High blood pressure when you are over the hill causes 'silent' strokes, which pile up and damage cognitive faculties in your old age

Though laser seemed to be technically more advanced as a tool for removing heart blockages, a recent study shows that it cannot be trusted completely

BETA carotene, the amazing vitamin found primarily in carrots and promoted as a preventive cure for both cancer and heart disease may not work wonders after all. Contrary, to popular beliefs, two

• Indians living near the Myamnsr border face a high risk of contracting HIV virus, according to the latest report released by the Southeast Asian information Network recently. HIV

High levels of cholesterol in the blood can prove risky. But low levels could be even more dangerous. Well, high or low, cholesterol seems to be humankind's perpetual enemy

Scientists in the US have developed a kit designed to mend torn membranes in heart muscles. Liposomes or little bundles of fat are coming in handy in achieving The patch work

A NEW technique known as minimally invasive direct coronary bypass surgery has been successfully tested last month at Lenox Hill hospital in Manhattan, us. Valavanur A Subramanian performed the

Although alcohol consumption has lately been linked to reduced heart problems, researchers at the London-based Royal Colleges of Physicians, Psychiatrists and General Practitioners,

BYPASS surgery without opening the front of the chest or using a heart-lung machine was conducted at the Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre in Delhi. Naresh Trehan, the Centre's

Researchers have focussed on folic acid as a potential heart cure