Hunger hormone could help patients with heart failure
The hunger hormone ghrelin appears to increase pumping capacity in patients with heart failure, researchers reported on March 14, 2023 in European Heart Journal. “Heart failure is the… read more.
The hunger hormone ghrelin appears to increase pumping capacity in patients with heart failure, researchers reported on March 14, 2023 in European Heart Journal. “Heart failure is the… read more.
Dr Rani Khatib is a Consultant Cardiology Pharmacist at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Associate Professor at the Leeds Institute for Cardiometabolic Medicine (LICaM), University of Leeds. As… read more.
The updated and expanded NICE quality standards should be used in all care settings to audit and improve services for people with chronic heart failure, according to Dr… read more.
Dr Rani Khatib is a consultant pharmacist in cardiology and cardiovascular research and associate professor at the University of Leeds. As a member of the NICE Guideline Development… read more.
An automated system that flags which patients could most benefit from an underused yet life-saving cardiology drug more than doubled new prescriptions, according to a pilot program test… read more.
“We saw a clear dose-response relationship, so the more beneficial factors someone has in terms of having higher quality of sleep, they also have a stepwise lowering of… read more.
In recent years, wearable devices such as smartwatches and rings, as well as smart scales, have become ubiquitous – “must-haves” for the health conscious to self-monitor heart rate,… read more.
Patients with hypertension paired with a community health worker (CHW) through their primary care practice were more than three and a half times as likely to achieve blood… read more.
According the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association, depression is a common experience for stroke survivors. A scientific statement from the Association indicates that about one-third of stroke… read more.
Hundreds of thousands of Americans with heart failure are sick enough to benefit from a transplant, yet only around 4,000 heart transplants are performed annually. One reason for… read more.
Nearly half a million people missed out on starting medication to lower their blood pressure during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to research supported by the British Heart Foundation… read more.
Consumption of two or more cups of coffee a day doubles the risk of death from cardiovascular disease among people with severe high blood pressure (160/100 mm Hg… read more.
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