CANOEScorecard helps predict heart failure patients in emergency at risk of dyingToronto StarTwo new studies turn a lens on the role of emergency departments in treating patients with heart failure, a condition that's associated with billions of do…

CBC.caSteps for a longer lifeTimes of OmanCardiovascular disease includes stroke, heart failure and congenital heart disease. There are nearly 2.7 million people living with heart disease in the UK and it kills one in five men and one in seven women, e…

Cardiac Troponin Predicts Mortality in Acute Heart FailureDoctors LoungeA sensitive cardiac troponin I assay can predict mortality risk for patients with acute heart failure, according to a study published online Oct. 11 in the Journal of Internal Medi…

Study finds drop in heart failure hospitalizationsNurse.comBetween 1998 and 2008, heart failure-related hospitalizations declined substantially among Medicare patients, but at a lower rate for black men, according to a study. The study also found that …

Heart failure strikes fewer seniorsAmerican Council on Science and HealthNow, a group of Yale researchers has found that the percentage of senior citizens hospitalized for heart failure has dropped by nearly one third since 1998. The study, published i…

Tehelka'No cure to UPA's multiple organ failure'Daily PioneerLed by the “weakest Prime Minister ever”, the UPA Government was suffering from a “multiple organ failure” and was showing all symptoms of a “terminal decline”, with i…

Heart failure burden 'will rise in tandem with life expectancy'ZenopaThe prevalence of heart failure cases in the UK is likely to increase as a result of rising life expectancy rates, according to the British Heart Foundation (BHF). New figures…

Research Roundup: Disparities In Heart Failure ImprovementsKaiser Health NewsHospitalization And Mortality Rates For Medicare Beneficiaries, 1998-2008 — This report examines treatment of more than 55 million Medicare fee-for-service heart failure pati…

Fox NewsHeart failure admissions decline in USClinical AdvisorUS heart failure (HF) hospitalizations decreased by 29.5% during the past decade, data from a fee-for-service Medicare claims analysis conducted from 1998 to 2008 indicate. Risk-adjusted HF …

Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug Use Among Persons With Chronic Kidney …Annals of Family MedicineAs a result, it is recommend that most patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) avoid NSAIDs. Little is known, however, about patterns of NSAID use …