Michael Buchanan,Social affairs correspondent and Adam Eley,BBC News Family handout Greg Marshall’s Medtronic heart pump malfunctioned and he died three years later aged 26 Dozens of patients were put at risk after two of the UK’s leading transplant centres continued fitting a heart device – despite knowing of concerns it had a higher mortality rate than … Read more
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One longer walk a day is better for your heart than lots of short strolls, especially if you don’t exercise much, according to new research published in Annals of Internal Medicine. Walking for at least 15 minutes without stopping is ideal, it says. That’s about 1,500 steps in a row, which gives your heart a … Read more
Michael BuchananSocial affairs correspondent and Adam Eley LinkedIn Karen Booth carried out operations she wasn’t skilled enough to perform, an NHS investigation found The head of NHS England backed a doctor whose failures contributed to several deaths to resume her career as a heart surgeon. Sir Jim Mackey told the family of a patient who … Read more
To mark World Heart Day, Kauvery Hospital, in association with The Hindu, will host a webinar titled “Heart Health: Inside and Out” as part of its wellness series. The session is scheduled for Monday at 11.30 a.m. The programme will highlight preventive strategies, treatment options, and the latest developments in cardiac care. Experts will address various … Read more
New Delhi: Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence tool that could predict the risk of heart disease in women by analysing their mammogram and age, without depending on an extensive medical history. Described in a paper in the journal ‘Heart’, the AI tool was trained and validated using routine mammograms from over 49,000 women in … Read more
Gurugram: The integration of machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) is providing a new lens for viewing retinal health, transforming the field of ophthalmology from a reactive one to proactive and predictive. Retinal images offer a non-invasive view of blood vessels and nerve fibres. They are not just a window into the eye, but also … Read more
Stethoscopes powered by artificial intelligence (AI) could help detect three different heart conditions in seconds, researchers say. The original stethoscope, invented in 1816, allows doctors to listen to the internal sounds of a patient’s body. But now a British team have designed one that can spot heart failure, heart valve disease and abnormal heart rhythms … Read more
Bengaluru: Narayana Health’s Clinical Research team, in collaboration with its Advanced Analytics and AI division, Medha AI, has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model which is indicated to be capable of predicting left ventricular ejection fraction (EF) from standard ECG images in near real-time. The tool is designed with the aim to support early identification … Read more