Tag: Heart
Abbott launches first smartphone compatible insertable cardiac monitor to detect arrhythmias
With the new Insertable Cardiac Monitor (ICM), physicians can remotely monitor their patients for even the most difficult to detect cardiac arrhythmias, including irregular heartbeats..
George Institute urges govt to build capacity to fight burden of...
SMARThealth project showcases that effective and regular interventions using existing health infrastructure works wonders in countering CVD..........
World Heart Day: India faces an ‘epidemic’ of heart disease!
A joint study prepared by ASSOCHAM and Deloitte on ‘Cardiovascular diseases in India’ reveals that CVDs accounted for around one-fourth of all deaths in India in 2008 and there are rising incidence in young patients...........
SRL Analysis reveals women all over India equally at risk of...
On the eve of World Heart Day, SRL Diagnostics has come up with the data analysis of 3.3 Million samples of women across India........
Apollo Hospitals launches unique ‘Heart Disease Prevention & Reversal Program’
The comprehensive program which is preventive and personalised draws on global clinical research with proven results and is being spearheaded by an expert team of cardiologists.............
Ten children from Uganda undergo free open-heart surgery in India
These children are in India under Rotary International’s Gift of Life Initiative and have been treated for free at the Amrita Hospital in Kochi..............
A few Indians know their BP and fewer among them get...
These are some of the initial findings of a new study which aims to estimate prevalence, awareness and treatment of hypertension........
Access to medical technology can save thousands of premature babies
With hospitals and NICUs in India becoming equipped with the latest medical technologies, survival of premature babies in India has improved markedly says the Cloudnine Group of Hospitals....
WHO SEARO urges member countries to prepare better system to counter...
The World Health Organization's South East Asia Regional Office has urged member countries, including India, to have a well-prepared health system to prevent strokes
Urgent need for action plan to reduce deadly salt consumption in...
Indians are eating more than double the recommended amount of salt, putting themselves at increased risk of cardiovascular disease and early death....