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No study has shown convincingly that humour can help a person recover from a serious illness. (Photo:Pixabay)

Laughter NOT the best medicine: Study reveals comics have shorter life...

Comedians and improv artists may ignore warning signs or symptoms of various diseases.

10 May 2018 2:15 PM IST

Social isolation, but not loneliness ... remained as an independent risk factor for mortality. (Photo: Pixabay)

Are lonely hearts prone to cardiovascular disease?

Despite dodgy lifestyle habits, social isolation boosted the risk of dying by 30 per cent.

27 March 2018 11:45 AM IST

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Flavoured additives in e-cigarettes can cause heart damage

E-cigarettes are battery-powered devices that heat a liquid and produce an aerosol that is inhaled.

15 Jun 2018 9:46 AM IST

The woman didnt find out how she looked like after the surgery and was devastated to see her reflection five weeks later (Photo: AFP)

Now millions of heart failure patients can be saved with breakthrough...

Majority of this stem-cell therapy takes place at home replacing other costly treatments like open heart surgery.

12 Jun 2018 1:30 PM IST

Students perform yoga at the National Yoga Olympiad in New Delhi on Wednesday, ahead of the International Yoga Day on Thursday. (Photo: Bunny Smith)

International Yoga Day: 5 reasons why yoga is good for heart

Yoga is a body-mind activity which helps in flexibility, muscle strengthening, balance, relaxation and concentration.

21 Jun 2018 9:06 AM IST

A pure heart was what we were intended to have and were born with.

Purity of heart

Though we understand the value of materialistic purity, we often forget the essence of having a pure and kind heart.

21 Jun 2018 1:23 AM IST

Bruesch, hailing from Albion, Idaho, became the first person at Portneuf Medical Center this century to survive the rare, last-ditch open-chest operation trauma surgeons use for that specific injury. (Photo: Pixabay)

Bull rider who died thrice in rodeo has doctor massaging heart back to...

16-year-old who was bucked off a bull and suffered injuries similar to Princess Diana is all set to return to the ring.

18 Jun 2018 9:55 AM IST

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Mystic Mantra: Heart's nature is to constantly turn

Sentences using the 'heart' as a metaphor to indicate guidance and righteousness are mentioned multiple times in the...

2 Aug 2018 6:09 AM IST

The team used forceps to dig inside the heart and pull out the piece which was lodged deep in there (Photo: Pixabay)

4-cm piece of metal removed from man's heart while it was beating

A team of specialists fought against the odds and managed to remove the drill from the 32-year-old's beating heart

5 Sept 2018 3:57 PM IST

Arrhythmias which in other words could be called irregular heartbeats, fluttering, palpitations, and so on, can put you in grave danger. (Photo: Pixabay)

World Heart Day: Proactive health strategies can counter...

In India, five out of every 1,000 individuals aged between 15 and 19 do not report or have their heart disease...

29 Sept 2018 8:51 AM IST

Heart is the most vital organ as it supplies blood to all the other organs of the body. (Photo: Pixabay)

World Heart Day: 15 lifestyle changes for healthy heart

On World Heart Day, we tell you how you to go beyond good exercise and diets to take care of your heart.

29 Sept 2018 8:31 AM IST

The number of cases of rheumatic heart disease in India was 13.17 million followed by China with 7.07 million (Photo: Pixabay)

India recorded highest rheumatic heart disease deaths in 2015, reveals...

Nation was among five countries with largest numbers deaths in rheumatic heart disease in 2015, accounting for 73 per...

25 Aug 2017 9:08 AM IST