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Wegovy Helps Heart Failure Patients Lose Weight, Improve Symptoms
TUESDAY, June 24, 2024 – Weight-loss drugs like Wegovy can improve symptoms in heart failure patients, a new clinical trial shows. Both men and women showed improved heart function after a year on...
Triglyceride-Glucose Index Independently Linked to All-Cause Mortality
FRIDAY, June 21, 2024 – The triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index is independently associated with all-cause mortality among patients with heart failure and chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a...
Diet-Induced Inflammation Positively Tied to Marker of Heart Failure
THURSDAY, June 6, 2024 – There is a positive correlation between diet-induced inflammation and a heart failure biomarker, according to a study published online June 5 in PLOS ONE. Teng-Chi Ma, from ...
Semaglutide Reduces Need for Diuretics in Heart Failure
THURSDAY, May 16, 2024 – Semaglutide reduces the need for loop diuretics and has positive effects on symptoms, physical limitations, and body weight in patients with heart failure with preserved...
Male, Female V1421 Carriers Face Similar Risk for Heart Failure Hospitalization
THURSDAY, May 16, 2024 – Male and female V1421 carriers face a similar and substantial risk for heart failure hospitalization, according to a study published online May 12 in the Journal of the...
Yoga Can Help Heart Failure Patients Stay Strong
MONDAY, May 13, 2024 – Yoga can help improve the long-term health of people with heart failure, a new study has found. “Patients who practiced yoga on top of taking their medications felt better, w...
Wegovy Can Help Heart Failure Patients Reduce Meds: Study
MONDAY, May 13, 2024 – People with heart failure are often prescribed what are known as loop diuretic medications to help reduce the fluid buildup that's a hallmark of the disease. Now, research...
Implantable Continuous Flow Device Feasible for Small Children With Severe Systolic Heart Failure
FRIDAY, May 10, 2024 – The Jarvik 2015 left ventricular assist device (LVAD) seems promising as an implantable continuous flow device for small children with severe systolic heart failure, according...
Early Dapagliflozin Does Not Impact Diuretic Efficiency in Acute Heart Failure
THURSDAY, May 9, 2024 – For patients with acute heart failure (AHF), early initiation of dapagliflozin does not affect diuretic efficiency, according to a study published in the April 9 issue of the...
Gains in Heart Failure Mortality Have Been Erased
FRIDAY, April 26, 2024 – Declines in heart failure-related mortality from 1999 to 2012 were entirely reversed from 2012 to 2021, according to a research letter published online April 24 in JAMA...
A-Fib Is Strong Precursor to Heart Failure
FRIDAY, April 19, 2024 – The dangerous heart rhythm disorder known as atrial fibrillation is mainly known for increasing people’s risk of stroke. But people with A-Fib actually have a much higher r...
Reports of Injuries, Deaths Prompt FDA to Recall Heart Failure Devices
WEDNESDAY, April 17, 2024 – The HeartMate II and HeartMate 3, manufactured by Thoratec Corp., a subsidiary of Abbott Laboratories, are now under a strict U.S. Food and Drug Administration recall...
FDA Recalls Heart Failure Devices Linked to Injuries and Deaths
WEDNESDAY, April 17, 2024 – Two implanted heart devices used by patients in end-stage heart failure are now under a strict U.S. Food and Drug Administration recall, after being tied to 273 known...
Beta Blocker Meds May Not Help Some Heart Attack Survivors
WEDNESDAY, April 10, 2024 – Beta blockers appear to be useless when prescribed to heart attack survivors who aren't suffering from heart failure, a new clinical trial indicates. The study calls into...
Wegovy Helps Those With Both Diabetes, Heart Failure: Study
TUESDAY, April 9, 2024 – For people struggling with both diabetes and a common type of heart failure, the weight-loss drug Wegovy may do more for their health than help them shed pounds, new...
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