Keeping our Heart Healthy

Could I have had a silent heart attack? DEAR DOCTOR: I recently had an ECG in preparation for a surgical procedure. The doctor said it showed I’d had a silent heart atta...

STROKE A stroke occurs when there's bleeding into your brain or when normal blood flow to your brain is blocked. Within minutes of being deprived of essential nutrients, brain cells start dyin...

Can one continue to play sports even after having bypass surgery

Life Saving Kit 1. A talk was delivered by Major General Dr Azhar Mahmood Kayani, a renowned cardiologist, on Prevention of Heart Diseases, at NUST . The guest speaker introduced to the ...

Dear Doctors, My daughter is suffering from PAH for the past 6 years and she is on regular medication. The reason for PAH was a blood clot in her right thigh region, which was treated at that ...

Should I take a potassium supplement? DEAR DOCTOR: I have high blood pressure. Should I take a potassium supplement? DEAR READER: This is a great question, but before I an...

WORLD HEART DAY: How To Save a Life Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), often misunderstood as a massive heart attack, is a treatable condition that does not have to lead to sudden d...

The diabetes and hypertension are occurring both together in Old Age people. The diabetes silently creeps in as soon as one crosses 40 years and exhibits when one cross 50 years along with hyperte...

Friends I know a very poor lady patient suffering from some heart problems. Some how managed to show her to doctors at AIIMS. They prescribed her some drugs which she has to have everyday. I have b...

... Although more men experience heart attacks than women, women's attacks are usually more severe and twice as likely to be fatal. In addition, women don't do as well after bypass surgery.