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People with heart failure who eat a diet high in foods that cause inflammation are twice as likely to end up in the hospital or die as those who eat foods known to reduce inflammation, new research shows. “If people with heart failure can reduce the amount of pro-inflammatory foods that they eat, it might […]
When the heart suddenly can’t pump enough blood to meet the body’s needs after a heart attack, women ages 18-55 get less aggressive care in the hospital and are more likely to die prior to discharge than men the same age, according to new research published today in Circulation: Heart Failure, an American Heart Association […]
Fox News Flash top headlines for Nov. 21 Fox News Flash top headlines for Nov. 21 are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com A sterilization technician at a northern Indiana hospital failed to properly disinfect surgical tools, possibly affecting more than 1,000 patients who underwent surgery at the facility in recent months, the hospital said […]
Important medications for the treatment of heart failure are often prescribed in lower dosages than recommended by international guidelines. A study with the participation of the Medical University of Vienna shows overly cautious prescription of the most common medication groups by treating physicians due to unintentional bias. The results are published in the journal Annals […]
Research published in JAMA Cardiology today presents new evidence that might explain why the prognosis of heart failure patients has improved so little over the past decade. Findings show that a decline in cardiovascular deaths has been offset by an increase in the number of deaths from infections and respiratory problems, highlighting the importance of […]
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) use is associated with reduced short- and long-term mortality in patients with heart failure, according to late breaking research presented in a Hot Line Session today at ESC Congress 2019 together with the World Congress of Cardiology and published in Circulation. Patients with heart failure are at increased risk of potentially lethal […]
On an ice hockey team, the players all start off with identical uniforms, skates and a stick. But if you take one of them, add padding, a glove, and a mask; and switch the stick to one with a larger blade, then you get a goalie. Now, the player has morphed—or differentiated—into one with a […]
Fitness fanatic, 21, has a ‘mechanical heart’ fitted after the failure of his organ ‘became too severe to wait for a life-saving transplant’ Greg Marshall developed a ‘chest infection’ and ‘asthma’ at the end of 2016 Diagnosed with heart failure after he suddenly collapsed in a car park Pacemaker failed, forcing Mr Marshall to have […]
(HealthDay)—Having a stronger heart after being hospitalized for heart failure may not translate into a better outcome, new research suggests. Levels of physical and mental decline were similar among patients with weaker or stronger hearts, and surprisingly, those with stronger hearts had higher rates of depression and lower quality of life in the study. “The […]
(HealthDay)—There’s bad news for heart failure patients with dilated cardiomyopathy who’d like to stop taking their meds. Any progress they’ve seen on medication is likely to fade once they stop taking their heart drugs, new clinical trial results show. About 40 percent of a small group of patients wound up back on their medications after […]