Heart Failure Update

Heart Failure Update

Heart Failure Update

MedlinePlus sent this bulletin at 03/13/2013 01:10 PM EDT New on the MedlinePlus Heart Failure page:

Following Your Heart Failure Treatment Plan and Dealing with Your Symptoms

03/12/2013 10:14 PM EDT

Source: Heart Failure Society of America

Blood Test Plus Targeted Care May Stop Heart Failure Before It Starts

03/12/2013 12:00 PM EDT

Coordination between primary care docs and cardiologists is key to prevention, study suggests


Source: HealthDay

A Cheap, Old Heart Drug May Help Elderly Heart Failure Patients

03/11/2013 05:00 PM EDT

Digoxin cuts hospital readmission by more than a third, study finds


Source: HealthDay

Viagra, Aliskiren Not Helpful for Heart Failure After All

03/11/2013 04:00 PM EDT

Results surprise, disappoint scientists


Source: HealthDay

Certain Diabetes Medications May Lower Heart Failure Risk

03/10/2013 02:00 PM EDT

Study found people taking newer drugs were 44 percent less likely to be hospitalized with the condition


Source: HealthDay

Black Breast Cancer Survivors Face Higher Heart Failure Risk

03/07/2013 11:00 AM EST

Findings may suggest need for closer monitoring


Source: HealthDay

Heart Failure Successes Not Seen in Younger Patients

03/06/2013 03:09 PM EST

Though fewer American adults were hospitalized with heart failure during the last decade, hospitalization rates among heart failure patients under age 55 saw the least change, according to a new study.
Source: Reuters Health

Insomnia Might Boost Heart Failure Risk

03/06/2013 08:00 AM EST

Large Norwegian study looked at poor sleep quality, disease development over 11 years


Source: HealthDay