Is Tylenol Ok For 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 be an effective treatment for acute heart failure. In a new study, heart failure patients who were given Relaxine were able to breathe more easily, and they experienced shorter hospital stays that patients who didn't take the drug. Relaxine also appeared to prevent the patients' heart failure from worsening during hospitalization. Investigators say...
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