Heart Failure Prevention
- Congestive Heart Failure
- What Is It? & Symptoms
- Diagnosis & Expected Duration
- Prevention & Treatment
- More Info
Prevention
To avoid congestive heart failure, you must prevent the various forms of heart disease that lead to it. To prevent coronary heart disease, eat a healthy, balanced diet, control your blood pressure and cholesterol level, maintain a normal body weight, exercise regularly, and don't smoke. Limit alcohol use to one to two drinks per day. Some congestive heart failure cannot be prevented.
Treatment
The treatment of congestive heart failure focuses on lessening symptoms, decreasing...
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From Our Experts
Prevent Heart Failure with Lifestyle Changes
The way you choose to live, impacts your risk for disease. A new study published in the September issue of Circulation: Heart Failure has... Read more »
Heart failure, is it All the Same?
Not really. In fact, heart failure is newly diagnosed in more than half a million Americans per year and may be somewhat different for men... Read more »
What Do I Do About Heart Failure?
Heart failure is usually a chronic disease. That means it's a long-term condition that tends to gradually become worse. By the time someone... Read more »
Eating Whole Grains Lowers Your Risk of Heart Failure
Your risk of heart failure is increased by a variety of factors, such as coronary artery disease, obesity, diabetes, insulin resistance,... Read more »
From Our Sources
Eating fish does not prevent heart failure: study
Dutch researchers have found that eating fish does not prevent the development of heart failure, though doing so does appear to help protect against... Read more »
Diuretics work best in preventing hypertension-related heart f...
Researchers at the University of Texas prescribed over 33,000 patients with high blood pressure a calcium-channel blocker, ACE inhibitor, or... Read more »
Study: Relaxine eases heart failure
An international team of scientists has found that Relaxine--a drug made from a naturally occurring hormone that helps women adapt to pregnancy--may... Read more »
Heart failure
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
CHF; Congestive heart failure; Left-sided heart failure; Right-sided heart failure - Cor pulmonale Prevention Follow your health care... Read more »
Kidney Failure
Source: Harvard Decision Guide
Prevention Many forms of kidney failure cannot be prevented. People who have diabetes, high blood pressure or coronary artery disease should try to... Read more »
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