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Monday, October, 26, 2009

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Congestive heart failure med shows promising results

October 03, 2008
A new medication to treat acute congestive heart failure (CHF) has shown positive results in late-stage clinical trials. The med, currently called KW-3902, helped improve shortness of breath and eased renal-function deterioration in CHF patients in the Phase III trials. Read more »

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Keeping Your Heart Beating Healthily
By Heather Reese , Health Expert

...especially when lying down. People who suffer from congestive heart failure aren’t able to... Read more »

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Hypertension and Congestive Heart Failure
By Dr. Charles Whitcomb , Health Expert

  Congestive heart failure (CHF) is one of the most common reasons for hospital admission in the... Read more »

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Atrial Fibrillation: Should I Be Worried?
By Dr. Kirk Laman: Wholehearted Cardiologist , Health Expert

...Fibrillation.  Patients can also end up in the hospital with congestive heart failure - fluid... Read more »

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Is the FDA a watchdog or a dog?
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert

...maker of Actos, to strengthen existing warnings about congestive heart failure (CHF). Both drugs... Read more »

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Hot tubs and heart disease: Trouble or treatment?
By Dr. Larry Weinrauch , Health Expert

...this could be used as a treatment of patients with congestive heart failure. Recent scientific... Read more »

Health Guide

Congestive Heart Failure Patient Guide
Overview Congestive heart failure (CHF) is the result of abnormal and depressed function of the heart for any reason. The most common presentations of this syndrome are the development of shortness... Read more »
Congestive Heart Failure Symptoms
...like a heavy weight pressing on the chest.Fluid retention. Patients may complain of leg or abdominal swelling.Wheezing or cough. Patients may have asthma-like wheezing or a dry hacking cough that... Read more »
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Complications
...molecules) levelsHigh blood pressure, most likely because of kidney injury and corticosteroid treatmentsCongestive heart failurePericarditis, an inflammation of the tissue surrounding the heart... Read more »
Hypothyroidism: Treatment
...LevothyroxineUnder-DosingOver-DosingSluggishnessHeart symptoms (rapid heart beat, palpitations, and wide variations in pulse; possible angina or congestive heart failure)Mental dullnessAgitation... Read more »
Congestive Heart Failure Causes
...development. Although more children born with heart defects are now living to adulthood, they still face a higher than average risk for heart failure as they age.CardiomyopathyCardiomyopathy is... Read more »

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