Left Shoulder Pain or Heart Attack? How to Tell the Difference
Verified By KIMS-SUNSHINE Specialist, 23 May, 2025 Heart attacks are often associated with shoulder pain on the left side. Although shoulder pain is quite a common symptom of some other conditions such as cold, having pain specifically on the left side of the shoulder
Is Your Fitness Tracker Accurate for Heart Health?
Verified By KIMS-SUNSHINE Specialist, 22 May, 2025 Fitness trackers or “wearables” as they are commonly termed are more than just a fad. Today, technology has advanced by leaps and bounds, making it easy for people to monitor their fitness levels. These digital devices are
Understanding Atrial Fibrillation: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatments
Verified By KIMS-SUNSHINE Specialist, 07 May, 2025 Most of us are hooked to medical dramas for good reason- they are super addictive and show us lots of different conditions that people can suffer from. Now, imagine a scene where a patient is wheeled into
Understanding Cardiomyopathy: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment Options
Verified By KIMS-SUNSHINE Specialist, 06 May, 2025 Cardiomyopathy is a group of heart related disorders where the heart muscles get enlarged and are hence not able to function at their normal levels. It is a condition that develops slowly, but surely. Many people remain
Cardiotoxicity: Heart Damage from Cancer Treatment
Verified By KIMS-SUNSHINE Specialist, 21 April, 2025 Cardiotoxicity refers to damage of cardiac tissue due to a particular reason and in this blog, we focus on cardiotoxicity caused by cancer treatment regimens. For some people, it may occur in the course of their therapeutic
Warning Signs of Clogged Arteries You Shouldn’t Ignore
Verified By KIMS-SUNSHINE Specialist, 07 March, 2025 Blood is an important crimson coloured fluid that needs to get transported properly all over your body, so that cells get oxygen and the nutrients they need to survive. Blood as a fluid is made of
Heart Attack vs. Cardiac Arrest: Key Differences and Warning Signs You Should Know
Verified By KIMS-SUNSHINE Specialist, 26 Febraury, 2025 Heart attacks and cardiac arrests are two very distinct cardiac events that need to be treated in different ways, but we still do not know this and tend to use the terms interchangeably. So, let us
Hypercoagulability: Signs, Risks, and How to Prevent Thick Blood Issues
Verified By KIMS-SUNSHINE Specialist, 23 February, 2025 Your blood needs to remain a runny fluid, so it is easy to circulate all over the body and provide nutrition to each and every cell. Your blood also has this crucial ability to clot or thicken
Heart Attacks in Young Adults: Is Your Irregular Sleep Pattern Increasing the Risk?
Verified By KIMS-SUNSHINE Specialist, 28 January, 2025 Heart disease affects millions of individuals in India and the number is only increasing every year. Recent studies have shown that the incidence has nearly doubled in the last 3 decades. The numbers are different in rural
Why Your Heart Races When You Stand: Understanding Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS)
Verified By KIMS-SUNSHINE Specialist, 18 January, 2025 Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Disorder (POTS) is a circulation related disorder. Normally, our circulation is regulated by the autonomic nervous system (ANS)- over which we have no conscious control. It is different from orthostatic hypotension, which is a
How to Recover from a Heart Attack: Lifestyle Changes and Medications
Verified By KIMS-SUNSHINE Specialist, 25 October, 2024 Heart attacks don’t happen very randomly- they occur due to presence of certain risk factors. We all know what the symptoms can be- chest pain, jaw pain or radiating pain on the left from chest to the
Do You Have Heart Disease? Then Exercise, But With Great Caution!
Verified By KIMS-SUNSHINE Specialist, 25 July, 2024