Greek ReporterGeorgiou Heart Failure Study Promotes ExerciseGreek ReporterAmong the results of the study were that chronic heart failure patients can maintain an advantage as a result of combining exercise therapy and standard care, because they demons…
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Recent Advancements Made in Diagnosing and Treating Heart Failure Could …
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release) In much the same way as a breath test may one day detect heart failure, there is a FDA cleared test on the market now that is changing the way physicians care for the 23 million diagnosed heart failure patients around the world. It’s the ST2 test from … |
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Discovery could speed up heart failure and pneumonia diagnosis
Voxy Otago researchers have discovered a potential new tool to help doctors in emergency departments quickly and accurately diagnose patients with heart failure and pneumonia. Associate Professor Chris Pemberton and colleagues at the University of Otago’s … |
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Heart Failure Doesn’t Discriminate
Science Daily (press release) “Heart failure is a disease of the aging, and on average, black men in America tend to have higher competing risks for death earlier in life,” Huffman said. “Because competing risks are higher, which is itself a major problem, relatively fewer black … Do Black Men Face Lower Risk of Heart Failure?MedPage Today |
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Recent Advancements Made in Diagnosing and Treating Heart Failure Could …
MarketWatch (press release) In much the same way as a breath test may one day detect heart failure, there is a FDA cleared test on the market now that is changing the way physicians care for the 23 million diagnosed heart failure patients around the world. It’s the ST2 test from … |
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Study links insomnia to heart failure
WTOP When compared to those who had no trouble sleeping, those who “occasionally” or “often” struggled with one of the above symptoms had a higher heart failure rate by 5 and 14 percent respectively, Prevention says. Study participants who frequently had … |
Irish TimesNew test leads to large fall in patients presenting with heart failureIrish TimesThe test was performed on patients who exhibited signs of being at risk of heart failure and the patients were referred by 39 GP surgeries in Dublin and Wicklow…
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Children’s Heart Institute to hold sudden heart failure Q&A
FOX19 A local heart institute is taking a proactive approach to prevent sudden death in student athletes. The Heart Institute at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center is holding a live, online question and answer session with two of Cincinnati … |
Doctors say congestive heart failure patients need to be careful at crawfish boilsWWLNEW ORLEANS — Congestive heart failure has many causes, from high blood pressure and diabetes to alcoholism and cocaine use. There can even be problems after pregnanc…
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All Water Pills Not Equally Effective Against Heart Failure
Science Daily (press release) Apr. 1, 2013 — Loop diuretics, more commonly known as water pills, are the most widely prescribed heart failure medications, but few studies had extensively compared their effectiveness until Yale School of Medicine researchers examined three approved … Not All Water Pills Effective Against Heart FailureMedical Daily |