Vitamin D supplements help heart failure patients live longerFood ConsumerFriday Sept 28, 2012 (foodconsumer.org) — A new study in European Journal of Heart Failure suggests that taking vitamin D supplements may help prevent premature death from heart…

Hospital Starts Heart Failure ProgramKFYR-TVWe reported yesterday on a new penalty that kicks in next week to encourage hospitals to cut back on high readmission rates. Sanford Medical Center in Bismarck will lose Medicare reimbursement funds for its f…

Sky News AustraliaHome is where the heart isSky News AustraliaCaring for heart failure patients at home is not only beneficial for patients but saves on healthcare costs, a study has shown. Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute researchers compared ho…

Spironolactone's Heart Failure Benefit Outweighs Hyperkalemia RiskFamily Practice News Digital NetworkSEATTLE – Patients with heart failure still benefit from spironolactone therapy even when they develop elevated potassium levels, a well-known a…

Specialist nurses improve outcomes in heart failureNursing TimesHowever, fewer than half of the patients who could benefit from referral to a heart failure nurse are actually referred, and there is a need for health professionals to be educated about t…

Private MDChronic kidney disease is cause for alarm, even without other conditionsPrivate MDAnother study showed that, although people with diabetes had a higher risk of heart attack than individuals who had tested positive on a lab test for chronic ki…

Too Many Returning PatientsKFYR-TVNo one likes to stay at the hospital overnight, much less come back often, but patients who suffer from heart failure account for some of Sanford Medical Center`s highest readmission rates. "They don`t have resour…

Spike in heart failures follows Japan's 2011 quakeReuters IndiaNEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Following the massive earthquake and tsunami of March, 2011, which devastated parts of eastern Japan, the number of heart failure cases spiked in Miyagi Pref…

Julie Dawkins died of liver failureThis Is HampshireA DRINKER who struggled to get over the loss of her husband died of liver failure. Julie Dawkins, 62, was found dead on a sofa in the living room of her home in Bow Grove, Hook, on Monday, June 11. An…

Two small RNA molecules prevent heart failure in micedomain-BCardiac stress, for example a heart attack or high blood pressure, frequently leads to pathological heart growth and subsequently to heart failure. Two tiny RNA molecules play a key role in t…