{"id":70551,"date":"2024-03-12T22:59:07","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T22:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/cardiologist-warns-against-poor-lifestyle-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2024-03-12T22:59:07","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T22:59:07","slug":"cardiologist-warns-against-poor-lifestyle-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/cardiologist-warns-against-poor-lifestyle-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiologist warns against poor lifestyle | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<strong class=\"location-names\"><br \/>\nISLAMABAD:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:black\">A health expert urged the public to adopt a healthy lifestyle which includes daily exercise, regular heart checkups and maintaining their weight in order to avoid heart-related deaths as the incidence of coronary artery disease (CAD) is alarmingly on the rise globally, and in Pakistan as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:black\">A senior cardiologist, Major General (R) Azhar Mehmood Kayani advised the public that the risk of heart-related deaths can be reduced by adopting a healthy lifestyle and urged them to regularly get their complete heart check-up to avoid possible heart attacks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:black\">He emphasised the importance of raising awareness among the masses regarding cardiovascular disease and its prevention, adding that laziness and lack of outdoor activities are the root causes of heart disease.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:black\">He said people should adopt a healthy lifestyle as well as do exercise to protect themselves from cardiac diseases. Dr Kiyani said there is a dire need to take cardiac diseases seriously and work on their prevention, adding that diabetes, hypertension, smoking, and inactive lifestyle were major reasons for heart attacks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:black\">In addition to genetic factors, smoking, obesity, physical inactivity and poor diet, including consumption of fast food and oily foods were major risk factors for heart attacks, he said. &#8220;Obesity is the mother of most diseases, giving rise to hypertension, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases,&#8221; he highlighted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:black\">Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) have been recorded in high, middle, and low-income countries, he said, adding, that low and middle-income countries lack proper healthcare resources to combat the disease\u2019s burden.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Published in The Express Tribune, March 12<sup>th<\/sup>, 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: A health expert urged the public to adopt a healthy lifestyle which includes daily exercise, regular heart checkups and maintaining their weight in order to avoid heart-related deaths as the incidence of coronary artery disease (CAD) is alarmingly on the rise globally, and in Pakistan as well. 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