May 21
Fluid And Sodium Restriction Pointless For Hospitalized Heart Failure Patients
Aggressive fluid and sodium restriction among patients who've been hospitalized with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) appears to have no effect on weight loss or clinical stability, according to a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine. A total of 75 patients hospitalized patients with ADHF participated in the study...
May 21
How To Eat Your Way To Lower Cholesterol
Having high cholesterol can greatly increase your risk of various health conditions including heart attack, stroke and developing dangerous blood clots. According to the NHS...
May 21
How To Eat Your Way To Lower Cholesterol
Having high cholesterol can greatly increase your risk of various health conditions including heart attack, stroke and developing dangerous blood clots. According to the NHS...
May 21
Human cloning developments raise hopes for new treatments
People with conditions such as heart disease or Parkinson's could benefit from tissue grown with their own DNA Lorraine Barnes suffered a heart attack in 2005 and has lived with the consequences – extreme exhaustion and breathlessness – ever since. "I was separated from my husband and so my children, Charlotte and James, had to grow up overnight because suddenly they were caring for me," she ...
May 21
Borussia Dortmund manager Jurgen Klopp says his 'heart breaks' to see Shinji Kagawa struggling
Borussia Dortmund manager Jurgen Klopp says he cried in Shinji Kagawa's arms for 20 minutes when he left for Manchester United.
May 21
Improving Outpatient Care In The Control Of Heart Disease Risk Factors
Control of heart disease risk factors varies widely among outpatient practices, according to a study presented at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions 2013...
May 21
New Role For ECMO In Treating Patients With Cardiac Arrest And Profound Shock
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), a procedure traditionally used during cardiac surgeries and in the ICU that functions as an artificial replacement for a patient's heart and lungs, has also been used to resuscitate cardiac arrest victims in Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea. Now, a novel study of this technique in the U.S...
May 20
Do you think only men get heart disease? It kills more women than breast cancer
Coronary heart disease kills three times as many women as breast cancer. And stress is a major cause. Here is Rachel’s moving story.
May 20
Clinical Trial Finds Fluid And Sodium Restrictions Have No Effect On Weight Loss Or Clinical Stability Among Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure
A clinical trial of 75 patients hospitalized with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) suggests that aggressive fluid and sodium restriction has no effect on weight loss or clinical stability at three days but was associated with an increase in perceived thirst, according to a study published Online First by JAMA Internal Medicine, a JAMA Network publication...
May 20
Lothians patients denied life-saving heart drug
HEALTH bosses have been accused of putting lives at risk by refusing to offer a groundbreaking drug to thousands of Lothian heart attack patients.
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