_ Health Headlines Heart Failure and Exercise By Jane Farrell article For many people who have heart failure, supervised exercise training is safe and may offer substantial improvement in exercise capacity … Read More→
_ Heart Failure Heart Failure and African-Americans By Jane Farrell article Researchers have linked a rare genetic mutation found mostly in Black Americans and other people of African descent to an … Read More→
_ Heart Health Repeat Heart Attacks Drop, but Survivors Still Face Danger By Jane Farrell article After surviving a heart attack, the proportion of patients who experience a repeat attack within a year fell between 2008 … Read More→
_ Heart Failure Racial Inequities Uncovered in Hospital Admissions for Heart Failure By Jane Farrell article Skin color too often determines the quality of cardiovascular health care a patient receives, researchers say. People who are black … Read More→
_ Insomnia Some Insomniacs May Be at Increased Risk of Coronary Artery Disease, Heart Failure and Stroke By Jane Farrell article People suffering from insomnia may have an increased risk of some kinds of heart disease and stroke,┬á according to new … Read More→
_ Heart Health Moderate Drinking Not Harmful for Older Patients with Heart Failure By Sondra Forsyth article A study published December 28th 2018 in JAMA Network Open suggests that people over age 65 who are newly diagnosed … Read More→
_ Hospital Care A Public Policy and Increased Patient Deaths By Jane Farrell article A policy that was supposed to reduce hospital readmissions via financial penalties was linked to a significant increase in post-discharge … Read More→
_ Fibromyalgia Flu Shot Protects Against Heart Failure: Study By Jane Farrell article Among its other health benefits, an annual flu short can save heart failure patientsΓÇÖ lives. Flu season usually begins in … Read More→
_ Congestive Heart Failure Curry Spice May Improve Exercise Performance After Heart Failure By Sondra Forsyth article Research done at the University of Nebraska Medical Center suggests that curcumin, a main ingredient in curry, may improve exercise … Read More→
_ Heart Health Heart Failure Patients with Mitral Regurgitation Benefit from Minimally Invasive Procedure By Sondra Forsyth article A multicenter clinical trial has found that a minimally invasive procedure called transcatheter mitral valve repair significantly reduced hospitalizations and … Read More→
_ Heart Failure Telemedicine Increases Life Expectancy for Some Heart Patients By Jane Farrell article Telemedicine management of heart-failure patients reduces hospitalizations, prolongs life and works equally well in rural and urban settings, European investigators … Read More→
_ Heart Health African-Americans Hospitalized for Heart Failure Less Likely to See Cardiologist By Jane Farrell article African-American patients were less likely than Caucasian patients to be treated primarily by a cardiologist when admitted to the intensive … Read More→
_ Heart Health Caregivers Face Strain When Heart Patients Get Assistive Device By Jane Farrell article When heart failure patients receive a heart pumping device known as a left ventricular assist device (LVAD), their caregivers … Read More→
_ Healthy Diet & Nutrition Beetroot Juice Supplements May Help Certain Heart Failure Patients By Sondra Forsyth article Beetroot juice supplements may help enhance exercise capacity in patients with heart failure, according to a proof-of-concept study done at … Read More→
_ Heart Health Neighborhood Factors May Predict Heart Failure By Jane Farrell article Neighborhood-level socioeconomic factors in low-income areas may significantly predict heart failure risk beyond individual health factors and socioeconomic status, according … Read More→
_ Medical Research A Computer App for Heart Patients By Jane Farrell article Researchers have developed an app that helps improve heart failure patientsΓÇÖ quality of life and longevity, according to a clinical … Read More→
_ Heart Health Hospitalizations for Heart Failure Are on the Decline, but Rates Remain Higher for Blacks Than Whites and for Men Than Women By Sondra Forsyth article The number of people hospitalized for heart failure in the United States declined about 30 percent between 2002 and 2013, … Read More→
_ Medical Care A Crucial Factor in Heart-Failure Survival By Jane Farrell article When heart-failure patients were re-hospitalized within a month, those who returned to the same hospital were discharged quicker and were … Read More→