John Bottrell, RRT

Members of this community have spoken, and many of you have expressed concerns over some doctors doing a poor job of explaining. This often leads to misunderstanding, confusion, and even...

Some people in this community have experienced strokes. Others may be getting treatment to prevent them from occurring. So what are strokes? What are the links between heart disease and...

Some people with heart failure develop abdominal swelling. This is when your stomach gives the appearance of fullness. You may feel bloated or full. So, what is it about heart...

Me, I don’t want just any doctor. I think most of us are this way. We try to find doctors who cater to our specific needs and we also try...

Welcome to the Heart-Failure.net Meet Your Moderators series! These articles are intended to help our community members better know the people who moderate on our various channels. Heart failure plays...

Tachycardia is a type of heart rhythm. It means that your heart is beating faster than normal. So what does this really mean? What causes it? How might this contribute...

So, you have qualified for BiPAP or CPAP. Your doctor believes it will help you sleep better at night and feel better during the daytime. Here are some tips to...

Your immune system may play a role in heart diseases and researchers have suspected this for many years now. In fact, this was something they investigated in the 1960s and...

I am a respiratory therapist. I am often asked to help people when they are feeling shortness of breath. Heart failure can cause you to feel short of breath. Respiratory...

Dear Santa. My kids already made their Christmas lists. I hope you received them well. Consider this post my personal Christmas list. Last year you gave me a nice surround...

Heart failure is a disease that may cause you to feel short of breath.  The most common time when you may feel short of breath due to heart failure is...

Most of us are familiar with the four vital signs: respiratory rate, heart rate, blood pressure, and temperature. Of course, most of us are also familiar with what is now...

Many people with heart failure also have coronary artery disease (CAD). So I thought it would be neat to investigate CAD. What is it? What causes it? How is it...

Our lungs produce various sounds. What sounds they make depends on what is going on inside your lungs. So, I figured it's time to have a discussion about lung sounds...

Your heart starts to develop shortly after birth. Just three weeks after fertilization, it is fully formed, and within 21-22 days after fertilization, your heart starts beating. This makes your...

About 8 of every 1,000 infants are born with congenital heart disease (CHD) and some of these kids will develop chronic heart failure. So, what is CHD? What are the...

I was asked a great question by a community member recently. He said, “Does working too much increase my risk for developing heart disease?” This inspired me to do some...

Heart failure is primarily a heart disease, yet it can sometimes affect your lungs too. Plus, lung diseases can also affect your heart. So I thought it would be neat...

There has long been talk of heart disease being hereditary. Since the year 1900, researchers have learned a lot about genetics and now they are attempting to find what exact...

About 2-4 percent of adults have sleep apnea and about 1 in 3 people with heart failure also have sleep apnea. So, is there a connection between these two diseases?...