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Heart health matters: Join TOI's Amazing Heart, Amazing Life Medithon for expert insights

Heart health matters: Join TOI's Amazing Heart, Amazing Life Medithon for expert insights

TOI Lifestyle Desk / etimes.in / Mar 19, 2025, 10:13 IST

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Heart diseases are becoming more prevalent due to lifestyle choices and genetic factors. Prevention through healthy habits, regular check-ups, and awareness is crucial. The Times of India will host a medithon on March 21 with top cardiologists discussing heart disease risks and prevention. Sessions will cover managing heart diseases and specific impacts on youngsters and women.

Heart health matters: Join TOI's Amazing Heart, Amazing Life Medithon for expert insights

Heart diseases are more common than we’d like to admit, and they’re no longer just an “old people’s problem.”
Why are heart diseases so widespread? Sedentary lifestyles, junk food, smoking, high stress, and even genetics all play a role. In India, rising cases of diabetes and high cholesterol make the situation worse.
The good news? Prevention is possible! A healthy diet, regular exercise, stress management, and regular check-ups can go a long way in keeping your heart strong. Small changes today can save you from big problems later—so start taking care of your heart now!

To help increase awareness around heart diseases, Times of India will organise a medithon on March 21, under Amazing Heart, Amazing Life campaign, where leading cardiologists of the country will speak about heart diseases, its occurrence in men and women and youngsters specifically and what can be done to mitigate the risks.
First session: Managing Heart Diseases Amazing Heart, Amazing Life with Expert Insights

Dr. A. Purnanand, Consultant Cardiologist, Purna Heart Institute, Vijayawada.
Dr. Suvro Banarjee, Senior Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, Apollo Multispecialty Hospital, Kolkata
Dr. Giridhari Jena, Clinical Director, Interventional Cardiologist, Care Hospitals, Bhubaneshwar

Second session: Heart Diseases and youngsters Amazing Heart, Amazing Life with Expert Insights

Dr. Devanu Ghosh Roy, Sr. Cardiologist, Peerless Hospital, Kolkata
Dr. N S Rama Raju, Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, KIMS Hospital, Rajahmundry
Dr. Arun Srinivas, Sr. Interventional Cardiologist, Apollo BGS Hospital, Mysore

Third session: Heart Disease in Women: the known and the unknown Amazing Heart, Amazing Life with Expert Insights

Dr. Rajeshwari Nayak, Senior Consultant & Interventional Cardiologist, Apollo Hospital, Chennai
Dr. Nagamani A.C., Professor of Cardiology, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, Bangalore
Dr. Simmi Manocha, Director - Cardiology, Head - Non-Invasive Cardiology, Accord Super Speciality Hospital, Faridabad

Fourth session: Heart Diseases and youngsters Amazing Heart, Amazing Life with Expert Insights

Dr. J Rajagopal, Chief Interventional Cardiologist, Avant BKG Hospital, Mysore
Dr. Subhash Chandra, Chairman of Interventional Cardiology and Structural Heart Disease, BLK Max Super Specialty Hospital, New Delhi.

Awareness is the key in preventing heart diseases. When people understand the risks—like junk food, smoking, stress, and lack of exercise—they are more likely to make better choices. The more we talk, learn, and act, the fewer heart problems we will see. Prevention starts with knowledge—so let’s spread it!
Watch the TOI medithon here

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