Lifestyle changes necessary to combat cardiovascular diseases

Lifestyle changes necessary to combat cardiovascular diseases

This was stated by the experts at the World Heart Day organised at the Aga Khan University Hospital.

Lifestyle changes are necessary to combat the 

cardiovascular diseases.

This was stated by the experts at the World Heart 

Day organised at the Aga Khan University Hospital.

The experts maintained that even more alarming is 

the fact that over a third of all deaths in Pakistan

 are caused by CVD which has emerged as the leading

 non-communicable disease in the country.

Cardiovascular diseases are a group of disorders of

 the heart and blood vessels. Heart attacks and 

strokes are usually acute events and are mainly 

caused by a blockage that prevents blood from 

flowing to the heart or brain.

In Pakistan‚ prevalence of hypertension has been found to be nineteen per cent in population

 over fifteen years of age.

Perhaps even more worrisome is that up to 25 per cent of the children in Pakistan are either

 overweight or at risk of being overweight.

This year the global theme `Take the road to a healthy heart' focused on lifestyle changes in

 order to prevent and control cardiovascular disease with a special focus on women and children.

Stay positive for a healthy heart

Stay positive for a healthy heart

Having a positive attitude encourages heart disease patients to 

exercise more which in turn increases longevity‚ says a study.

Researchers found the 

most positive patients 

exercised more and had a
42 per cent less chance of

 dying for any reason during

 the follow-up period.
Deaths were less than 

10 per cent.
Among patients with less 

positive attitudes‚ 50 deaths

 occurred 

(16.5 per cent). Positive mood

 and exercise also cut the risk

 of heart-related hospitalisations‚

 reports Science Daily.
Coronary artery disease is 

caused by narrowed arteries 

that don't provide enough blood and oxygen to the heart.
"We should focus not only on increasing positive attitude in cardiac
rehabilitation‚ but also make sure that patients perform exercise on a regular basis‚ as exercise is 

associated with both increased levels of optimism and better health‚" said Susanne S. Pedersen‚ 

one of the study authors and professor of cardiac psychology‚ the Department of Medical and

 Clinical Psychology‚ Tilburg University‚ the Netherlands‚ and adjunct professor of cardiac 

psychology‚ the University of Southern Denmark and Odense University Hospital‚ Denmark.
The new research has been published in the American Heart Association
journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.

Psychological benefits for inmates doing yoga: Study

Psychological benefits for inmates doing yoga: Study

Yoga can improve the mood and mental well-being of 

prisoners‚ and may also have an effect on impulsive behavior‚

 an Oxford University study suggested.

Reported their findings

 in the Journal of 

Psychiatric  Research‚

 researchers said prisons

 see rates of mental health

problems that are many

 times higher than the 

general population‚Xinhua

 news agency reported.

Inmates from a range of 

ages were randomly assigned 

to either a course of ten weekly

 yoga sessions of 90 minutes‚ or

 to a control group.

"We found that the group that did the yoga course showed an improvement in positive

 mood‚ a decrease in stress and greater accuracy in a computer test of impulsivity and 

attention‚" said Dr Amy Bilderbeck‚ who led the study.

If yoga is associated with improving behavior control‚ as suggested by the results of 

the computer test‚ there may be implications for managing aggression‚ antisocial or

problem behavior in prisons and on return to society‚ researchers noted.

Weight loss can improve memory

Weight loss can improve memory

Brain scans taken during the exercise suggest that they 

had become more efficient at storing and recalling memories.

Swedish researchers have found that 

older‚ overweight women who dieted 

went on to score better in memory tests

 after they had lost weight.

Previous studies had shown that obese

 people have worse episodic memory the

 ability to remember events that happen

 during your life but the new findings 

suggest this may be reversible.

The scientists said that the women's 

performance on the test improved after

 they lost weight‚ and brain scans

taken during the exercise suggested that they had become more 

efficient at storing and recalling memories.

Scientists find clue to age-related memory loss

Scientists find clue to age-related memory loss

Experiments on mice suggested low levels of a protein in the brain 

may be responsible for memory loss.

A clue to why memory deteriorates with age has been found by US

 researchers.

Experiments on mice suggested low levels of a protein in the brain 

may be responsible for memory loss.

It is hoped the discovery could lead to treatments to reverse 

forgetfulness‚ but it is a big leap from the mouse to a human brain.

The team at Columbia University Medical Centre started by analysing 

the brains of eight dead people‚ aged between 22 and 88‚ who had 

donated their organ for medical research.

High dose of painkillers can increase heart attacks

High dose of painkillers can increase heart attacks

According to research that these drugs not only damage stomach

but also a cause of heart attack as well.

The use of high dose of painkillers could increase risk of a heart attack.

A new study by the UK Medical Research Council and British Heart Foundation 
says that effects of analgesics and non-steroidal drugs are generally underestimated.

According to research that these drugs not only damage stomach but also a cause of 
heart attack as well.

Women can remember faces better than men

Women can remember faces better than men

Researchers at McMaster University said women look more at new 

faces than men do‚ which allows them to create a richer and more 

superior memory. 

A new study has found that women can remember faces better than men‚ in part because they 
spend more time studying facial features without even knowing it.

The findings by researchers from McMaster University in Canada may answer long standing
questions about why some people can remember faces easily while others quickly forget someone
 they have just met.

Researchers at McMaster University said women look more at new faces than men do‚ which allows
them to create a richer and more superior memory.

Eye tracking technology was used to monitor where study participants looked be it eyes‚ nose or
mouth while they were shown a series of randomly selected faces on a computer screen. Each face
was assigned a name that participants were asked to remember. One group was tested over the course
 of one day‚ another group tested over the course of four days.

Researchers found that women fixated on the features far more than men.