All About Heart And Blood Vessels

Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA) Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty, known in short as PTCA, was originally described by Andreas Gruentzig in 1975. He used balloon catheters to dilate

Walk towards a healthier life Many people believe that in order to get good exercise, you need to either join the gym or get those fancy and expensive

All dark chocolate not good for the heart An editorial in The Lancet reminds us that all dark chocolates are not created equal! A lot of studies have

Broken Heart syndrome – its real! “Oh God! You really gave me a heart attack!” Heard this before? Well, there is more truth in this than you could

A dark chocolate a day keeps the cardiologist away! A recent study published in ‘Circulation’ suggests that eating dark chocolate can decrease your risk for heart attack. Heart

Energy drinks can give your heart a hard time! Love that kick you get when you drink those energy drinks? Well, research indicates that the boost may pose

Birth control pills may clog your blood vessels Long term use of oral contraceptives can increase your risk for heart disease. A study conducted at the Ghent University

Stem cells could hold the key to the repair of damaged hearts! Stem cells are those cells found the embryo, which have the capacity to transform into all

The heart is one of the most fascinating organs of the human body. It starts beating when we are still in our mother’s womb and continues to do

Wireless ECG patch – nanotechnology in action IMEC – a Belgian nanotechnology research center has developed the Wireless ECG patch – a miniature device which can be worn