Patient Education Library
Cardiology explained in plain language by a cardiologist. Free for everyone — member or not, no sign-up, no paywall.
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Blood Pressure
The two numbers, what they mean, correct home measurement technique, and when a reading is an emergency.
- What is normal, high-normal and hypertension in 2026
- How to measure BP at home without getting a false number
- Salt: how much is actually too much in an Indian diet
- White-coat and masked hypertension explained
Cholesterol & Lipids
LDL, HDL, triglycerides, non-HDL, ApoB and Lp(a) — which numbers predict a heart attack and which are noise.
- Reading your lipid profile line by line
- Why 'my cholesterol is normal' can still mean high risk
- ApoB: the number your report probably does not include
- Lipoprotein(a): the one-time test almost nobody orders
Diabetes & the Heart
Why diabetes is a cardiovascular disease that happens to raise blood sugar, and what targets matter.
- HbA1c: what your target should be and why it varies
- Insulin resistance years before diabetes appears
- Diabetes medicines with proven heart benefit
- Silent heart attacks in people with diabetes
Warning Signs & Emergencies
Recognising a heart attack in men, women and diabetics — and the exact sequence of what to do first.
- Classic and atypical heart attack symptoms
- Why women's symptoms are missed more often
- The first 10 minutes: aspirin, 108, and what not to do
- Cardiac arrest vs heart attack — they are not the same
Living After a Heart Event
Secondary prevention after a heart attack, stent or bypass — the phase where most benefit is lost.
- Why stopping your antiplatelet early is dangerous
- Cardiac rehabilitation: the most under-used treatment in India
- Returning to work, driving, exercise and sex
- Depression and anxiety after a cardiac event
Rhythm & Palpitations
When a skipped beat is nothing, when it is atrial fibrillation, and why AF causes strokes.
- Palpitations: harmless vs concerning
- Atrial fibrillation and your stroke risk score
- Blood thinners: what patients get wrong
- Smartwatch ECG readings — how much to trust them
Women's Heart Health
Pregnancy complications, PCOS and menopause as cardiovascular risk factors that get overlooked.
- Pre-eclampsia and gestational diabetes as lifelong risk markers
- PCOS and metabolic risk in young women
- What menopause does to blood pressure and lipids
- Why women are under-treated after a heart attack
Food, Fat & the Indian Plate
Which cooking oil, how much rice, whether ghee is fine, and what the evidence actually says.
- Cooking oils ranked by evidence, not marketing
- Rice, roti and the glycaemic load of a normal Indian meal
- Ghee, coconut oil and saturated fat — the honest answer
- Ultra-processed food: the fastest-growing risk in India
Understanding Your Medicines
Statins, blood thinners, beta blockers and BP tablets — what they do and the side effects that are real.
- Statins: muscle pain, diabetes risk and what is myth
- Why you should not stop a beta blocker suddenly
- Generic vs branded medicines in India
- Questions to ask before accepting any new prescription
A suggested order if you are starting cold.
Know your numbers
Read Blood Pressure and Cholesterol first. Then find your last lab report and read it again with those guides open.
Know your risk
Take the free risk assessment. It will tell you which of the nine topics matter most for you specifically.
Know the emergency
Read Warning Signs and make sure everyone in your house has too. This is the one that saves lives on a bad night.
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