 Greetings from Malti Manipal Hospital. I am Dr. Sri Haridah, senior interventional cardiologist. A major concern for us in the past decade has been the rapid increase in the incidence of heart attacks. What are the major risk factors for heart attacks? The risk factors for heart attack are diabetes, hypertension, tobacco usage, obesity, lack of exercise, unhealthy eating habits, high cholesterol, strong family history of heart disease and the new risk factor which I am very concerned about is work stress. We can all take preventive measures to reduce risk factors. A regular health checkup goes a long way in identifying diabetes, hypertension and colostals at an early stage. If you are a diabetic or a hypertensive it is important that you control it well and prevent the complications. Quitting smoking is very important, eating healthy, avoiding junk food, having a liberal intake of fruits and vegetables, exercising for 20-25 minutes a day either in the form of running, cycling, jogging, swimming or any other sport. Work stress can be substantially reduced by yoga, meditation and relaxation techniques. It gives me great pleasure in informing all of you that very shortly Malti Manipal Hospital will be equipped with the state of the art Philips cath lab which will help us in diagnosing and treating heart patients. Let's all lead a healthy life and be heart healthy. Thank you.