IIT Kharagpur devises Total Artificial Heart
A research team of scientists of the School of Medical Science and Technology at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur have devised a Total Artificial Heart (TAH) that could save lives for just Rs 1 lakh. The trials of the prototype laboratory constructed unique 13-chamber artificial heart have been successful on small animals. The IIT [...]
Depression Raises Heart Failure Risk In Heart Disease Patients
A new US study found that patients with heart disease who were then diagnosed with depression were at greater risk of heart failure, and that taking antidepressants neither reduced the risk of heart failure, a condition where the heart can’t pump enough blood for the body, nor eased the symptoms of depression. The study was [...]
