surgery can help avoid complications and growth deficiencies later in life, says Dr Nishith Chandra...Read More
Unlocking the secrets of a healthy heart: Can fasting transform cardiovascular health?
Published Date : 19-July-2023 (www.indianexpress.com)
Time-restricted eating gives the body a longer time to repair itself. This in turn leads to balanced hormones, disturbances of which can cause obesity, high blood pressure, high blood triglycerides, low levels of HDL cholesterol and insulin resistance. All of these raise the risk of heart attack, say cardiologists...Read More
Heart attack risk going up in young women. Are early-age smoking, vaping and unregulated birth control pill use to blame?
Published Date : 11-July-2023 (www.indianexpress.com)
Smoking tobacco is known to sharply reduce high-density lipoprotein (HDL) or good cholesterol. Besides, it causes inflammation, increases coagulation of the blood and damages the lining of the arteries, says Dr Nishith Chandra...Read More
Are artificial sweeteners safe for your heart health? What a cardiologist says
Published Date : 12-July-2023 (www.hindustantimes.com)
Artificial sweeteners may appeal to fitness-conscious people with their low-calorie promise, but their higher intake is linked to high risk of heart disease...Read More
Angioplasty or bypass surgery: Which treatment is best to treat coronary artery disease?
Published Date : 2 3-Mar-2023 (www.healthshots.com)
Coverage appeared in Healthshots quoting Dr Nishith Chandra, DM, FACC, Principal Director, Interventional Cardiology, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, Delhi...Read More
Man with cardiac ailment gets new lease of life after over 10-hour-long heart transplant surgery in Delhi
Published Date : 3-Feb-2023 (www.theprint.in)
New Delhi, Feb 3 (PTI) A 43-year-old patient who had been suffering from a cardiac ailment has received a new lease of life after undergoing an over 10-hour heart transplant surgery at a leading private hospital here, as he received the organ from another ailing man, doctors said on Friday.Read More
Sushmita Sen suffers heart attack; can Addison's disease affect heart? What experts say
Published Date : 2-Mar-2023 (www.hindustantimes.com)
Sushmita Sen took to social media to inform her fans that she suffered a heart attack a couple of days back and underwent angioplasty. Sen was diagnosed with Addison's disease in 2014 and was taking steroids as part of treatment. Here's how the autoimmune condition can impact heart.......Read More
Does your artificial sweetener have Erythritol? Study says it raises risk of heart attack and stroke
Published Date : 1-Mar-2023 (www.indianexpress.com)
"The sweetener called Erythritol activates platelets, the blood cells which cause clots when they clump together. Such clusters block blood flow in different parts of the body. Since its presence or levels are not revealed on packages of processed foods, it is far safer to consume natural foods and avoid using sugar substitutes,’ says cardiologist Dr K Srinath Reddy......Read More
What happens when the heart is on the right side instead of left?
Published Date : 7-Feb-2023 (www.indianexpress.com)
"The exact cause of dextrocardia is unknown, but it is believed to be related to genetic or developmental factors," said Dr Nishith Chandra, principal director, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, Okhla Road, New Delhi......Read More
Emergency cases for heart attacks, high blood pressure, brain strokes spiked in Delhi NCR: Top Experts
Published Date : 10-Jan-2023 (www.theprint.in)
New Delhi [India], January 10 (ANI): Amid extreme cold, a number of people are battling heart attacks and brain strokes related problems during this year’s winters, as per the experts......Read More
Grant Wahl death: How uncontrolled BP can lead to an aortic aneurysm and rupture
Published Date : 15-Dec-2022 (www.indianexpress.com)
‘The stress to the aortic wall from constant high blood pressure can weaken it, resulting in a tear and dissection,’ says Dr Nishith Chandra, Principal Director, Interventional Cardiology, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, New Delhi.....Read More
Man collapses while shaking a leg: Can dancing cause cardiac arrest?
