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Think your heart is safe because your cholesterol is normal?

Normal cholesterol doesn’t always mean low heart attack risk, warns neurologist; here are markers your report may miss

December 26, 2025 9:28 am

She cautioned against relying solely on standard lipid reports

His LDL or bad cholesterol was perfectly low at 55 mg/dL: Why then did this 40-year-old have a heart attack?

December 23, 2025 4:11 pm

Cardiologist explains the hidden cholesterol and triglyceride ratio that we should all look into

The doctor found a small hole in the heart, one that exists in one among four people, from where the clot had slipped through. (Credit: Unsplash)

Bengaluru executive had heart attack a day after leg surgery. But his arteries were clean: What was the trigger?

December 16, 2025 5:28 pm

One in four people has this silent heart defect which can cause sudden heart attacks when the body is under stress

Bengaluru professional’s morning heart attack at 36 surprised me: What trigger was hidden in his daily routine?

December 11, 2025 8:01 am

Early hours are risky for the heart, especially when poor sleep, work pressure and sudden phone alarms collide

Young Bengaluru doctor had heart attack despite gym workouts, a lean body and sleeping on time: What was his trigger?

December 04, 2025 3:25 pm

Heart attacks are multifactorial and that’s why it’s important to assess each risk factor and control each one of them

Dineshkumar Raval (50) principal of govt girls primary school in Sudasana village of Mehsana district worked as a BLO.

Another BLO dies of 'heart attack' in Gujarat; colleagues and family blame late-night SIR workload

November 28, 2025 6:17 pm

‘He was uploading entries around 2 am when he complained of uneasiness and chest pain,’ said Akhil Bhartiya Rashtriya Shaikshik Mahasangh Gujarat president Mitesh Bhatt

A new study says that smoking even two to five cigarettes a day can more than double your risk of any type of heart disease and raise your risk of death from any cause by 60% compared to people who have never smoked.

Even smoking 2–5 cigarettes a day can double heart disease risk, says study

November 27, 2025 4:53 pm

After you stop, it could take up to 30 years or more to achieve the same level of health as someone who has never smoked

Often patients ask me how most heart attack patients become fitter after a procedure. (File)

After major heart attack, Bengaluru professor could barely walk. Two years later, he ran a half-marathon: How rehab plan helped

November 18, 2025 5:52 pm

While following a graded plan, high-risk individuals need closer supervision and continuous heart rate monitoring

150 minutes of exercise may not be enough to prevent heart attacks, says new study: Why men need twice as much exercise than women per week

November 07, 2025 2:51 pm

Heart benefits increase when women stretch the same routines per week by 50 per cent and men by 200 per cent

Raghu Ram feels 'women are a big problem', would curse worse then men on Roadies: 'Men prefer heart attacks than opening up to women'

November 03, 2025 1:08 pm

Raghu Ram feels men would prefer getting bypass surgeries done or dying by heart attack instead of opening up to women because women use it against them.