Acute Kidney Injury ‘kills more than common cancers’
ITV News
Acute kidney injury (AKI) kills more people than common cancers but some hospitals are not focusing enough on the disease, a doctor has warned. Dr Mark Thomas, the Chair of the new guideline development group, said AKI was perceived by the public and …
Measure creatinine in all ill older patients, recommends NICEPulse
Better kidney care could save up to 42000 lives a year, says NiceThe Guardian
Thousands die with treatable kidney problemsTelegraph.co.uk
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Travis to release new album despite heart failure, stroke
WBIR-TV
It’s not clear when Travis recorded the tracks. The multi-platinum artist suffered heart failure and a stroke in July and was last reported to be receiving treatment in a rehab facility in Texas. Travis has been trying to get career back on track …
Randy Travis to release an album this fallCBS News

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Minister inspects hospital, top doc dies of heart failure
Deccan Herald
The superintendent of a government hospital suffered a heart attack and died following Jharkhand health minister Rajendra Singh’s inspection of the hospital in Jamshedpur on Sunday. S S Prasad, superintendent of Mahatma Gandhi Medical Hospital, fainted …

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Diabetes doubles heart failure risk in women
Telemanagement
The lifetime risk of heart failure in both women and men is one in five. Till now, not much has been known of the risk factors for heart failure in women – although we do know that women are somewhat less likely to have had a preceding heart attack. A …

Physician Continuity Improves Heart Failure Outcomes
Monthly Prescribing Reference
(HealthDay News) – Both early physician follow-up and continuity of physician care following an initial hospital diagnosis of heart failure improve patient outcomes, according to research published online Aug. 19 in CMAJ, the journal of the Canadian …

What is Congestive Heart Failure
Onlymyhealth
Congestive heart failure refers to a condition in which the heart fails to pump enough blood to satiate the needs of the body. The weakened chambers let the blood pool inside the heart and the nearby veins, triggering fluid retention, especially in the …
Congestive heart failure affects body’s fluid volumeSouthCoastToday.com

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Nation’s Second Accredited Pediatric Heart Failure Institute is Nemours/Alfred …
DigitalJournal.com
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — The Healthcare Accreditation Colloquium announced today that Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE became the second Accredited Pediatric Heart Failure Institute in the nation …

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Nation’s Second Accredited Pediatric Heart Failure Institute is Nemours/Alfred …
PR Newswire (press release)
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — The Healthcare Accreditation Colloquium announced today that Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE became the second Accredited Pediatric Heart Failure Institute in the nation …

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St. Louis Researchers Test Heart Failure Treatment
KMOX.com
LOUIS (KMOX) – Researchers at Washington University and Barnes-Jewish Hospital are testing a new way to treat heart failure patients. The drug trial is called Stop-HF, or “Stop Heart Failure.” “It uses a unique drug that is injected directly into the …