2 Minute MedicineThe CHARM-Alternative trial: Angiotensin-receptor blockers in heart failure …2 Minute MedicineStudy Rundown: Angiotensin-converting-enzyme (ACE) inhibitors have been shown to effectively reduce morbidity and mortality in patients wit…
Toronto NewsFIXSildenafil helps men with heart failureToronto NewsFIXResearchers in Brazil have been looking at the effects of sildenafil in a group of men with heart failure. The men took either sildenafil or placebo before taking a treadmill test. Th…
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Nordic walking can help heart failure rehab
Nursing Times “Nordic walking was superior to standard cardiac rehabilitation care in improving functional capacity and other important outcomes in patients with heart failure,” the authors said in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology. “This exercise modality is a … |
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Just a few extra pounds increases heart failure risk
Nursing Times The Express quoted Tam Fry from the National Obesity Forum as saying this is “the final evidence” that being overweight causes heart failure. It seems this was a fair reflection of some people’s views, but others, including the editor of the journal … |
Effect of oral sodium bicarbonate supplementation on progression of chronic …7thSpace Interactive (press release)Effect of oral sodium bicarbonate supplementation on progression of chronic kidney disease in patients with chronic metabolic acidosis: s…
Technology platform development for targeted plasma metabolites in human …7thSpace Interactive (press release)Heart failure is a multifactorial disease associated with staggeringly high morbidity and motility. Recently, alterations of multiple metabo…
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Beta blockers help women with heart failure
The Almagest Previous research has shown that men with heart failure do better if they’re given beta blockers. Heart failure is a condition where the heart cannot effectively pump blood round the body. Beta blockers help by allowing the heart to beat more … |
2 Minute MedicineBNP Screen Could Help Forestall Heart FailureMedPage TodayIn the randomized, controlled STOP-HF trial, patients who had an intervention if their BNP levels exceeded 50 pg/mL had a significantly lower risk of a hitting the primary endpo…
Study says screening heart with natriuretic peptide may reduce risk of …News-Medical.netAmong patients at risk of heart failure, collaborative care based on screening for certain levels of brain-type natriuretic peptide reduced the combined rates of …
The AlmagestRacial differences in heart failure exploredThe AlmagestResults from recent clinical trials shows that black people are twice as likely to suffer from and die of heart failure than white people. Doctors wonder if heart failure may actually …