Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of chronic disease morbidity and mortality all over the world. Around 17.7 million people worldwide succumb to cardiovascular diseases every year.* Cardiovascular diseases, the leading cause of premature death, includes heart attacks, strokes, and other circulatory related diseases. Particularly shocking is the increased rate in heart attacks among young people. According to many studies all […]
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How to keep your Heart Healthy
It isn’t enough to just be aware of the risk factors for heart disease that you might possess. An active effort needs to be made in order to ensure that our hearts health is always a priority. Some ways in which we can maintain our heart health are: Stop smoking: Tobacco smoking directly increases your […]
Heart age and risk factors
World Heart Day is commemorated every year, on the 29th of September in order to spread awareness about the risk factors for heart diseases and stroke, as well as to provide information on the ways in which a person can have a healthy heart. However, the heart can become vulnerable to habitual risk factors like […]
Bust Breast Myths
Reports from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) shows that 1 per 1000(or 124/ 1 lakh) women develop breast cancer in a year.[1] A woman’s breasts undergo various changes during the growing years. The breasts, influenced by hormonal changes occurring during the menstrual cycle, degenerate and lead to […]
Risk Factors and Symptoms of Diabetes
Diabetes Mellitus is a chronic disorder in which the blood sugar levels are very high due to inadequate production of insulin by the pancreas (insulin deficiency) or resistance to the action of insulin (insulin resistance). There are 2 major types of Diabetes – Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes In Type 1 Diabetes there is […]