Thursday, 20 January, 2022
TopicHeart disease

Topic: Heart disease

Young people getting heart attacks no surprise. Look at their plate

Subhasree Ray -
Heart diseases aren't diseases of old age. It's because young Indians are hooked to white foods and ultra-processed diets.

More patients going to hospitals, making insurance claims for heart issues since lockdowns

Angana Chakrabarti -
Insurance firms say no. of claims related to cardiovascular issues ‘doubled’ from April to September. But doctors say this increase may not mean rise in incidence of heart diseases.

Are you gaining weight? Get gut-healthy

Subhasree Ray -
Combinations of high trans-fat, high-refined carbs, and low dietary fiber diets lead to alteration in gut microbial composition, leading to harmful metabolic outcomes.

Steep rise in heart disease risk among women as more take up full time work: Swiss study

Mohana Basu -
Researchers claim ‘alarming’ rise in women reporting non-traditional risk factors for heart disease, such as work stress, sleep disorders, and fatigue.

Mustard oil is good for kitchen but no clean chit yet on whether it’s good for heart

Subhasree Ray -
Mustard oil is believed to be cardio protective due to its high content of monounsaturated fatty acids. But studies show its beneficial aspect is controversial.

Indians, other South Asians at double risk of heart diseases compared to Europeans: US study

Mohana Basu -
Study also says clinical tools in US and Europe have not factored in the increased risk to South Asians since the latter were not part of the tools' development.

Heart disease is leading cause of death in women. All-female-led Lancet group is stepping in

Ruma Bhargava -
High blood pressure is the single-largest risk factor for cardiovascular diseases in women, followed by high body mass index and high LDL cholesterol.

Higher apolipoprotein B shortens lifespan, increases risk of heart disease, finds Lancet study

Sravasti Dasgupta -
The study says apolipoprotein B, a protein involved in the metabolism of lipids, contributes to formation of fatty acid deposits on arteries which may result in heart disease.

Long work hours increasing deaths from heart disease & strokes, pandemic could worsen it: WHO

Tenzin Zompa -
Between 2000 and 2016, the number of deaths from ischemic heart disease due to long work hours rose by 42%, and from stroke by 19%.

Young and asymptomatic? Covid can still harm your heart

Partho Sengupta -
We found evidence of heart abnormalities in over one-third of student athletes who tested Covid positive and underwent cardiac screening at a US university.
123Page 1 of 3

On Camera

YourTurn

Opinion

How England’s dying industrial towns became the West’s largest jihad factory

Praveen Swami -
Malik Faisal Akram had no known affiliation with jihadist groups. Ideas that led him to take hostages in a Texas synagogue seeped into his mind almost by osmosis.
File photo of M.S. Dhoni and Virat Kohli.

When Kohli took over from Dhoni a template was set. Now BCCI has set India back two decades

Representational image | Women stitch the Indian national flag for Independence Day, at Khadi Gramodyog Samyukta centre, Hubli | PTI

Raise Truth Army to fight India’s troll army, but go beyond just fact-checking

Economy

NTPC looks to coal imports to avoid new power crunch

Rajesh Kumar Singh -
India’s largest electricity producer is aiming to secure cargoes starting from April, when power consumption in India typically surges on summer cooling demand.

Defence

File photo of IAF drone seen flying in Leh on 18 Nov 2020 | ANI

Indian firm gets foothold in prized global ‘kamikaze’ and armed drones market

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Global demand for loitering munition & armed drones saw a jump after Azerbaijan was able to defeat superior Armenian armed forces in 2020 with the help of these systems.

National Interest

Illustration by Soham Sen | ThePrint

Read my lips, I’m hurting, says Pakistan’s National Security Policy. What it means for India

Shekhar Gupta -
The new policy is mostly chaff, but it reveals the most inward-looking Pakistan in 3 decades. It needs breathing space, and is realising loss of stature and friendship with US.

Follow us

Copyright © 2022 Printline Media Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved.

×