TUPELO — The key to treating congestive heart failure is addressing the underlying causes, and treatment is highly tailored to each patient's needs. Chris Bell, an acute care nurse practitioner who ...

When the heart's muscle is weakened or injured due to a heart attack, it can make it hard for the heart to pump enough blood ...

Heart disease continues to rank as the leading cause of death in the Black community, claiming thousands of lives annually. While lifestyle modifications remain foundational to heart health, modern ...

"While BP is generally linked to negative outcomes, it might be more advantageous for patients to have slightly lower BP as a result of higher HF treatment dosages, than to have higher BP with less HF ...

Advanced heart failure is when heart failure progresses to the most severe stage. When you have advanced heart failure, your blood pressure, blood flow, kidney and liver function, exercise capacity, ...

A new study suggests that receiving text-based 'nudges' could help remind patients to refill their prescriptions, which may also help to reduce readmission rates.

Patients who have been treated for heart failure and experience an improvement of their pump function, are still at higher risk of heart-related death or hospitalization if they stop taking heart ...

Heart failure disproportionately affects the black community, with research showing significantly higher rates compared to other populations. While various factors contribute to this disparity, ...

Scientists have uncovered why people with chronic kidney disease so often die from heart problems: damaged kidneys release ...

Diet, exercise, sleep, and other factors can contribute to better heart health and lower heart disease risk. Learn how small ...

The new report examined numbers from 2023, the latest year for which data were available. Deaths from cardiovascular diseases totaled 916,000, including about 680,000 deaths from heart disease and 180 ...