Kelsey Grammer Has Heart Attack

KELSEY GRAMMER has had a heart attack in Hawaii, a spokesperson for the star has confirmed.
The Back to You star is recovering in hospital after what the spokesperson described as a "mild heart attack", Associated Press reports. Grammer, 53, is said to be resting comfortably and will be released later this week, the spokesperson said. He said Grammer was "paddle-boarding" at the beach with his wife, Camille, when he experienced symptoms and was rushed to hospital. The couple lives in Kona, on Hawaii's big island.
Grammer's sitcom Back to You was recently axed in the US.

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Breakfast is Important ...

Why breakfast is important ...

Breakfast can help prevent strokes, heart attack and sudden death.
For those who always skip breakfast, you should stop that habit now! You've heard many times that 'Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.'
Now, recent research confirms that one of the worst practices you can develop may be avoiding breakfast.
Why?




Because the frequency of heart attack, sudden death, and stroke peaks between 6: 00a.m. and noon, with the highest incidence being between 8: 00a.m. and 10:00a.m.
What mechanism within the body could account for this significant jump in sudden death in the early morning hours?
We may have an Answer.
Platelet, tiny elements in the blood that keep us from bleeding to Death if we get a cut, can clump together inside our arteries due to Cholesterol or plaque buildup in the artery lining. It is in the morning hours that platelets become the most activated and tend to form these internal blood clots at the greatest frequency.

However, eating even a very light breakfast prevents the morning platelet activation that is associated with heart attacks and strokes.


Studies performed at Memorial University in St.Johns, Newfoundland found that eating a light, very low-fat breakfast was critical in modifying the morning platelet activation. Subjects in the study consumed either low-fat or fat-free yogurt, orange juice, fruit, and a source of protein coming from yogurt or fat-free milk.


So if you skip breakfast, it's important that you change this practice immediately in light of this research. Develop a simple plan to eat cereal, such as oatmeal or Bran Flakes, along with six ounces of grape juice or orange juice, and perhaps a piece of fruit. This simple plan will keep your platelets from sticking together, keep blood clots from forming, and perhaps head off a potential Heart Attack or stroke.
So never ever skip breakfast.

City boffins develop low-cost device to detect heart attacks

MUMBAI: City scientists have developed 'iSens' – a low-cost biosensor which they say detects heart attacks well in advance.

Developed at IIT Mumbai's Centre for Excellence of Nanoelectronics, the iSens is now being prepared for clinical trials and will be available by the end of this year, said Dr V Ramgopal Rao, who heads this project.

"Field trials will not take time since it is only a diagnostic tool. We are talking to some Indian and multinational companies to commercialise the product," Rao said. Not only is the cost kept low, he said, but the sensor also detects possible acute myocardial infarction up to six months in advance.

The iSens is primarily a table-top box with a set of sensors, and costs between Rs 5,000 and Rs 10,000. Blood samples are taken on disposable cartridges, and inserted into the box for a period of around 10 minutes, Rao explained.

The box comprises nano-sized sensors, smaller than a millionth of a millimetre. These sensors measure the levels of proteins and enzymes – such as myoglobin, proponin and CK-MB – which can cause myocardial infarctions. Based on the concentration of these elements, the box displays a reading to classify the risk as low, medium or high.

"Our aim is to reach the iSens to the primary health care (PHC) centres. Only five per cent of patients are able to reach hospitals, while 95 per cent go to PHCs or small clinics," Rao said. "We can train the PHC personnel as the device will be simple to operate."

The project was funded by the National Programme for Smart Materials and the National Programme on Micro and Smart Systems. In association with his colleague Soumyo Mukherjee of the university's Bio-School, Rao and his team have also developed small silicon lockets to be worn by patients. These lockets can take an ECG of the patient, and transfer the data to a doctor via a mobile phone. PTI