News tagged with failure patients
Study shows soy protein alleviates symptoms of fatty liver disease
University of Illinois researchers report this week that new research shows how soy protein could significantly reduce fat accumulation and triglycerides in the livers of obese patients by partially restoring the function ...
Apr 23, 2012 |
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Longterm kidney threat in E. coli victims
(AP) -- As Europe's E. coli crisis wanes, some experts are now warning of a looming threat: possible long-term kidney complications for many of the victims.
Jun 15, 2011 |
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Low health literacy associated with higher rate of death among heart failure patients
An examination of health literacy (such as understanding basic health information) among managed care patients with heart failure, a condition that requires self-management, found that nearly one in five have low health literacy, ...
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Apr 26, 2011 |
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Death rates after hospitalization down for oldest heart failure patients
Death rates after hospitalization for heart failure have dropped for veterans age 80 and older, but rehospitalizations remain frequent, according to a study in the American Heart Association journal Circulation: Heart Failure.
Apr 05, 2011 |
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Elderly heart failure patients who need skilled nursing care often sicker, have poorer outcomes
Elderly patients with heart failure who need skilled nursing care after hospital discharge are often sicker, at higher risk for poor outcomes and are more likely than other patients to die or be rehospitalized within one ...
Mar 29, 2011 |
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Cost of heart drugs makes patients skip pills, putting themselves at risk
For more than 5 million Americans with heart failure, a critical step to better health is taking the medications they're prescribed. But many patients fail to do so, putting themselves at greater risk of hospitalization and ...
Mar 29, 2011 |
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Diabetics are not benefiting from advances in kidney care
Despite significant advances in kidney care over the past 20 years, efforts to improve therapy for type 1 diabetes patients with kidney dysfunction remain unsuccessful, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 24, 2011 |
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Study finds blacks more likely to be readmitted to hospitals after discharge
Elderly black patients were more likely to be readmitted to the hospital after a prior hospital stay for a heart attack, heart failure, or pneumonia, according to a new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers. ...
Feb 15, 2011 |
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Disparities in physician demographics linked to patient disparities
Significant disparities exist between the race of kidney disease patients and that of the physicians who will care for them, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Ne ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 27, 2011 |
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Canadian researchers discover new way to prevent infections in dialysis patients
Researchers have discovered that a drug used to treat dialysis catheter malfunction in kidney dialysis patients may now also help prevent both malfunction as well as infections.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 26, 2011 |
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Study examines earlier use of heart pumps in growing group of heart failure patients
The University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center and the University of Pittsburgh have been awarded $13.3 million to explore the potential benefits of heart devices for the large and growing group of Americans with heart ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 24, 2011 |
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Comparison of medications for heart failure finds difference in risk of death
In a comparison of the angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) candesartan and losartan, used by patients with heart failure, candesartan was associated with a lower risk of death at 1 and 5 years, according to a study in ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 11, 2011 |
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Phone-in doctoring fails to improve patient outcomes
Keeping in close contact with heart failure patients once they leave the hospital has been an ongoing challenge for physicians. A patient's condition can worsen with no notice and early intervention could potentially make ...
Nov 16, 2010 |
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Symptoms of obese heart failure patients improved after bariatric surgery
A small Mayo Clinic study has found that morbidly obese heart failure patients who undergo bariatric surgery gain long-lasting and meaningful improvements in disease symptoms and quality of life. The results were presented ...
Nov 15, 2010 |
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Self-management counseling for patients with heart failure does not improve outcomes
Patients with mild to moderate heart failure who received educational materials and self-management counseling in an attempt to improve adherence to medical advice did not have a reduced rate of death or hospitalization compared ...
Sep 21, 2010 |
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