Heart Failure News

Talk to people in Oregon about health care for long and eventually you will be asked something like this: "You've heard the air conditioner story, right?" In this case, it's John McConnell, a health economist at Oregon Health and Science University, doing the asking.

Modern medicine has become a myriad of published recommendations and guidelines for the standardization of treatment.

Escherichia coli is a common cause of asymptomatic and symptomatic bacteriuria in hospitalized patients.

The list of on-site analysis of lab tests is growing, which means results will be available faster, speeding up diagnosis and treatment, especially for those receiving emergency care.

As reported by Medline Plus , heart disease is the number one killer in the U.S. And so there is a great interest in manners to help maintain a healthy cardiovascular status as people age.

Jerry Colca, co-founder and chief scientific officer of Metabolic Solutions Development Co.

Former Shelby County Commissioner and barbecue connoisseur John Willingham died Wednesday of congestive heart failure.

Torin Halsey/Times Record News Heart transplant recipient Kareem Momo and his mother, Bernice Momo, look at photos of Jessica Dean's late husband, Dusty Dean.

For decades the medical community has warned against high sodium intake, insisting that eating too much salt can cause high blood pressure, heart disease and ultimately death.

Young women tend to be less healthy and have a poorer quality of life than similar-aged men before suffering a heart attack, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions 2013.

St. Elizabeth Community Hospital, a Dignity Health Member, is preparing for the annual community grants application process.

The Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend Americans consume no more than 2,300mg/day. Those aged 51 and over, African Americans, plus anyone with hypertension, diabetes, or chronic kidney disease, are advised to aim for 1,500mg New research supports significant reductions in sodium from where most Americans are today, but does not justify ... (more)

A committee comprised of esteemed academics and physicians has determined that contrary to the conclusions made in several hundred previous studies and issued in countless health advisories, there is actually in fact "no rationale for anyone to aim for sodium levels below 2,300 milligrams a day," the Times reports.

Clinicians need to identify coronary artery disease patients for whom the benefits of high-dose versus usual-dose statin therapy outweigh potential harm.

May 14, 2013 Online Insurance Marketplace has released a blog presenting the dangers associated with passive smoking! Studies reveal that passive smoking is just as dangerous as active smoking.

A surprising new report questions public health efforts to get Americans to sharply cut back on salt, saying it's not clear whether eating super-low levels is worth the struggle.

Have you or a loved one been diagnosed with congestive heart failure? Have you or a loved one been told that sodium is the villain and must be drastically reduced in your diet? That is the case with a loved one of the author.

Associations of Total and High-Molecular-Weight Adiponectin With All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality in Older Persons: The Cardiovascular Health Study Summary: Adiponectin is the most abundant protein secreted by adipocytes.

His skill at choosing a succession of opponents to help a boxer travel from profressional point A to point B was immense.

Heart failure is one of the most debilitating conditions linked to old age, and there are no specific therapies for the most common form of this condition in the elderly.