Can ‘cough CPR’ save my life?
A heart attack can lead to a cardiac arrest when your heart stops pumping blood around your body. You would become unconscious, and without immediate CPR (chest compressions and rescue [...]
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Prolonged sitting at work? Watch out for a heart attack
Jobs that require workers to stand most of the time put their employees at a greater risk of heart disease than workers who mainly sit, a new Canadian study has found. According [...]
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Yoga could boost heart health!
The history of yoga stretches back as far as ancient India when people practised it to increase their tranquillity and spiritual insight. Today, many people enjoy it to help them relax [...]
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Risk factor for coronary heart disease
The more risk factors you have, the more likely you are to develop CHD. Even though you can’t change all you risk factors, there is plenty you can do to [...]
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What causes a heart attack?
Coronary heart disease (CHD) is when your coronary arteries (the arteries that supply your heart muscle with oxygen-rich blood) become narrowed by a gradual build-up of fatty material within their [...]
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Symptoms of a heart attack. What you should know
Many people think a heart attack always happens as in the movies, with someone grabbing his chest and collapsing on the floor. But in the day to day [...]
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