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Atrial Fibrillation
Is your heart normally beating? Rhythm disorder in the heart is common says Dr Balbir Singh, Chairman and Head of cardiology Max Hospital Saket in Delhi. A pioneer in the field of Atrial fibrillation, he says not only is it treatable, it is also a common cause for strokes, which can be avoided if treated in time. What is Atrial Fibrillation (AF) and what is the risk of AF? Atrial fibrillation is the most common type of irregular heartbeat. AF is also known as arrhythmia, which can lead to blood clo
Dr. Balbir Singh In Cardiac Sciences
Feb 11 , 2020 | 8 min read
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How to take care of your Heart in winter
How to take care of your Heart in winter As temperatures start to fall, your risk of a heart attack begins to climb. "Cold weather sometimes creates a perfect storm of risk factors for cardiovascular problems," Many of these risks stem from a "mismatch between oxygen supply and demand." Cold weather can decrease the supply of oxygen-rich blood to your heart muscle. And it can put you in situations that force your heart to work harder; as a result, your heart demands more oxygen-rich blood. Risk: Ov
Dr. Rajiv Agarwal In Cardiac Sciences
Dec 27 , 2019 | 2 min read
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Valvular Heart Disease
Valvular heart disease refers to and is characterised by damage to or a defect in one of the four heart valves –mitral, aortic, pulmonary and tricuspid. The disease may be from birth (congenital) or develops in later part of life (acquired). Valves are placed between chambers and vessels to maintain unidirectional flows of blood. One of the most common valvular heart diseases to effect individuals in our country is an aftermath of rheumatic fever. Rheumatic valvular heart disease is the commonest valvula
Dr. Subhash Kumar Sinha In Cardiac Sciences
Jul 15 , 2019 | 3 min read
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The Virgin Field of Cardiac Electrophysiology for Indian Women
Women Electrophysiologists are Female cardiologists who study and treat the electrical disturbances of the heart. Out of around 150 heart rhythm specialists in the country, she stands as the first women electrophysiologist of the country and practices at Max Healthcare Superspeciality Hospital as the Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology department. Though the road to becoming an electrophysiologist is a long one – 12 to 13 years of training, compared to seven or eight for other areas of medicine –Elect
Max Team In Cardiac Sciences
May 16 , 2019 | 5 min read
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Loose motions or Diarrhea is one of the most common ailments across every age group – from infants and mothers to the elderly. Diarrhea is the frequent passage of watery or loose stools across irregular intervals. There are many possible causes of Diarrhea. These include allergies, food poisoning, infections, and stress. As such, Diarrhea is merely a symptom of one of many possible causes. Most of the time, loose motions is not a serious problem and can be treated at home. Below, we've outlined 3 simple h
Dr. Manoj Ranka In Internal Medicine
Feb 22 , 2018 | 5 min read
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To make sure that what you eat helps your body and also helps you stay interested, spread out your food through the day by following different food ideas. You can mix and match the following depending on how much you can eat and whether you are vegetarian or non vegetarian.
Dr. Neera Aggarwal In Obstetrics And Gynaecology Nutrition And Dietetics
Nov 07 , 2020 | 5 min read
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Polycystic ovarian disease (PCOD) or polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is a syndrome that has taken modern world by storm. Polycystic ovarian disease or syndrome is a very common disease heard in today's younger generation. It is a must that young girls understand this disease at an early stage as well as its causes and future implications. It is a hormonal disorder with: Imbalance of the two female hormones estrogen and progesterone with estrogen taking the upper hand – menstrual irregularities, infer
Dr. Kamna Nagpal In Obstetrics And Gynaecology
Jun 30 , 2016 | 5 min read
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A balanced diet is a diet that contains the right proportion of different food types so that your body gets the required carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, proteins, minerals.
Jan 24 , 2022 | 5 min read
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Heart Attack in Women
Medical research in women has traditionally had a “bikini approach” i.e. focused on the disease of the breast and reproductive system. Heart attack was considered to be a man's disease. Ironically, heart disease kills more women than breast cancer. The incidence of heart disease increases sharply after menopause, heart attacks are increasingly been seen in young women. Women don't realize that heart attacks could happen to them. Heart attacks happen when one of the main arteries of the heart gets blocked
Dr. Roopa Salwan In Cardiac Sciences
Apr 10 , 2019 | 2 min read
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ART in women with cardiac condition
Women with heart disease are known to have an increased risk of suffering medical complications compared to healthy women and it has been seen that this risk increases when women with heart problems undergo IVF. A retrospective study done by Natalie Dayan et al. evaluated this risk for the first time and published the results in JACC in 2014, confirming that it exists. Twenty women with mean age 37 ± 4 years, with 22 pregnancies. Out of these 15 pregnancies (68%) occurred in women with congenital heart prob
Max Team In Cardiac Sciences
Nov 14 , 2018 | 4 min read
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Indian Youth in the radar of heart diseases due to diabetes
Diabetes is caused when the blood glucose levels in the body is higher than normal. Body breaks the food into glucose and carries it to all the cells of the body which is converted to energy using insulin (hormone). There are two types of diabetes namely Type 1 – when body doesn't make enough insulin and type 2- when body doesn't use insulin properly. The higher the person's blood sugar level is the higher the chances of developing heart diseases. Compared to people who do not have diabetes, people havin
Max Team In Cardiac Sciences
Nov 14 , 2018 | 3 min read
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Common Biomarker Tests Identify Risk For Heart Disease and Stroke In Seemingly Healthy Patients
Biomarkers that predict heart diseases can predict strokes too. That's because both stroke and heart diseases have same underlying pathology. Besides being leading causes of death, both stroke and heart diseases share some four or five common risk factors too. These include smoking, high cholesterol, Diabetes and high blood pressure. However, people who are at a borderline of either of these risk factors are prone to suffer both heart disease and stroke, also known as cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cer
Dr. Naveen Bhamri In Cardiac Sciences
Nov 14 , 2018 | 3 min read
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