Heart Failure
New guidelines for treating heart failure
April 01, 2009
Expert & Community Posts
Heart failure, is it All the Same?
By Dr. Larry Weinrauch , Health Expert......“cardiac enzymes” or hormones associated with heart failure The term "heart failure"... Read more »
Hypertension and Congestive Heart Failure
By Dr. Charles Whitcomb , Health Expert......disease is next on the list. Patients with congestive heart failure have a markedly... Read more »
What Do I Do About Heart Failure?
By Dr. Larry Weinrauch , Health Expert......temporary measures mask but don’t solve the problem of heart failure and people may not... Read more »
Heart Failure and Sex
By Dr. Larry Weinrauch , Health Expert......test,” I explained to him that most people with heart failure can continue sexual relations... Read more »
Reduce Heart Failure Risk with Just a Little Activity and Weight Loss
By Lisa Nelson , Health Expert...about. Let's start with a couple definitions: Heart Failure - When your heart can't pump... Read more »
Health Guide
Right-sided heart failure
............side of the heart (right ventricle), the left side (left ventricle), or both sides. In right-sided heart failure, the right ventricle loses its pumping function, and blood may back up... Read more »Right-sided heart failure
......adding salt to meals -- stop Read more »Left-sided heart failure
......guidelines and minimize or eliminate smoking and alcohol consumption. Read more »Heart failure
.........of the body, including: The liver The gastrointestinal tract and extremities (right-sided heart failure) The lungs (left-sided heart failure) With heart failure, many... Read more »Congestive Heart Failure Patient Guide
......meet the oxygen requirements of the body's tissues and organs. The weakening of the heart as a pump in heart failure results in slow blood flow out of the heart to the rest of the body. This... Read more »Images
Medications
...kidney problems. It is also used to treat congestive heart failure following a heart attack.... Read more »
... pills"/diuretics, digoxin) to treat congestive heart failure. How To Use Take this... Read more »
..."water pills"/diuretics, digoxin) to treat congestive heart failure. How To Use Take this... Read more »
..."water pills"/diuretics, digoxin) to treat congestive heart failure. How To Use Take this... Read more »
..."water pills"/diuretics, digoxin) to treat congestive heart failure. How To Use Take this... Read more »
Related News
Heart Failure: A Growing Epidemic
November 12, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Seniors are being treated for heart failure at alarming rates. A new study warns rates are now at epidemic proportions. "The... Read summary »
Heart Failure Patients Unrealistic
June 16, 2008By Kirsten Houmann, Ivanhoe Health Correspondent 1531 ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Patients with heart failure often overestimate their life... Read summary »
Marker for Heart Failure
November 21, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new biomarker may help identify people at greatest risk for heart failure. According to researchers who discovered the marker... Read summary »
Depression Increases Risk of Heart Failure
April 22, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Heart disease patients diagnosed with depression could be in double trouble. New research shows these patients are at an... Read summary »
Meditation as Medication for Heart Failure
March 21, 2007By Vivian Richardson, Ivanhoe Health Correspondent ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Close your eyes, think about nothing, and heal your... Read summary »
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