Clinical

If you have been diagnosed with Heart Failure (HF), you may have been prescribed a beta-blocker. A beta-blocker is a class of medications commonly used to treat HF, high blood...

Most people with heart failure (HF) are no strangers to water pills. The water pill describes medications in a class of drugs known as diuretics. The following will outline what...

One of the most common symptoms of heart failure (HF) is sleep disturbance. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that people with HF are 10 to 15 times...

In one of our community posts about heart failure (HF) associated comorbid conditions, many people expressed the association between atrial fibrillation (AFib) and HF. Comorbidity means having more than one...

Digital therapeutics (DTx) first entered clinical discussions in the 1990s. The idea was that technology could improve healthcare access. It could help overcome barriers of location, time, and resources. This...

In 10th grade biology, my teacher, Ms. L, made us read Latin and Greek word roots and their meaning every day to start the class. I didn't realize how helpful this...

Earlier I wrote a post describing the basic anatomy of the heart. In this post, I’d like to talk about some other interesting facts about your heart. This is all...

Erectile dysfunction (ED) is not an easy topic of discussion for those who experience it. Some people choose to suffer silently rather than tell their physicians what they are experiencing...

Your heart is a muscle. Muscle is a type of tissue. After heart attacks, some heart tissue dies and is replaced by scar tissue. Unlike other tissue, heart tissue cannot...

As someone with heart failure, you are likely aware of the recommendation to avoid taking non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, also known as NSAIDs. This is a class of drugs used to...

The term heart failure is an umbrella term as there are a few different types of heart failure. While they often are all clumped into one heart failure category, there...

There are many drugs used to treat heart failure, and even more are being researched. Recently, a drug called sotagliflozin has shown potential for treating heart failure after hospitalization. Sotagliflozin...

There are several terms that are commonly used when discussing clinical trials. Here are some that come up often:1Adverse event: an undesirable experience associated with the use of a medical...

Clinical research is medical research that involves people.Clinical trials study new treatments for different medical, surgical, or behavioral treatments for different diseases and conditions.2-3 Clinical trials can also look at...

Living with a chronic health condition can take a toll on your mental health. Life often seems full of the things you cannot do anymore, the ways the disease compromises...

Editor’s note: This is the second article in a 2-part series. The first is “Heart Failure Lexicon, Part 1.”Medical terms can be incredibly confusing even for people who work in...

There is growing evidence that spending time in nature can help people feel less depressed, anxious, or stressed.1,2 Maintaining our connection to nature can improve one’s quality of life and...

Editor’s Note: LGBTQ+ stands for people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer. To learn more about gender identity, check out the interactive website The Genderbread Person. Have...

A deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a blood clot, also called a thrombus. It can develop inside the deep veins of the body.1-2 These clots generally form in the lower...

A clinical trial is a research study that is conducted to determine whether a specific medical intervention, such as a treatment, device, procedure, or change in behavior is safe and...