How to Keep Your Heart Healthy
Here’s a sobering stat: heart disease is the No. 1 cause of death for men and women, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The good news? You can take actionable steps to improve your heart health and lower your chances …
Learn MoreUn sensor adhesivo podría advertir de las complicaciones de la insuficiencia cardiaca
MARTES, 7 de marzo de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Un sensor adhesivo podría ayudar a mantener a las personas con insuficiencia cardiaca fuera del hospital, sugiere una investigación reciente.Los investigadores encontraron que, cuando los médicos tenían i…
Learn MoreStick-on Sensor Could Warn of Heart Failure Complications
TUESDAY, March 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A stick-on sensor may help keep people with heart failure out of the hospital, new research suggests. Investigators found that when doctors had actionable information about patients’ conditions, delivered rem…
Learn MoreACC: Overly Restrictive Sodium Harmful in Heart Failure
FRIDAY, March 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A low dietary sodium diet, including intake below the standard recommended maximum of 2.3 g per day, is associated with an increased risk for in-hospital mortality among patients with heart failure, according …
Learn MoreMuy poca sal en la dieta puede ser problemática para los pacientes con insuficiencia cardiaca
VIERNES, 24 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Quizá parezca contradictorio, pero una nueva revisión de los estudios sugiere que consumir una cantidad demasiado baja de sal podría ser nocivo para los pacientes con insuficiencia cardiaca.Actualment…
Learn MoreA las hombres que han sido solteros toda su vida les va peor con la insuficiencia cardiaca
JUEVES, 23 de febrero de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Cuando aparece la insuficiencia cardiaca, haber sido soltero toda la vida quizá signifique que muera antes que las mujeres, o los hombres que han estado casados, que son diagnosticados con la misma afe…
Learn MoreToo Little Dietary Salt Can Mean Trouble for Heart Failure Patients
FRIDAY, Feb. 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) — It may seem counterintuitive, but a new study review suggests that consuming too little salt could be harmful to heart failure patients. Doctors currently recommend a low-sodium diet to lower blood pressure an…
Learn MoreLifelong Bachelors Fare Worse When Heart Failure Strikes
THURSDAY, Feb. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — When heart failure strikes, being a lifelong bachelor may mean you might die sooner than women or previously married men diagnosed with the same condition, a new study suggests. Lifetime marital history appe…
Learn MoreEnlarged Heart Tied to Worse Chronic Kidney Disease Outcomes
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The cardiothoracic ratio (CTR) has real-world prognostic value for chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a study published online Feb. 7 in Communications Medicine.Che-Yi Chou, from Asia University Hos…
Learn MoreAccelerated Pacing Improves Quality of Life in HFpEF Patients
TUESDAY, Feb. 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Treatment with a moderately accelerated personalized backup pacing rate (myPACE) is beneficial for patients with stage B and C heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), according to a study publi…
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