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05/31/2018 / By Michelle Simmons

Smartphone app developed to detect heart disease

Detecting heart disease is now easier – thanks to a team of researchers at the University of Southern California who have developed a smartphone app that can measure a key risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and arterial stiffness. When the arteries are stiff, they become less elastic and more rigid. In turn, this causes increases in blood […]

05/08/2018 / By Jessica Dolores

High blood pressure is caused more by sugar consumption than salt intake

Even scientists can bark up the wrong tree sometimes. For more than a century, they have pointed their fingers at salt as the main culprit in high blood pressure or hypertension that leads to kidney damage, stroke, and heart attack. Some have even described salt as “the single deadliest ingredient in your pantry.” And many doctors […]

03/30/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Next-gen troponin test can diagnose a heart attack within one hour

The latest generation of troponin testing can detect a heart attack in an hour. The rapid diagnosis promises to save more lives at risk from the deadly disease, reported a NewsWise article. Mainly employed in emergency departments and outpatient cardiology clinics, this test measures the amount of troponin T in the blood of a person deemed at […]

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