No Improved Outcomes for HF Patients With Sleep Apnea Using ASV Breathing Devices
(MedPage Today) -- Breathing machines with adaptive servo-ventilation (ASV) did not improve survival or other clinical outcomes in patients with heart failure (HF) and reduced ejection fraction and sleep-disordered breathing, the phase III ADVENT... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - December 29, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
What to Know About Heart Failure When You Have Diabetes
In June of 2022, a report from the American Diabetes Association highlighted heart failure as “an underappreciated complication of diabetes.” According to that report, up to 22% of people with diabetes will develop heart failure, and the incidence of heart failure within the diabetes community is increasing.
“Heart failure is the most prevalent cardiovascular complication in people with diabetes,” says Dr. Rodica Pop-Busui, a professor of diabetes at the University of Michigan and president of medicine and science at the American Diabetes Association. “In the U.S. alone there are 37 million...
Source: TIME: Health - December 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Markham Heid Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Mortality, Morbidity Increased With Heart Failure Hospitalization in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease
THURSDAY, Dec. 28, 2023 -- For adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD), those with heart failure (HF) hospitalizations have an increased risk for mortality and morbidity, according to a study published in the Dec. 5 issue of the Journal of the... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - December 28, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Dapagliflozin Cuts Cardiovascular Events in Patients With Heart Failure, T2D
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 27, 2023 -- For patients with heart failure and type 2 diabetes (T2D), dapagliflozin does not reduce urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio (UACR) but does reduce some cardiovascular events, according to a study published online Nov. 27... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - December 27, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Cytokinetics shares soar on solid data from clinical trial of heart failure drug
After burning through close to $2 billion over 25 years, the company is on the cusp of asking regulators to make aficamten its first approved drug. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - December 27, 2023 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Ron Leuty Source Type: news
Kidney Dysfunction Linked to Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 20, 2023 -- Mild and moderate kidney dysfunction are associated with left ventricular diastolic dysfunction and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), according to a study published online Nov. 27 in ESC Heart... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - December 20, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Heart Failure Causally Linked to Chronic Kidney Disease
TUESDAY, Dec. 19, 2023 -- Heart failure is causally associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a study published online Dec. 11 in PLOS ONE.
Junyu Zhang, from Hunan University of Chinese Medicine in Changsha, China, and colleagues... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - December 19, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
AI imaging bias reduces diagnostic accuracy
Systematically biased artificial intelligence (AI) imaging models lower diagnostic accuracy by over 11 percentage points, according to research published December 19 in JAMA. A team led by Sarah Jabbour from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor also found that biased AI model predictions with explanations lowered accuracy by about nine percentage points. However, accuracy improved by over four percentage points when clinicians reviewed a patient clinical vignette with standard AI model predictions and model explanations compared with baseline measures. “Given the unprecedented pace of AI development, it is essential...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - December 19, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Artificial Intelligence Source Type: news
Neighborhoods Influence Whether or Not Folks Take Their Heart Failure Meds
MONDAY, Dec. 15, 2023 -- Heart failure is a major killer. However, a new study finds that heart failure patients living in poorer neighborhoods are much less likely to pick up lifesaving meds from local pharmacies, compared to patients living in... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - December 18, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
HF Patient's Zip Code Telling of Potential Adherence Issues to Meds
(MedPage Today) -- Patients living in more disadvantaged neighborhoods were more likely to leave their prescriptions for standard heart failure medications unfilled, retrospective data from a large health system showed.
Among patients with heart... (Source: MedPage Today Nephrology)
Source: MedPage Today Nephrology - December 15, 2023 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Heart Failure Med Adherence Tied to Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status
FRIDAY, Dec. 15, 2023 -- People with heart failure who live in neighborhoods with higher levels of poverty and unemployment are less likely to fill their drug prescriptions, according to a study published online Dec. 14 in JAMA Network... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - December 15, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Stem Cell Therapy Boosts Quality of Life for People With Advanced Heart Failure
FRIDAY, Dec. 15, 2023 -- Patients with advanced heart failure can benefit from stem cell therapy, a large, new clinical trial has found.
Injections of stem cells programmed to heal damaged heart tissue wound up improving overall quality of life for... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - December 15, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Science ’s 2023 Breakthrough of the Year: Weight loss drugs with a real shot at fighting obesity
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Obesity plays out as a private struggle and a public health crisis. In the United States, about 70% of adults are affected by excess weight, and in Europe that number is more than half. The stigma against fat can be crushing; its risks, life-threatening. Defined as a body mass index of at least 30, obesity is thought to power type 2 diabetes, heart disease, arthritis, fatty liver disease, and certain cancers.
Yet drug treatments...
Source: ScienceNOW - December 14, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Clinical trial finds cell therapy improves quality of life in advanced heart failure
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Stem cell-based therapy improved quality of life for patients with advanced heart failure, Mayo Clinic researchers and international collaborators discovered in a late-stage multinational clinical trial. In one of the largest studies of cell intervention after a heart attack, patients reported t heir daily hardship lessened when stem cells optimized for heart repair supplemented standard of care. This clinical study further documented lower death and hospitalization rates among those treated with cell therapy.… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - December 12, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Traumatic brain injury and risk of heart failure and coronary heart disease: a nationwide population-based cohort study - Huang CH, Yang CT, Chang CC.
This study examined the long-term risks of heart failure (HF) and coronary heart disease (CHD) following traumatic brain injury (TBI), focusing on gender differences. METHODS: Data from Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Databa... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 11, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
