Exam stress can lead to depression and suicide. During exam days prescriptions for anti depressant drugs, so called happy drugs, increase amongst teenagers of 16-18 years in full time education. This figure crosses 20% in school population in the West. This was stated by Padma Shri and Dr B C Roy Awardee Dr. KK Aggarwal, [...]

Age, diabetes, hypertension, obesity, high lipids, smoking, drugs, heart disease, upright cycling for more than 3 hrs a week can cause erectile dysfunction in males. For those who drive cycles for more than 3 hours a week should do so in reclining position and not upright position, said Padma Shri & Dr. B.C. Roy National [...]

Research spanning two decades has found that older runners live longer and suffer fewer disabilities than healthy non-runners, said Padma Shri & Dr. B.C. Roy National Awardee, Dr. KK Aggarwal, President, Heart Care Foundation of India. This observation applies to a variety of aerobic exercises, including walking. Quoting a study by authors, from Stanford University [...]

Low blood levels of vitamin D are associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular problems such as heart attack and stroke, said Padma Shri & Dr. B.C. Roy National Awardee, Dr. KK Aggarwal, President, Heart Care Foundation of India. The five years of research with participants in the Framingham Heart Study included 1,739 people, average [...]

“Eat less to remember more” is the prescription of the day for the elderly said Padma Shri & Dr. B.C. Roy National Awardee, Dr. KK Aggarwal, President, Heart Care Foundation of India. A study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, by Dr. Agnes Floel, assistant professor of Neurology at the University of [...]

Smoking while pregnant can damage both the mother’s and the baby’s thyroid functions, said Padma Shri & Dr. B.C. Roy National Awardee, Dr. KK Aggarwal, President, Heart Care Foundation of India. A British study has shown that cigarette smoke cause babies to be born smaller, to make newborns more likely to die of sudden infant [...]

Planned program of walking is good for people with the leg blood-vessel blockage called peripheral arterial disease (PAD) said Padma Shri & Dr. B.C. Roy National Awardee, Dr. KK Aggarwal, President, Heart Care Foundation of India. Normally when there is pain in the calf muscles in the leg on walking the general tendency is to [...]

The systolic (top number) and diastolic (bottom number) blood pressures rise and fall with the change of seasons, said Padmashri and Dr B C Roy National Awardee Dr KK Aggarwal President Heart Care Foundation of India. In a study by the Institute National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale of Paris and published [...]

Winter months are heart attack months, said Padma Shri & Dr. B.C. Roy National Awardee, Dr. KK Aggarwal, President, Heart Care Foundation of India. Men and women have about the same adjusted in-hospital death rate for heart attack — but women are more likely to die if hospitalized for a more severe type of heart [...]

The President of India, Smt. Pratibha Patil, will be Chief Guest at the prestigious Lokmat Maharashtrian of the Year 2011 Awards, to felicitate outstanding contributions of Maharashtrians to the state. Smt. Patil will give away the awards at a grand function in Mumbai on the 21st of December. Eight individuals will receive awards for significant [...]