News tagged with spironolactone
Study: Heart failure drug guidelines often ignored
Oct 20, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Most hospitalized heart failure patients are sent home without widely recommended inexpensive pills, despite a program to get more doctors to follow treatment guidelines, a study suggests.
Sleep Apnea May Not Be Closely Linked to Heart Failure Severity
May 06, 2009 |
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Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and central sleep apnea (CSA) are not markedly decreased in heart failure (HF) patients managed with beta-blockers and spironolactone, reports a study in the March issue of Journal of Cardiac Fai ...
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USA and Europe different in aldosterone antagonists use in heart failure
Oct 21, 2009 |
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A study published today, in JAMA (October 21) by Nancy M. Albert and colleagues, exploring aldosterone antagonist usage among US patients hospitalised with heart failure, found that only one-third of patients meeting current ...
Overweight male teens with normal blood pressures showing signs of heart damage
Jun 01, 2009 |
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Even while their blood pressures are still normal, overweight male teens may have elevated levels of a hormone known to increase pressures as well as early signs of heart damage, researchers say.
Spearmint tea -- A possible treatment for mild hirsutism
Feb 20, 2007 |
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Women with hirsutism grow hair on their faces, breasts and stomachs. This can cause great distress. The hair grows because they have abnormally high levels of the ‘masculinising’ androgen hormones. Androgens travel around ...
Mechanical 'artificial hearts' can remove need for heart transplant by returning heart to normal
Nov 02, 2006 |
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Mechanical 'artificial hearts' can be used to return severely failing hearts to their normal function, potentially removing the need for heart transplantation, according to new research.
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