Medtronic Announces First Patient Enrollment In IMPROVE HF Bridge StudyNASDAQ(RTTNews.com) – Medtronic Inc. (MDT) announced the initiation and first patient enrollment in a clinical study that will evaluate gaps in the implementation of evidence-based …
Ottawa heart researchers laudedOttawa CitizenTwo Ottawa researchers have won a national award for answering a question no one else had asked: does a next-generation pacemaker save the lives of people with moderate heart failure? Everyone knew that coro…
Heart failure 'affects memory'Telegraph.co.ukHaving heart failure, where part of the organ dies, can affect a person's brain to such an extent that they forget to take their medication, according to a study. By Stephen Adams, Medical Corres…
Diagnostic device for liver failure on FDA fast trackIsrael Ministry of Foreign Affairs (press release)"Most liver patients are chronic patients," notes Steven Eitan, CEO of Israel's Exalenz Bioscience, a small, Modi'in-based company …
Heart Failure Linked to Mental Decline; Exercise Improves Health, Quality of …InsidermedicineFrom Australia – A new report published in the European Heart Journal finds that heart failure may cause mental decline. Researchers used MRI scans to study …
Heart failure is associated with loss of brain cells and a decline in mental …PhysOrg.comAustralian researchers have found evidence that heart failure is associated with a decline in people's mental processes and a loss of grey matter in the brai…
Professor uses snakes to research heart failureDeseret NewsThat change in heart size is the focus of recent research at the universities of Alabama and Colorado — and payoff from the research may lead toward treatment for human congestive heart failur…
Alabama professor studies snakes in hopes of unlocking clues about heart …The RepublicThat change in heart size is the focus of recent research at the universities of Alabama and Colorado — and payoff from the research may lead toward treatment for …
Death rates for heart failure higher on non-specialist wardsNursing TimesHeart failure death rates are more than double on some non-specialist wards what they are on specialised cardiology units, new figures have shown. Just 8% of patients on cardiolog…
Daily MailAnorexic doctor wighed less than 4 stone when she diedTelegraph.co.ukShe was found dead by her parents in her southeast London flat on the afternoon of September 25 last year, after suffering heart failure brought on by her low weight. Dr Cla…