A recent study conducted on a 69,950 female nurses for over a period of 18 years, by Dr Christopher Kabrhel and colleagues concluded that women who lead sedentary lives were more prone to develop pulmonary embolism. What is pulmonary embolism? The blood clot or the thrombus can break off and easily travel the circulatory system…
Heart failure is a condition where heart will not be able to pump enough blood to different parts of the body causing symptoms like oedema, shortness of breath, cough, palpitations and fatigue. Normal functioning of the liver, kidneys and lungs will also be effected due to inadequate oxygen and nutrients. Heart failure is developed due…
Most of the doctors and fitness experts consider brisk walking and jogging are the best forms of cardiovascular or aerobic exercises. These are commonly suggested to the people as it does not require any special equipment, can be performed anywhere and costs almost nothing. Cardiovascular exercises are those which force the body to breathe more…
In this modern world stress has become part and parcel of our daily life. Stress is experienced by the people of all age groups. It affects both mind and body together. Daily hassles, work overload, illness and relationships are some of the major causes of stress. In the present society job strain has become unavoidable…
The Hypoplastic right heart syndrome (HRHS) is rare congenital disorder. Hypoplasia means underdevelopment of an organ. Thus Hypoplastic right heart syndrome is underdevelopment or incomplete development of the right side of the heart. The structures of the right side of the heart, which includes the right atrium, right ventricles, pulmonary valve, and pulmonary artery, are…