Rheumatic heart disease is considered one of the few forms of chronic heart disease which can be effectively prevented today. Yet the incidence of rheumatic fever is still appreciable and the ...

Heart disease is killing more women in Pakistan than previously understood, with female patients experiencing higher ...

According to WHO, heart attacks and strokes are usually acute events mainly caused by a blockage that prevents blood from flowing to the heart or brain.

Despite being aggressive, AML doesn’t always begin with dramatic symptoms. Some of the earlier signs are subtle, everyday experiences that we often tend to overlook, such as fatigue, fever ...

Variations in serum concentration of the enzyme, glutamic oxalacetic transaminase, in 64 patients with rheumatic fever were studied. Elevations were noted in 17 of 26 patients with carditis of ...

Key messages In people who have had previous rheumatic fever (the body attacking itself in response to bacterial infection) or have rheumatic heart disease (long-term damage to the heart due to ...