A new study led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators finds that heart failure patients who underwent bariatric surgery to treat morbid obesity had a significant reduction in the ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - Thanksgiving is a time for family, food, and tradition, but doctors say the holiday season is also one of the most dangerous times of year for people living with heart failure.

A doctor and nurse making rounds in a hospital room. Study authors examined the effect of gout diagnosis and flare on length of hospital stays in patients with heart failure exacerbation. Gout ...

During acute exacerbation of CHF, treatment with a diuretic is first-line therapy to reduce volume overload. Once the patient is euvolemic, ACE inhibitors and beta blockers are the cornerstone of ...

These scores were especially pronounced among adults 75 and older, who had MI rates 10.1 times greater and CHF exacerbation rates 14.6 times greater in the first week after an RSV-related admission.

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) was associated with a substantial burden of hospitalizations among adults aged 50 years or older, and annual incidence rates rose steeply in the oldest age groups and ...

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