Voice of America (blog)New Web-based Program Helps Doctors Save LivesVoice of America (blog)Heart failure is one of the most common causes of hospitalization and is among the most expensive chronic diseases to treat. When a patient comes in to the emer…
Heart Failure Checklist Decreases ReadmissionsPharmacy Practice Newsby George Ochoa Chicago—An inexpensive checklist used at discharge has virtually eliminated 30-day readmissions for heart failure (HF) in a Michigan hospital. At six months, the bene…
Seminar to address chronic kidney diseaseCamarillo AcornThe Community Memorial Health System will host a free seminar about chronic kidney disease from 6 to 8 pm Tues., June 19 in the eighth-floor Nichols Auditorium at 147 N. Brent St., Ventura. It is …
Amgen drug Sensipar fails to meet trial goalReuters IndiaThe goal of the study was to show a reduction in the risk of death, heart attack, unstable angina or heart failure in patients with chronic kidney disease who were receiving dialysis. Although pa…
Altered serum levels of IL-33 in patients with advanced systolic chronic heart …7thSpace Interactive (press release)Interleukin-33 (IL-33) has been linked to chronic heart failure (CHF) in animal studies, but data on serum IL-33 levels in human CHF a…
Channel 7 Daily NewsPM Says Ailing Wife Suffered "Heart Failure"Channel 7 Daily NewsKim Barrow was rushed to the emergency room on Monday May 28th with heart failure. She was placed in the intensive care unit for three days, and released from…
Study packs powerful one-two punch in the fight against heart failureNews-Medical.netA new study in the journal Circulation packs a powerful one-two punch in the fight against heart failure. The leading blow: Identification of a unique alliance of prot…
Rule combo accurately predicts organ failure in pancreatitisMedical XpressA series of 12 predictive rules that combines existing scoring systems in patients with acute pancreatitis improves the accuracy of predicting persistent organ failure, according…
Sunshine Heart Receives Health Canada Approval to Modify Its Ongoing …MarketWatch (press release)SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA and EDEN PRAIRIE, MN, Jun 07, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Sunshine Heart, Inc. (NASDAQ:SSH) (asx:SHC), a global medical device comp…
Doubling down on heart failure: Researchers discover new route to disease, and …Medical XpressA new study in the journal Circulation packs a powerful one-two punch in the fight against heart failure. The leading blow: Identification of a unique allia…