News tagged with spironolactone


Long-term use of medication does not improve symptoms for heart failure patients

Among patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, long-term treatment with the medication spironolactone improved left ventricular diastolic function but did not affect maximal exercise capacity, patient ...

Cardiology created Feb 26, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A new treatment for kidney disease-associated heart failure?

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients frequently suffer from mineral bone disorder, which causes vascular calcification and, eventually, chronic heart failure. Similar to patients with CKD, mice with low levels of the protein ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 09, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hypertension drug does not increase breast cancer risk for women over 55

(Medical Xpress) -- A commonly prescribed medicine used to treat conditions such as heart failure and hypertension does not present women over 55 with any increased risk of breast cancer, a new study at the University of ...

Medications created Jul 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast