Spreading Out Daily Meals May Boost Heart Failure Survival Spreading Out Daily Meals May Boost Heart Failure Survival
Taking longer between first and last meals of the day may indirectly improve metabolic health for some heart failure patients, propose researchers from preliminary findings that go against intermittent fasting.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - October 9, 2023 Category: Cardiology Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news

Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Limbo for HFrEF
(MedPage Today) -- CLEVELAND -- Whether vagal nerve stimulation improved outcomes for heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) remained unclear after ANTHEM-HFrEF was terminated early, with the pivotal trial not meeting its... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - October 9, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Biomarker-Based CardioMEMS Candidates Still Benefit
(MedPage Today) -- CLEVELAND -- Selecting patients for pulmonary pressure wire-guided heart failure (HF) treatment based on elevated natriuretic peptides picked up a lower risk group than those determined to be candidates based on recent hospitalization... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - October 9, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Biomarker-Based CardioMEMS Candidates Benefit Less
(MedPage Today) -- CLEVELAND -- Elevated natriuretic peptides didn't select for patients that got as much benefit from pulmonary pressure wire-guided heart failure (HF) treatment as did recent hospitalization, an analysis of the GUIDE-HF trial... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - October 9, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Weight-Loss Drug Benefit Spans HFpEF, HFmrEF
(MedPage Today) -- CLEVELAND -- Semaglutide 2.4 mg (Wegovy) improved outcomes across the range of moderately reduced and preserved ejection fraction in heart failure (HFmrEF, HFpEF) related to obesity, a prespecified secondary analysis of the... (Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology)
Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology - October 8, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news

The How and Why of Quad Therapy in Reduced-EF Heart Failure The How and Why of Quad Therapy in Reduced-EF Heart Failure
Four experts explain nuances of the multidrug strategy and why it should be easy to implement. Given its slow uptake in practice, what forces are conspiring against it?Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - October 5, 2023 Category: Cardiology Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news

NICE draft advice backs further treatment option for heart failure patients
NICE has issued final draft guidance recommending empagliflozin as an option for adults with symptomatic chronic heart failure with preserved or mildly reduced ejection fraction. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - October 5, 2023 Category: Primary Care Tags: NICE Guidelines Source Type: news

Repeat Tests for Inflammation Aid Prognosis After Acute Heart Failure
(MedPage Today) -- Longitudinal high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) testing helped identify people with the worst outcomes following hospitalization for acute heart failure, researchers found from a Chinese cohort study. Long-term cumulative... (Source: MedPage Today Nephrology)
Source: MedPage Today Nephrology - October 2, 2023 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news

Yoga May Aid Heart Failure Outcomes When Added to Optimal Medical Therapy
MONDAY, Oct. 2, 2023 -- Yoga therapy may improve physical well-being and left ventricular function among heart failure patients on guideline-directed optimal medical therapy, according to a study presented at the American College of Cardiology Asia... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - October 2, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Cannabis Overuse Linked To Heart Failure And Heart Attacks, Study Finds
A disorder puts adults at 60% more risk for serious heart problems compared to adults who don ’t overuse cannabis. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - September 28, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Amanda Florian, Forbes Staff Tags: Breaking News /news Business /business Innovation /innovation Healthcare /healthcare breaking-news topline Source Type: news

New Cardiology Board to Come; 2nd Pig-Heart Xenotransplant; Uric Acid as Stroke Tx?
(MedPage Today) -- The American College of Cardiology said it is working to create an independent cardiology board with the Heart Failure Society of America, Heart Rhythm Society, and Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - September 27, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Teen Boys With High Blood Pressure Face Danger Decades Later
TUESDAY, Sept. 26, 2023 -- Teenage boys who have high blood pressure may find themselves on the road to serious heart problems in adulthood. Swedish researchers found that boys who had high blood pressure at 18 were at risk for heart failure, heart... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - September 26, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Strike a Pose: Yoga Helps Heart Failure Patients
TUESDAY, Sept. 26, 2023 -- Heart failure can make everyday activities and exercise tough to carry out, but yoga might be a beneficial add-on to standard care. A new study from India finds this ancient practice improves quality of life and cardio... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - September 26, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Novel Model Aids Prediction of Survival in Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction
MONDAY, Sept. 25, 2023 -- For individuals with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), a new model facilitates prediction of lifelong overall and heart failure hospitalization-free survival and treatment benefit, according to a study... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - September 25, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

CV Disease, Drug Abuse Big Contributors to Mortality in AS CV Disease, Drug Abuse Big Contributors to Mortality in AS
Congestive heart failure and renal disease were the strongest contributing comorbidities to mortality in hospitalized patients with ankylosing spondylitis.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - September 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Rheumatology News Source Type: news