Heart disease
Hit by daytime sleepiness? Your ‘food coma’ might be something more serious
Awareness of sleep apnoea has ‘shot through the roof’, leading more to seek treatment, with hospitals facing long waitlists
South-east Asia sees near 150% rise in heart disease, study shows
The study, which also covers the incidence of mental disorders, smoking and road injuries, spotlights the growing burden on public health
Unlocking flavours: What is an Asian Mediterranean diet, and can Singapore dishes be adapted to it?
The meal is designed to stay true to Asian tastes and ingredients
The role of artificial intelligence in cardiology
From heart monitoring and preventing heart attacks to assessing heart damage, AI has tremendous potential in reducing cardiovascular mortality
Preventing heart attacks – a peek into the future
Scientists are targeting various steps in the process of a heart attack in their attempts to reduce or eliminate risks
Reaching a utopia where heart attacks become a rarity
The newest guidelines on lowering cholesterol to prevent heart disease are focused on lowering LDL cholesterol and are guided by the paradigm “the lower the LDL cholesterol, the better”
Reducing bad cholesterol without medication
Making the right lifestyle choices is the best way to protect your heart
The latest truths about cholesterol
The potential benefit of medication to lower bad cholesterol has to be balanced against its costs and effects
Race cannot be used to predict heart disease, US scientists say
DOCTORS have long relied on a few key patient characteristics to assess risk of a heart attack or stroke, using a calculus that considers blood pressure, cholesterol, smoking and diabetes status, as w...
Researchers use cloud to replicate supercomputer for heart disease study
A SCIENTIST at Harvard used Google’s cloud platform to clone a supercomputer for a heart disease study, in a novel move that other researchers could follow to get around a shortage of powerful computi...
