Heart Care
Diabetes Expert Prof. (Dr.) Anoop Misra Answers Your Queries
Prof. (Dr.) Anoop Misra, Chairman, Fortis-CDOC Centre of Excellence for Diabetes, Metabolic Diseases, and Endocrinology Chairman, Center for Internal Medicine, Fortis Hospitals, New Delhi President, National Diabetes, Obesity and Cholesterol Foundation, India User Query by Neelabh Kumar: I would like to know how can we come to know that we have a heart problem? I am [...]
Cardiac Expert Dr. Sandip K Rane Answers Your Queries
Dr. Sandip K Rane, Director Cardiology, Fortis Hiranandani Hospital, Vashi, Mumbai User Query by Yashu Khetarpal: I would like to know how can we come to know that we have a heart problem? I am 31 years old, we have family history of heart problem, my father and grandfather expired because of a heart attack. For [...]
Cardiac Expert Answers Your Queries: Dr. Upendra Kaul
Prof Upendra Kaul, Executive Director and Dean at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute and Research Center and Fortis Hospital, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi. Dr. Kaul has answered questions posted by users via comments: Query 1:Dear Sir, I am 46 years old faced with a minor heart attack one and half year back and was treated by angioplasty. [...]
Cardiac Expert Answers Your Queries: Dr. T.S Mahant
Dr. T.S Mahant: Executive Director, Cardio Thoracic & Vascular Surgery 1). Query by Rajiv Shankar (Age - 36): Respected sir, I am getting chest discomfort and pain which I feel sometimes radiates to my hand. I have no neck pain. I am not diabetic or hypertensive. I did my TMT 6 months back which was negative. [...]
Heart Disease in Women: Know the Preventive Measures
Women's heart disease is relatively a new problem which has been by large ignored by even the United States until the shocking realization that it became the number one cause of death in women surpassing even cancer. This has triggered off a chain reaction of articles, TV features, health campaigns to help raise awareness so [...]
Why You Should Exercise With Your Children?
A lot of women who were fit till they got married see their fitness and shape going downhill as their family responsibilities grew. When I look at them balancing their household with the accounts, shopping and staff, children, family, perhaps a career, and their husbands, I cannot but marvel at their multi-tasking skills. I also [...]
Cardiac Expert Answers Your Queries: Dr. Vivek Jawali
Dr. Vivek Jawali - Chairman, Cardiovascular Sciences, Fortis Hospitals, Bangalore 1). Query by Sunish VK (Age - 32): Hypertension is common among young people now a days due to lifestyle changes. Is it necessary to take medication once you identify it is not controllable by diet changes and doing exercises, even if you are at your [...]
How to Give Birth to Your Mother – Ankita Puri
By popular demand I write my blog today. This year I have been most irregular. However this has been a year like no other. OH WHAT A YEAR! Yesterday my mother, my only surviving parent, had her heart removed and with the sheer courage and generosity of another human’s will, had their heart transplanted into [...]
How Many Daughters Get to Witness the Birth of their Mother? – Ankita Puri
My childhood was a dream. I had two doting parents, an abundance of friends and family around all the time. Love was showered in never-ending waterfalls. We were a family who had everything and yet no more than what we needed. We were what I would always think of as a ‘normal average family’ and [...]
World Heart Day Special: NDTV-Fortis Health4u CPR Camps
Campaign supporter giving demo at the CPR camp organized in Mumbai under the NDTV Fortis Health4u Campaign. Holistic health guru, Mickey Mehta, attends a CPR camp at Phoenix Marketcity, Mumbai, giving tips on what to do in case of a heart attack. Mickey Mehta lends his support to the NDTV Fortis Health4U campaign on World [...]
Be Prepared For An Attack
An attack can happen without a warning. How prepared are you for one? This spoof video shows a lady out for window shopping and then gets attacked. What happened next was a twist we were not prepared for, but you should be.
World Heart Day Special: Facts You Should Know
World Heart Day was founded in 2000 to enlighten people around the globe that heart disease and stroke are the world’s leading causes of death, taking 17.3 million lives each year. It is an annual event which takes place on 29 September every year with a different theme, which reflects key issues and topics related [...]
Deepika Padukone Launches the Health4U Campaign
Deepika Padukone lends her support to the NDTV-Fortis Health4U campaign to encourage, engage and empower citizens with better health. Shivinder Mohan Singh, Executive Vice-Chairman, Fortis Healthcare, in discussion with NDTV's Dr. Prannoy Roy. Shivinder Mohan Singh, Executive Vice-Chairman, Fortis Healthcare, speaking about the NDTV-Fortis Health4U campaign on India's biggest non-communicable killer diseases and how [...]
How to Take Care of Your Heart – Dr. JC Mohan
The onset of winters is welcomed with warmth. Though it’s a season of cold and flu, it is also the time when the highest number of heart diseases gets diagnosed. Health experts say that almost 50 per cent more heart attacks are reported in winters. The nature of heart attacks suffered during winters is more [...]
Life After a Heart Attack – Dr. Ranjan Kachru
Recovery from a heart attack is a slow and gradual process. It may involve liaising with various types of healthcare professionals, including doctors, dieticians, physiotherapists, pharmacists and personal trainers. The patients’ recovery generally starts in hospital and then continues at home. Physical Activity: Doctors say it is vital that a recovering heart attack patient should [...]
Don’t Ignore High Blood Pressure – Dr. Upendra Kaul
High blood pressure is the primary factor for heart diseases. So, it’s important that you have your blood pressure checked regularly by your healthcare provider. Read on to learn about blood pressure and how it can be managed. Nowadays it is very common to hear that someone is having a high Blood Pressure (BP). Medically [...]
Smoking and Cardiovascular Disease – Dr. Hemant Tiwari
A person’s risk of heart disease and heart attack greatly increases with the number of cigarettes he or she smokes. People who smoke have a two to four times higher chance of developing heart disease. Smokers continue to increase their risk of heart attack, the longer they smoke. When you smoke, the people around you [...]
Cholesterol: The Good and the Bad – Dr. Ripen Gupta
The goal for anyone who wants a healthy body is not merely to lower your cholesterol level, but to maximize the good and minimize the bad types of cholesterol. There are in fact two kinds of cholesterol, one ‘good’ and the other ‘bad’. What differentiates the two types? Can you control your levels through any [...]
What to do in Case of a Heart Attack? – Dr. Upendra Kaul
Heart attack is the most catastrophic presentation of a heart disease. If not treated effectively, it has a mortality of up to 25 per cent. A heart attack happens when blood supply to this vital organ gets blocked. It can be a silent disease and become a cause of sudden death with increasing age, in [...]
