Archive: 08/11/2015
Diagnosing and treating diabetes in heart attack patients improves heart outcomes, study finds
People with heart problems often have diabetes, which puts them at greater risk for heart attacks, heart failure and stroke. Now, a new study has found that ensuring heart attack patients are promptly diagnosed and treated ...
Nov 8, 2015
Effectiveness of drug to improve natriuretic peptide levels for chronic heart failure
Mihai Gheorghiade, M.D., of the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, and colleagues randomly assigned 456 patients with worsening chronic HF and reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (a measure ...
Nov 8, 2015
Researchers present findings on cardiac risks for patients with chronic kidney disease
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), which afflicts more than 26 million Americans, is a condition in which individuals experience a slow loss of kidney function over time. At the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2015, ...
Nov 8, 2015
FIGHT study proves type-2 diabetes therapy ineffective in the treatment of high-risk heart failure patients
In an attempt to correct defects in the energy generation that contributes to poor pump function among heart failure patients, researchers examined whether the diabetes drug liraglutide, could improve the condition of patients ...
Nov 8, 2015
Google, Heart Association team up on new research venture
A company whose name is synonymous with eyeballs on the Internet is turning its attention to hearts. Google Life Sciences, a research group recently spun off from its parent corporation, is teaming with the American Heart ...
Nov 8, 2015