Doctors should no longer routinely begin prescribing a daily regimen of low-dose aspirin to most people at high risk of a first heart attack or stroke, according to new draft guidelines by a US panel ...

Former New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns on Sunday said the spinal stroke he suffered following a life-saving heart surgery last month will provide him “with possibly the greatest challenge I...

Popular television and film actor Sidharth Shukla, who became a household name with his role in the long-running TV show Balika Vadhu , died on Thursday. He was 40. Shukla, who is survived by his mot...

My father and uncle died of heart attacks. I run for half an hour a day, but I have a sedentary desk job. It is good that you exercise regularly. Try to run or jog 4km a day. Do not rely on this alon...

The Dhaka-bound Biman Bangladesh Airlines plane that made an emergency landing at the Nagpur airport, left for the destination with the stranded passengers 11 hours later, although its pilot, who had ...

The risk of heart attack and stroke is increased three-fold in the first two weeks following Covid-19, according to a study published in The Lancet journal. The study compared the occurrence of acute...

Yashpal Sharma, a member of India’s 1983 World Cup-winning squad and the second highest scorer in the tournament after Kapil Dev, died following a heart attack in New Delhi on Tuesday morning. H...

My mother slouches when she sits and stands. A slouch is bad for respiration — it does not give the lungs enough space to expand. It looks bad too. The slouch may be due to a lack of Vitamin D ...

Legendary former India spinner Bishan Singh Bedi has been discharged after spending more than three weeks at a hospital here following a bypass surgery. The 74-year-old former captain had undergone a...

Many people are worried about pain on the left side of the chest. For doctors too chest pain sometimes poses a diagnostic dilemma. This is compounded by the fact that all heart attacks do not necessar...