On a mid-February morning this year, 65-year-old Abul Kashem was standing in the outpatient department of the 250-bed TB hospital in the capital’s Agargaon. A long-time asthma patient, he found his condition worsening towards the end of winter. Speaking to this correspondent, Abul Kashem, a resident of Adabar, said, “The cold has become milder than […]
Experienced faculty at the yoga department of the hospital demonstrated pranayama (yogic breathing), meditation and relaxation techniques to the patients in the yoga group. The participants were monitored for a week and then advised to continue self-administered yoga at home for 50 minutes once a week. Patients spoke with a trainer after each home session […]
Government figures say that heart-related diseases are the cause of 21 percent of deaths in the country. Even children are dying of heart related diseases. These death figures make it clear that countless people in the country are suffering from heart related diseases and the burden of this disease is huge at the national level. […]
Cardiovascular diseases are one of the most common causes of death in the world. Diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, smoking and genetic factors increase the risk of heart diseases. Unhealthy lifestyle habits also cause heart diseases. Southeast Asian populations are genetically predisposed to developing heart disease early, making prevention through a healthy lifestyle even […]
Using UK Biobank data collected from 450,000 adults, the study calculated susceptibility to heart disease based on participants’ family history, established risk factors and genetic risk factors, and asked participants about their lifestyle habits and stair climbing. Surveyed regarding frequency. The mean follow-up time was 12.5 years. The study found that climbing more stairs per […]
The researchers measured improvements in quality of life using the World Health Organization’s Quality of Life Questionnaire, which uses 26 questions to evaluate quality of life in four aspects: physical, psychological, social and environmental health. Participants completed questionnaires at enrollment as well as at 24-week and 48-week follow-up. According to the researchers, the study showed […]
Unhealthy snacks are linked to higher BMI, visceral fat mass and postprandial triglyceride concentrations, all of which are linked to metabolic diseases such as obesity, stroke and heart disease. Your health may also depend on when you eat breakfast. Research has shown that having breakfast after 9:00 pm was associated with blood indicators that were […]
Metabolic syndrome is believed to affect up to 31 percent of people worldwide. Previous research has shown that people who have metabolic syndrome have a higher risk of diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and early death. In this study, the association between asymptomatic metabolic syndrome in midlife and cardiovascular disease and death up to three decades […]
The research used health data from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) study, an ongoing community-based study in the US of subclinical heart disease – meaning that clinical The disease is discovered before there are signs and symptoms. MESA is a research study involving nearly 7,000 adults that began in 2000 and is still following […]
5. Participants in Groups 3 and 4, all of whom had high blood pressure, demonstrated a statistically significant increase in the risk of cardiovascular disease events compared to Group 1.6. About 16.2 percent of people in group 3 (low lipoprotein (a) levels and high blood pressure) had a heart disease event, and 18.8 percent of […]
While simply sitting in cars with people who smoke, non-smokers breathe in a host of potentially dangerous compounds that are associated with cancer, heart disease and lung disease, says a new research. In a small yet significant study, 14 non-smokers sat for one hour in the passenger seat of a parked sport utility vehicle behind […]
