India, July 25 -- Urban life brings with it multifaceted stress that steadily, over time, wears down health. While it promises a myriad of possibilities, opportunities, and a buzzing energy, it also freezes people in a hyperactive mode, constantly oscillating between extremes. From going full throttle during the workweek to spending weekends lounging, doomscrolling, and ordering junk food, this unhealthy lifestyle pattern eventually catches up in the form of heart conditions, with one of them being urban heart syndrome.

Abhijit Borse, consultant cardiologist, K J Somaiya Hospital and Research Centre, in an interview with HT Lifestyle, shared how people living in cities are at an increasing risk of urban heart syndrome because of their li...