Researchers Progress Towards Understanding Heart Failure MechanismsDoctor TipsterResearchers from the University of Bristol, in the United Kingdom, recently managed to resolve the mystery behind the mechanism through which the heart regulates its contr…
Toronto NewsFIXGene variants may govern susceptibility to heart failureToronto NewsFIXResearchers at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio, have studied 159 heart failure patients and 189 healthy people, all of them black Americans. They have found that t…
The genetic lottery in heart failureToronto NewsFIXThe gene for angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) has a profound impact on the fate of patients with heart failure. ACE activates an hormone that increases blood flow and makes the heart work harder. Th…
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Benefits of Coenzyme Q10 for Chronic Heart Failure
LifeGoesStrong Coenzyme Q10 or CoQ10 or ubiquinone or ubiquinol – whatever you call it – came up in a conversation with my 85 year old father this week. He had been out to dinner with friends and they asked him if he was taking it. He told them he wasn’t. Then they … |
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‘Knight Stalker’ Killer Dies Of Liver Failure After 24 Years On Death Row
Business Insider Ramirez, 53, had been taken from San Quentin’s death row to a hospital where authorities said he died of liver failure. He had been housed on death row for decades and was awaiting execution, even though it has been years since anyone has been put to … ‘Night Stalker’ dies of liver failureTribune-Review El Paso-born serial killer sentenced to death dies of liver failureKFOX El Paso Night Stalker Richard Ramirez Dies On Death RowSky News Marin Independent Journal all 188 news articles » |
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Risk of death, hospital readmission prolonged after heart attack, heart failure
The Birmingham News – al.com (blog) BALTIMORE -€• Heart attack or heart failure patients may have a high risk of death or re-admission for a month or longer after leaving the hospital, researchers said at the American Heart Association’s Quality of Care and Outcomes Scientific Sessions 2013. |
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Gencaro™ Potential Efficacy in Preventing Atrial Fibrillation Paper Published …
DailyFinance The authors investigated the potential efficacy of the developmental drug Gencaro™ (bucindolol hydrochloride) in reducing the incidence of new onset atrial fibrillation (“AF”) in patients with advanced heart failure with reduced left ventricular … |
Toronto NewsFIXBeta-blockers benefit those with severe heart failureToronto NewsFIXBeta-blockers are known to improve the outcome in heart failure, but are not used as much as they could be. This may be because there is a widespread belief that the dec…
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Hamilton East and Clydesdale MP Jimmy Hood loses five stone after heart …
Hamilton Advertiser news Jim Hood MP told this week how he was ‘close to death’ after suffering heart failure a year ago. Now 12 months on from the heart scare, the Hamilton East and Clydesdale MP has vowed to stand as the Labour candidate at the next General Election. This … |
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Beta-blockers are good for patients with heart failure
Toronto NewsFIX Some doctors feel that beta-blockers shouldn’t be used to treat patients with heart failure, because of concern over adverse effects. Yet research has suggested that beta-blockers may offer a survival advantage. To settle the question of whether beta … |