Congestive heart failure is a disease state distinguished by the regular presence of both renal and hepatic abnormalities in drug handling. One such abnormality involves flaws in the process of ...

The medications used to treat heart failure include three groups of drugs: diuretics, ACE inhibitors, and beta-blockers. The type of medication your doctor will recommend depends on the type of ...

FineHeart, a clinical-stage MedTech company developing innovative medical devices for heart failure, has achieved a major milestone in its ...

in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) and/or refractory angina with respect to 'real-life' drug side effects and toxicity, therapeutic drug level monitoring, 5 year mortality outcomes and ...

Standing Desks Don’t Cut Stroke or Heart Failure RiskNew research suggests that using a standing desk doesn’t reduce the chance of problems like heart disease or stroke, and may even boost the ...

A drug used to treat erectile dysfunction has been found by University of Manchester scientists to slow or even reverse the progression of heart failure in sheep. The British Heart Foundation funded ...

a disorder that is often associated with heart failure and typically means patients have a poorer prognosis, despite improvements in drug therapy for HFrEF. Beta blockers are a standard therapy ...

Novartis’ heart failure drug serelaxin has failed in a late-stage trial, casting major doubts over the drug once seen as a potential blockbuster. Some analysts thought that sales of serelaxin ...

All patients who have had a heart attack are typically treated using beta blockers. According to a recent study, this drug is unlikely to be needed for those heart patients who have a normal pumping ...

An early phase trial of a drug currently used to treat lung fibrosis has shown it may also help patients who suffer from a common form of heart failure. Trialled by University of Manchester and ...

Scarring of heart tissue can be slowed but not stopped, and can lead to heart failure. But a new study has shown that an ...

About 5% of people in Scotland have diabetes, with type 2 making up 90% of cases A drug used successfully to treat type 2 diabetes can also be effective to treat heart failure, researchers at ...