Scientists have found a link between Y chromosome and risks of heart attacks in men in a new study that could help in the development of new treatments for men or help doctors find if patient is at a high risk of heart attack.

Scientists showed how the coronary heart disease (CHD) passes down the male line. They found that genetic variations on the Y chromosome increases the risk of siffering from a heart attack.

Researchers from Oxford University and St George's, University of London and scientists from Australia, Europe and America have found in a link between the gentic makeup and stroke.

The researchers found that a gene called HDAC9 can affect the changes of suffering from the condition. The genetic structure changes on about ten per cent of all human chromosomes and people who have a copy of a variant each from their mother and father have twice the risk than others of stroke.

Health experts have found that different blood pressure in separate arms are linked to risks of heart disease.

Cardiologist Oscar Garfein have said that doctors usually check their patients' blood pressure incorrectly and this puts them at risks. It is found that doctors should take blood pressure readings from both of his patients' arms to find out risks of heart disease.

According to a new study, the measures to reduce the rates of suicides in England and Wales in the past one decade have been successful.

The study showed very little evidence that showed that the measures have succeeded. The researchers found that continuous community crisis teams resulted in 200-300 fewer deaths from suicide every year.

A new research has found that about half of the general practitioners are suffering from burnouts mainly due to increased stress. Male doctors are at a higher risk of burnout than their female counterparts. Researchers found that doctors who work in group practices and those who repeatedly see the same patients were at a higher risk of burnout. The researchers used the Maslach Burnout Inventory to access 564 out of 789 eligible GPs working in Essex in one of the largest studies of its kind in the UK.

According to a new study, about half of family doctors are suffering from burnout because of stress and male doctors are at a higher risk of burnout than their female counterparts.

Researchers found that doctors who work in group practices and those who repeatedly see the same patients were at a higher risk of burnout. The researchers used the Maslach Burnout Inventory to access 564 out of 789 eligible GPs working in Essex in one of the largest studies of its kind in the UK.

According to a new study, more than half of those lighting a cigarette a day hide their dirty habit from friends and family and are thus secret smokers.

The Co-operative Pharmacy poll found that several people have become secret smokers due to reasons like social stigma as well as the ban that was imposed in 2007. About 57% of those who smoke hide their habits from others.

According to a new study, the number of deaths linked to heart attacks has halved since 2002 and part of the reason is that people's hearts are getting stronger.

People in the country are suffering fewer heart attacks than earlier and fewer of them are fatal. Factors such as avoiding smoking, eating a healthy diet, cutting cholesterol and lowering blood pressure not only reduces the risks of heart attacks but also ensures that if they occur they are not life threatening.

According to a couple of studies, taking Avastin before undergoing a breast cancer surgery could help reduce the risks to the patients significantly as it shrink tumors and reduce the chance of recurrence in patients.

Avastin is suited in women with less common but more aggressive forms of breast cancer, said the two studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday. The studies indicated that the medicine would be helpful for patients with earlier stages of breast cancer before undergoing surgery.

A new research has claimed that a defect in a single gene was responsible for oesophageal cancer in people carrying the rare inherited condition called Tylosis.

The RHBDF2 gene made people at high risk of the disease, according to researchers at the Queen Mary, University of London. The gene could offer a new is of study for developing cures for treating the disease.

Experts have found that computer games involving exercises, also called exergames among gamers, could help avoid dementia in regular players.

The new study found that the games that combine physical exercise with interactive video game features, help improving mental and physical powers of the payers. People get attracted to such games with features like three-dimensional scenery and competition are likely to play often.

According to a new study by US researchers, the people grieving over the loss of a loved one have increased risk of a heart attack.

Researchers studied 2,000 adults who survived a heart attack and noted that those who had lost a loved had 21 times higher risk of a heart attack than normal in the first day. The researchers said that the risk declined to six times higher than normal in the first week and gradually over the month.

A new study ahs raised questions on the use of an aspirin a day to reduce the risk of heart attack or stroke in patients without cardiac disease.

Scientists have said that the doctors should not give the medicine to those with cardiac disease to avoid risks of aspirin as it increases the risk of internal bleeding. Aspirin pills are normally taken for pain relief and are also taken by people for their positive effects on cardiovascular health.

A new study has found that in real life setting, the cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging is more accurate in detecting stable coronary artery disease (CAD) than the single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT).

According to the study, the findings are supported by the widespread usage of CMR as a diagnosis tool. There are also concerns of risks of cancer due to the exposure to ionizing radiation in SPECT.

Several people received various electronics gadgets as gifts this Christmas including smartphones and tablets. The days following Christmas see a huge rush to download apps as most new owners want to load up their shiny devices with apps that are required by them.

Despite that fact if the users received an iPhone, Android phone, a Windows Phone 7 or a BlackBerry, all users want to load their devices with the desired apps and they wish to do it soon as the apps enhances functionality of the new devices and makes them more suitable for the owners.

The authorities in France have advised more than 30,000 women to remove breast implants, which are believed to be linked to risks of cancer and may cause harm to their health.

The government also pointed out that there is no evidence that suggests that implants are linked to the risks of cancer. However, Women have been advised to consult their surgeons. It is believed that more than 30,000 women in France, 40,000 women in the UK as well as thousands of women in other countries are affected.

Researchers have found that impotency drug, Viagra helps heat patients with diastolic heart failure recover by making heart softer.

The drug turns too-rigid heart chamber walls more elastic and helps patients recover in a surprising way. Patients with the illness have rigid ventricles that are unable to fill sufficiently with blood which causes berating problems as blood backs up in lungs.

Researchers AT THE Ruhr Universitat Bochum (RUB) in Germany found that Viagra activates an enzyme, which makes protein in heart muscle cells to relax and become flexible.

Health experts have found that following a Mediterranian style diet extends the chance of living longer by 20 per cent.

The intake of large quantities of vegetables and fish and lesser amount of -based products like meat and milk extends the likelihood of longer life. The high-fibre, low-fat diet also reduces the risk of illnesses like heart disease and cancer. The diet has been granted World Heritage status by Unesco in 2010.

Federal officials in the US have asked two research teams, one in the US and the other in the Netherlands to withhold details of their research in which they independently found ways to alter the H5N1 avian influenza to make it infectious to humans.

Researchers in the UK have found that ultraviolet rays can be used to prevent chickenpox from spreading, indicating the people living in area with lighter climate are more higher risk of contracting the disease.

The research is expected to lead to new ways of preventing chickenpox and even shingles. Dr Phil Rice, virologist at St George's, University of London found in the study that chickenpox was less common in places that received more UV rays.

Dr Rice believes claims that he found in his study that UV rays could inactivate the varicella-zoster virus, which causes chickenpox and shingles. He said that UV rays inactivate the virus on the skin of the person before another person is infected.