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Lower The Risk Of Heart Attack & Live A Healthy Life

Heart attack is now a very common cause of death accompanied by series of symptoms like chest pain, arm pain or breathing trouble.  Heart attack occurs when blood flow to heart muscles is blocked. As per American Heart Association, heart attack start slowly. Hence it is very important that you should know the signs of heart attack in advance so that it can be treated on time and prevent death.

So What are the Signs of Heart Attack???

• 1. Nausea
• 2. Vomiting
• 3. Chest Discomfort
• 4. Anxiety
• 5. Breathing Trouble

Yes these are common symptoms of heart attack but not everyone will experience the same symptoms. It has been noticed that heart attack symptoms for both men and women are different. 

 Causes of Heart Attack:

Heart attack can occur due to any of these reasons. Yes there are both preventable and unpreventable causes of heart attack. The causes that we can treat with the help of some surgery or other treatment include:

1. Smoking:

American Heart Association confirmed that nearly 440,000 deaths are caused due to smoking. These figures involve not only active but passive smoking deaths also. 

2. Stress: 

Stress is obviously a part of daily life for almost everyone. What matters is the way you handle your stress. The more efficiently you deal with your stress, the more easily you lower the risk of heart attack. On negative side, the people who deal with stress through smoking, excessive eating, drinking alcohol can affect health badly resulting is disease like obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure that ultimately cause nothing but "Heart Attack".

3. High Cholesterol:

 
High Cholesterol increases the risk of heart attack or heart stroke. A healthy, fat-free diet, regular exercise is very important to reduce the level of Cholesterol in blood.

Diet To Follow

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 "Heart Is Not The Dustbin To Dump All Your Worries, It is a Golden Pot For Collection Of Sweet Moments"......So always keep you Heart Healthy!!!!!

A new drug to reverse the effect of Alzheimer disease

Alzheimer's disease is a kind of mental disorder called "dementia" that affects the brain's normal activities like thinking and memorizing. Alzheimer patients have to undergo through variety of laboratory tests, medical assessments. There is no single test available for this disease.

A new test has been conducted on rat to check the power of a drug.

IRL-1620 is a new drug that has been tested on rats to treat complete Alzheimer disease. At present, there are 5 treatment available for treating only symptoms of Alzheimer and not the complete disease.

After testing this drug on rats, it was found that this drug is helpful in improving memory, enhance working of brain response and reduce stress in rats infected with Alzheimer.

Seema Briyal, a senior scientists at Midwestern University in Downers Grove, IL report that "We used the novel approach of stimulating the Endothelin B receptors by intravenous injection of IRL-1620 to prevent and repair the damage to the brain caused by Alzheimer's disease,".

Endothelin B (ETB) receptors is already identified to be important in brain development and provide protection to nervous system.

Read here about currently available treatments for Alzheimer

Resource: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/299045.php

Spinal Stenosis- Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment & Cost

What is Spinal Stenosis?

Spinal nerves run through openings in the vertebrae which is protected by surrounding bones & tissues. Spinal Stenosis is a condition which is caused by narrowing of spinal canal. Stenosis refers to a narrowing or stricture of a duct or passageway. This cause pressure on spinal cords and neves of backbone. In majority cases, stenosis occurs in lower spinal area i.e. lumbar spine.  This narrowing occurs with spinal stenosis can also affect spinal cord causing severe pain.

What are Causes of Spinal Stenosis?

There are many different factors that cause spinal stenosis.

1.  Aging is considered as the prime cause of spinal stenosis. Changes to the size or shape of the spinal canal occur due to aging that leads to spinal stenosis.

2.  Arthritis is another major cause that affect spine badly. The inflammation caused due to Osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis  also contribute to spinal stenosis.

3. Accidents & Injuries can cause fractures or dislocate spine resulting into spinal stenosis.

What Are the Symptoms of Spinal Stenosis?

When spine gets narrow, it starts putting pressure on spinal cord and nerves causing severe pain and discomfort. Stenosis is somewhat similar to disc herniation, howevere stenosis is chronic and a progress slowly. Those who suffer from cervical stenosis may suffer from extreme pain that feels somewhat similar to electric shock.

Spinal stenosis may also cause numbness, weakness, burning sensations, tingling and "pins and needles" in the arms. Those who have stenosis in back can also feel pain in buttocks, thigh or leg and they usually feel difficulty in activities like walking and standing. 

Diagnosis of Spinal Stenosis

Complete diagnosis of a patient can be done after examining their body and after checking their medical history. Some tests like X-rays and MRI scans are performed to confirm the diagnosis.

A physical exam is also done to check the sensation, weakness or any numbness in spine.

Read here about Treatments of Spinal Stenosis

Cost Of Spinal Stenosis Treatment In India

Indian hospitals offer excellent yet affordable surgical procedures to treat spinal stenosis. Travcure medical tourism is associated with top hospitals & surgeons in the country so as to give you the best low-cost healthcare solution.