Heart Failure and AI: How Are You Using It for Your Health?...Something has shifted in the last couple of years. A late-night symptom search now sometimes starts with an AI summary before it...reactionscomments
Pneumonia Vaccines and Chronic Illness...Is it time to get caught up on your vaccinations? One vaccine that is highly recommended for people with lung and other chronic conditions is the pneumococcal vaccine.reactionscomments
Is Coffee Bad for Your Heart? The Truth About Caffeine...There is nothing better than the sound and smell of coffee brewing early in the morning. For me personally, knowing that I...reactionscomments
Surviving a Stress Test...I was prescribed a stress test a few months back by my cardiologist. At my last appointment, I complained about some chest pain...reactionscomments
Stress Management and Heart Failure...Can managing stress prevent heart disease? According to researchers, when stress is excessive, it can contribute to high blood pressure, asthma, ulcers...
What Is a Heart-Healthy Diet?...A healthy diet has different meanings for different people. A healthy diet can vary based on where in the world you live...
How to Prevent Heart Failure...Heart failure (HF) is a condition with signs and symptoms that develop when the heart does not function properly. HF affects a...
Regular Exercise and Heart Failure...Exercise is good for you. It is a phrase we have all heard before. Just like the following adages that we have...
Valve Replacement...The heart pumps oxygen and nutrient-rich blood out to the tissues and removes waste from the bloodstream throughout the body. Arteries carry oxygenated...
Heart Transplant...A heart transplant is a major surgery during which a failing, diseased heart is replaced by a healthy donor heart. A heart...
Cardiac Catheterization and Stents/Coronary Artery Bypass...Cardiac catheterization is both a diagnostic and procedural technique used to help cardiologists identify how well the heart is working. It is...
What Is a Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD)?...A ventricular assist device (VAD) is a mechanical pump that assists the heart to pump blood from the ventricles, the lower chambers...
What Are Pacemakers?...A pacemaker is a small battery-powered device designed to help the heartbeat in a regular rhythm. It is an effective tool in...
Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators...An implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) is a cardiac device that is used to prevent sudden death by sending an electrical shock to the...
Isosorbide Dinitrate/Hydralazine...Isosorbide dinitrate/hydralazine is used to treat Black adults with heart failure. These drugs are sometimes prescribed separately or as a single pill...
Cardiac Rehabilitation and Heart Failure...Cardiac rehabilitation is a medically supervised program designed to improve cardiovascular health for people with many forms of heart disease or following...
Soluble Guanylate Cyclase Stimulators...Soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) stimulators are newer drugs used to treat heart failure (HF). They relax blood vessels and heart muscle cells...
Anticoagulants...Many people with heart failure (HF) also have atrial fibrillation (AF). AF is an irregular heart rhythm. In AF, the upper chambers...
Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) Inhibitors...Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors are a class of drugs approved to treat certain types of heart failure. SGLT2 inhibitors were first used...
