The symptoms of heart failure develop gradually and over a period of time. And sometimes, silently, so that the person does not notice it. On average, the heart beats about 2.5 billion times in the course of an individual’s life. And during this time, it pushes millions of gallons of blood to various parts of the body, carrying oxygen, fuel, hormones, essential compounds and other important components to help us…
I still remember that evening when my uncle came back to home from work. As a 13-year old teenager, I was desperately waiting for him as he was supposed to take us out for dinner. As the clock struck 7, my uncle came, but he was exhausted. My mom gave him a glass of water, but before he could drink, he fell on the floor. I was horrified to see my uncle, ‘my hero’ in…
A healthy heart is important. We all know that. The theme for this year’s World Heart Day was about a life course approach to the prevention and control of cardiovascular disease (CVD) with a special focus on women and children. Healthy children grow into healthy adults with healthy hearts, who in turn mean healthy families…which makes a healthy heart a good goal to aim for, especially when we can prevent…