HEALTH

Lakhs of devotees participated in the annual Rath Yatra festival of Lord Jagannath on Thursday

Energy drinks may harm your heart: Study

12:51 pm May 30, 2019

Washington: Consuming too many energy drinks in a short timespan may increase blood pressure and disrupt heart rhythm, a study has found. For the study, published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, enrolled 34 healthy volunteers between the ages of 18 and 40 years. Participants were randomly assigned to drink 32 ounces of […]

Prefer native food, not pizzas and burgers: VP Naidu

9:59 pm May 22, 2019

Chennai: Vice President Venkaiah Naidu Wednesday pitched for consumption of seasonal and local food, even as he advised people not to be carried away by advertisements that promote pizzas and burgers. Expressing concern over extinction of varieties of food crops, Naidu said about 80 per cent of food supply is based on a few crops […]

20-yr-old man gets new lease of life after heart transplant at AIIMS

Placental stem cells can regenerate heart after attack: Study

1:40 pm May 21, 2019

New York: Stem cells derived from the placenta can regenerate healthy heart cells after an attack, according to study conducted in animal models. The findings, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), may represent a novel treatment for regenerating the heart and other organs. “Cdx2 cells have historically been thought to only generate the […]

AI overtakes humans in predicting death, heart attack risk

2:45 pm May 13, 2019

London: Scientists have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) system that is better than human doctors at predicting the risk of heart attack or death. By repeatedly analysing 85 variables in 950 patients with known six-year outcomes, an algorithm “learned” how imaging data interacts. It then identified patterns correlating the variables to death and heart attack with more than 90 per cent […]

Men’s ticking ‘biological clock’ may put partner, kids at health risk: Study

7:20 pm May 12, 2019

Washington: Men too have a ticking “biological clock” — just like women — say scientists who have found that older fathers may put the health of their partners and unborn children at risk. The study, published in the journal Maturitas, which reviewed 40 years of research on the effect of parental age on fertility, pregnancy […]