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Heart Failure
Heart failure, also known as congestive heart failure, is a condition in which the heart muscle struggles to pump enough blood to meet the body’s needs. Heart failure symptoms can include shortness of breath, coughing, fatigue, and fluid accumulation in the limbs and lungs (or no symptoms at all). Most of the time, heart failure is a long-term condition in which the heart becomes weaker and larger over time. The good news is that many medications and lifestyle changes—such as shedding pounds if you’re overweight or cutting back on salt—can slow down heart failure.
Heart Failure News
Health, Not Age, Affects Benefits of Implanted Heart Device: Study
MONDAY, June 17 (HealthDay News) — Elderly people may gain as much benefit from having implantable cardioverter defibrillators as younger people, according to a new study. An implantable cardioverter defibrillator, or ICD, is a device placed inside the chest to deliver electrical shocks to restore normal heartbeat if it detects a dangerous abnormal heart rhythm. The findings [...]
FDA Panel Votes to Change Tight Restrictions on Diabetes Drug Avandia
By Dennis ThompsonHealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, June 6 (HealthDay News) — An expert advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration narrowly voted Thursday to change tough safety restrictions on the diabetes drug Avandia, which was all but banned nearly two years ago. The panel’s decision came after a review of data that suggests the pill might [...]
FDA Panel Votes to Change Tight Restrictions on Diabetes Drug Avandia
By Dennis ThompsonHealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, June 6 (HealthDay News) — An expert advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration narrowly voted Thursday to change tough safety restrictions on the diabetes drug Avandia, which was all but banned nearly two years ago. The panel’s decision came after a review of data that suggests the pill might [...]
FDA Mulls Lifting Tight Safety Limits on Diabetes Drug Avandia
By Dennis ThompsonHealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, June 6 (HealthDay News) — The controversial diabetes drug Avandia will get a second look from federal regulators this week, nearly two years after its use was severely restricted because of a link to heart problems. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has convened a panel of experts to consider an independent [...]
Advanced Heart Failure Still Kills 1 in 3 Within Three Years: Study
THURSDAY, May 30 (HealthDay News) — Patients with advanced heart failure have much better survival odds today than 20 years ago, but one in three still dies within three years of their diagnosis, researchers report. “We are doing a good job of ensuring that patients receive the latest therapies for heart failure, but we still have [...]
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