By Abhijeet Singh New Delhi: Pankaj Kumar a former MTech (Biomedical engineering) student from the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad (IIIT-A), is developing a smartwatch that will help in measuring pulse rate, blood pressure, temperature, etc. with an accurfacy of more than 95 per cent. The device is a remote health monitoring device that … Read more
Patanjali said in a press release that its products have helped thousands of people free from several diseases like blood pressure, sugar, thyroid, asthma, arthritis, obesity, liver and kidney failures, and cancer. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters A day after the Supreme Court warned Baba Ramdev-owned Patanjali Ayurved of imposing hefty fines if they do not … Read more
Washington: A new study conducted by UCL researchers has discovered five kinds of heart failure that might possibly be used to predict future risk for individual patients. Heart failure is an umbrella term for when the heart is unable to pump blood around the body properly. Current ways of classifying heart failure do not accurately … Read more
Hypertension among young and middle-aged people is a growing health concern in Andhra Pradesh as more people are getting diagnosed with elevated blood pressure which could lead to diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. In a State-wide survey being conducted by the Health Department on the prevalence of non-communicable diseases among people aged 30 and above, about … Read more
Ahmedabad: Technology that was once science fiction has become a reality. A shoe can alert the wearer that they are prone to fall, or a watch tells its user that their blood pressure is getting higher, and they should stop the physical exercise to avert the risk of a heart attack, or that a smart … Read more
Fizz and fries: Consumption of fried food and aerated drinks vary across States in India Consumption of fried foods and aerated drinks is relatively higher in Goa, many Northeastern and eastern States as compared to the rest of India, according to data from the National Family and Health Survey (NFHS)-5 conducted in 2019-21. According to … Read more
New Delhi: Cognota Healthcare on Monday announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) has approved the company’s blood pressure monitor device- ‘COGNOHEALTH Blood Pressure Monitor’, marking the successful foray of the company into the medical devices segment. The regulatory approval is a significant milestone for Cognota which can now export its … Read more
Aug. 18, 2022 – Here’s another vote for less screen time. Tracking blood pressure with a smartphone app won’t lead to any greater drop in blood pressure than simply self-monitoring with the kind of device that doctors typically suggest be used at home. That’s according to a new study involving patients with high blood pressure, … Read more
By Cara Murez HealthDay ReporterHealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, July 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — It may sound bananas, but new research shows eating this potassium-rich food can improve heart health. Avocados and salmon also are high in potassium, helping counteract the negative effects of salt in the diet and lowering blood pressure, researchers said. Other potassium-rich … Read more
Doctors at a Delhi government-run hospital have conducted a study to examine the epidemiological characteristics of the pandemic by describing clinical profiles of COVID-19 patients, and found that hypertension was the most common co-morbidity among them. The outbreak of the pandemic in Delhi was first reported in March 2020. A total of 3,534 patients were … Read more