Published Date : 1-Dec-2022 (www.healthshots.com)
A UP man died of a cardiac arrest after dancing at a wedding event. Incidents like these makes one wonder if dancing can lead to cardiac arrest. Read on to find out. To explore the connection between dancing and cardiac arrest, Health Shots spoke with Dr Nishith Chandra, Principal Director, Interventional Cardiology, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, Okhla Road, New Delhi.....Read More
Does asthma hasten plaque buildup in arteries and raise heart disease risk?
Published Date : 28-Nov-2022 (www.indianexpress.com)
A new study says so. 'Chronic inflammation of the airways may lead to systemic inflammation and make people more susceptible. Women at higher risk,' says Dr Nishith Chandra, Principal Director, Interventional Cardiology, Fortis Escorts, New Delhi....Read More
How to avoid sudden cardiac arrest in elderly
Published Date : 23-Nov-2022 (www.hindustantimes.com)
Veteran actor Tabassum Govil best known for hosting India's first TV talk show Phool Khile Hain Gulshan Gulshan passed away at the age of 78 following a cardiac arrest on Friday (November 18). Elderly or people over 70 are more at risk of sudden cardiac arrest than the rest....Read More
High cholesterol: Is it dangerous to suddenly stop taking statins?
Published Date : 13-Oct-2022 (https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
High cholesterol has become one of the most common and concerning 'silent killers' of all time. Not only does it increase your chance of developing heart disease, but it even puts you at a greater risk of a heart attack or a stroke. ....Read More
NPPA to meet stakeholders over pricing of high-end stents on 5 February
Published Date : 30-Jan-2018 (www.livemint.com)
Global stent makers seeking higher prices or an exemption from a price cap for their high-end stents may heave a sigh of relief. The national drug price regulator, which slashed the price of cardiac stents by up to 80% in February last year, will hold discussions on....Read More
Citing price controls, Abbott says won’t launch newest coronary stents in India
Published Date : 02-Nov-2017 (www.livemint.com)
India’s long-drawn efforts to bring drugs and medical devices under price control has led US-based Abbott Laboratories to withhold its new coronary stents, described by one Indian surgeon as the best so far, from the Indian market...Read More
Failure of Abbott’s dissolvable stent opens market for India-made absorbable scaffold
Published Date : 08-Apr-2017 (www.deccanchronicle.com)
The failure of “absorbable” stents manufactured by pharma giant Abbott has opened up market for Indian absorbable scaffold, MeRes100 from Meril, reportedly launching soon.
Used in coronary artery disease patients, Abbott decided to “limit’ the use of its Bioresorbable...Read More
Prices of stent accessories may be capped
Published Date : 10-Oct-2017 (www.livemint.com)
The government is likely to regulate the prices of accessories used for implanting stents to treat patients with weak or narrow arteries. The move, which follows the regulation of stent prices, is set to be opposed by the pharma industry....Read More
India’s drug regulator warns on Abbott’s bioresorbable stents
Published Date : 08-Aug-2017 (www.livemint.com)
Amid safety concerns, the Indian drug regulator has warned against the use of some of Abbott India Ltd’s bioresorbable stents, which dissolve in the body after the blood flow to blocked arteries is restored.
The warning, part of a report by an expert panel formed to study such stents, pertains....Read More
Abbott discontinues global sales of 1st-generation Absorb stents
Published Date : 09-Sep-2017 (www.livemint.com)
Abbott Laboratories, one of the biggest makers of coronary stents, announced halting global sales of their fully absorbable stent-Absorb Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold (BVS) citing low “commercial sales”.
Once hailed as the next big breakthrough in medical devices,...Read More
Sanket, A Credit-Card Sized Healthtech Device Aims To Disrupt The Cardiac Healthcare System in India
Published Date : 14-Sep-2015 (www.inc42.com)
Coronary artery disease (CAD) now claims more lives in India than communicable diseases like tuberculosis, pneumonia, malaria, which were the leading killers in the 1990s. While maintaining a healthy lifestyle and diet aid to prevent it....Read More