News tagged with spironolactone

Study: Heart failure drug guidelines often ignored

(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.

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created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Sleep Apnea May Not Be Closely Linked to Heart Failure Severity

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 ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created May 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Women's chin, abdomen are good indicators of excessive hair growth

Examining the chin and upper and lower abdomen is a reliable, minimally invasive way to screen for excessive hair growth in women, a key indicator of too much male hormone, researchers report.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New data from studies bolsters case for using aldosterone antagonists in heart failure

Roughly 5 million people in the United States live with heart failure, a condition in which the heart is unable to pump blood around the body effectively. The causes and types of heart failure vary greatly, and treatment ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Sep 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

EMPHASIS HF: Study shows epleronone to reduce atrial fibrillation

The aldosterone antagonist eplerenone (Inspra, Pfizer) significantly reduced the development of new onset atrial fibrillation and flutter (AFF) in patients with class 2 heart failure, concludes a sub-analysis of the EMPHASIS-HF ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created May 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Heart failure patients' osteoporosis often undiagnosed, untreated

One in 10 heart failure patients had compression fractures in the spine that could have been detected by a chest X-ray, but few are receiving treatment to help prevent such fractures according to a Canadian study published ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created May 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Inexpensive drug can reduce deaths from heart failure, study finds

(PhysOrg.com) -- The risk of death and hospitalisation of patients with heart failure can be reduced considerably by administering a cheap and easily available drug, according to new medical research.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 16, 2010 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Studies: Drug, device help treat heart failure

(AP) -- Millions of people with mild or moderate heart failure got good news Sunday, with studies showing a Pfizer drug and a device from Medtronic can boost survival and cut trips to the hospital by patients having trouble ...

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created Nov 14, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study offers reassurance on commonly prescribed drug

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Dundee have found that a drug which is commonly prescribed for patients with conditions including high blood pressure, heart failure and liver disease is safer than a previous ...

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created May 19, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

USA and Europe different in aldosterone antagonists use in heart failure

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 ...

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created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Overweight male teens with normal blood pressures showing signs of heart damage

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.

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created Jun 01, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Spearmint tea -- A possible treatment for mild hirsutism

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 ...

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created Feb 20, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (13) | comments 0


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