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Monday, October, 26, 2009

Treatment For Heart Failure

New guidelines for treating heart failure

April 01, 2009
New guidelines for treatment of heart failure are being issued by the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology, with a strong emphasis on management of people hospitalized for the condition and also on the treatment of blacks. Read more »

Expert & Community Posts

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Heart Failure and Sex
By Dr. Larry Weinrauch , Health Expert

Can someone still have sex after heart failure is diagnosed?   Try not to feel embarrassed... Read more »

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A New Look At Your Rescue Inhaler
By Fred Little , Health Expert

In this entry, I would like to discuss the implications of some recently published basic science... Read more »

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Quick Tips if You've Been Through Heart Failure
By Dr. Larry Weinrauch , Health Expert

Start making some changes today - whatever your condition will allow. Begin an exercise... Read more »

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

In many cultures throughout history and even today, the methods of bathing are different from ours.... Read more »

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"Wiihabilitation": A new method of stroke rehab
By Deanne Stein , Health Expert

I'm not a gamer, nor do I want to be. I probably couldn't even turn on my son's Playstation 3. But... Read more »

Health Guide

Meet Cardiologist Dr. Steven Kang
Steven Kang, MD, is a general cardiologist and cardiac electrophysiologist residing in Oakland, CA. He is a member of Cardiovascular Consultants Medical Group, one of the largest private practice... Read more »
Right-sided heart failure
Congestive heart failure - right-sided Treatment Heart failure requires periodic monitoring by your health care provider. The goals of treatment include... Read more »
Medications for Congestive Heart Failure
Many different medications are used in the treatment of heart failure. They include:Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitorsAngiotensin-receptor blockers (ARBs)Beta... Read more »
Hodgkin's Disease: Other Treatments
ChemotherapyChemotherapy uses drugs to kill cancer cells. The drugs are called cytotoxic medications. Chemotherapy is referred to as body-wide, or systemic, therapy because the drugs travel... Read more »
Congestive Heart Failure Lifestyle Changes
...nutritional supplements (carnitine, creatine), and herbal remedies (hawthorn) have been proposed as treatments for heart failure. None have been adequately tested. There is no evidence that a... 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 Treatments Differ by Gender
January 22, 2009

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Although the treatment of heart failure has improved over the past 20 years, new research suggests treatments may differ... Read summary »

Alert: Digitek heart tablets recalled
October 03, 2008

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a recall of Digitek-brand digoxin, a treatment for heart failure and abnormal heart rhythms.... Read summary »

Study: Relaxine eases heart failure
April 01, 2009

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 summary »

Oldest heart drug may have a new use
October 02, 2008

Digitalis, the oldest and one of the least expensive heart medications, may have a new use: helping patients with a specific kind of heart failure.... Read summary »