Warm water in the morning: how it changes your health
Tengrinews.kz - A simple habit of starting your day with a glass of warm water can have a significant impact on your health and well-being.
Heart of a Kazakhstani stopped for 20 minutes after an antibiotic injection
Tengrinews.kz - A man's heart stopped after an injection of antibiotics and subsequent anaphylactic shock in Petropavlovsk.
Overweight in teens boosts middle age bowel cancer risk
Teenagers who are very overweight may run double the risk of developing colorectal cancer when they reach middle age.
Overweight linked to 500,000 cancer cases per year
Overweight and obesity is now causing nearly half a million new cancer cases in adults every year, roughly 3.6 percent of the world's total.
Australian doctors transplant 'dead' hearts in surgical breakthrough
Australian surgeons said they have used hearts which had stopped beating in successful transplants, in a world first they said could change the way organs are donated.
Mexican man, once world's heaviest, dies at 48
A Mexican man who was once the world's heaviest human when he weighed, weighing 597 kilos (1,316 pounds) at one point, has died at the age of 48, medical officials said.
Samsung chief has emergency heart operation
The head of Samsung Group, South Korea's largest business empire, underwent an emergency operation Sunday after developing symptoms of heart failure, hospital officials said.
700 samples of stem cells collected in Astana blood bank
The Astana blood bank has collected around 700 samples of stem cells from umbilical blood and placenta.
Heart attacks misdiagnosed as anxiety in women: study
Women are more likely to die of heart attacks because their symptoms are often misdiagnosed as anxiety so they do not get vital swift treatment.
Kazakh cyclist suffers stroke in Ecuador training camp
An Astana Continental cyclist has had a stroke during his stay in a training camp in Ecuador.
Syria foreign minister has heart op in Beirut
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem, who led the regime's negotiating team at failed peace talks this year, underwent a successful heart operation in neighbouring Lebanon on Friday, Syrian television reported.
US regulators probing cardio risks in testosterone products
US federal regulators said Friday they were investigating products containing testosterone after recent studies suggested a higher risk of strokes and heart attacks in men being treated with the hormone.
Bolashak fuels development of cardiac surgery in Kazakhstan
Nursultan Nazarbayev stressed the importance of Bolashak Presidential Scholarship and the effect it had on the development of cardiac surgery in Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan cardio surgeons appreciated by American colleague
American surgeon Oscar Frazier M.D. gave high praise to the professional level of Kazakhstan surgeons.
Gym not for you? Easy home tasks also help heart: study
Mowing the lawn or washing the car are among simple activities that can reduce the risk of heart attack or stroke by almost 30 percent in people over 60.
Feeling a bit violent? Maybe it's hot outside
If the heat makes you cranky, take heart: you're not alone, according to a study out Thursday in the US journal Science that links rising tempers to hot temperatures.
Sri Lanka man dies of heart attack after shocking electric bill
A Sri Lankan man suffered a fatal heart attack after being presented with a shocking electricity bill.
High doses of common pain drugs can cause heart attack: study
High doses of some commonly used pain drugs like ibuprofen can increase heart attacks, strokes and related deaths by about a third.
Gene clues for testicular cancer, heart defect
Separate studies of the human genome have found tantalising clues to the inherited causes of testicular cancer and non-inherited causes of congenital heart disease.
Kazakhstan's patient with artificial heart gets married
People who had surgeries on artificial heart implantation gathered in Astana to discuss problems of chronic cardiac insufficiency.