MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'congestive heart failure'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:12:11 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4036566&cid=t_162630_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F10%2Fcongestive-heart-failure-signs-symptoms%2F Cheyne-Stokes respiration (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4036566 Wed, 06 Oct 2010 06:17:37 +0100 4036566 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3872556&cid=t_162630_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fdo-foreign-medical-graduates-doctor-better%2F2010.08.16 Yes, according to a study in today’s Health Affairs. (The full text of the study is available only to subscribers, but Kaiser Health News Daily has a good summary of its findings and links to other news reports.) The study compares inpatient death rates and lengths of stay for patients with congestive heart failure or acute myocardial infarction when provided by U.S. citizens trained abroad, citizens trained in the United States, and non-citizens trained abroad. Treatment was provided by internists, family physicians, or cardiologists. The differences were striking, according to the authors: “Our analysis of 244,153 hospitalizations in Pennsylvania found that patients of doctors who graduated from international medical schools and were not U.S. citizens at the time they entered... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3872556 Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:00:00 +0100 3872556 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3702883&cid=t_162630_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F06%2Fvice-president-dick-cheney-hospitalized-heart-ailments%2F It has been announced that former Vice President Dick Cheney was hospitalized two days ago with atrial fibrillation and congestive heart failure. He has received intravenous medication and is expected to be released shortly. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3702883 Mon, 28 Jun 2010 03:26:54 +0100 3702883 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3595589&cid=t_162630_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fthe-problem-of-drug-extinction%2F2010.05.24 Doctors are all-familiar with marketing efforts to promote new drugs, but once the new drugs displace older drugs in the medical marketplace, who serves as advocates for the continued manufacturing of older FDA-approved drugs? In a short answer: No one. For those of us dealing in cardiac arrhythmia management, this presents difficult challenges for patient care if people are unable to take the newer drugs due to side effects. These patients no longer have a fall-back option to turn to for medical therapy when the older drugs have become extinct on the marketplace. (more…) *This blog post was originally published at Dr. Wes* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3595589 Mon, 24 May 2010 12:30:00 +0100 3595589 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3545443&cid=t_162630_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fshoot-a-turkey-help-fight-heart-disease%2F2010.05.07 From Freep.com: “Medical researchers at Wayne State University have asked hunters in the state [Michigan] to donate the hearts of harvested wild turkeys for researching heart disease and congestive heart failure. The National Wild Turkey Federation recently joined the school in making the appeal. Researchers hope that tests using wild turkey hearts could lead to medical breakthroughs for combating heart problems in humans.”  Read more. -WesMusings of a cardiologist and cardiac electrophysiologist. *This blog post was originally published at Dr. Wes* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3545443 Fri, 07 May 2010 16:00:00 +0100 3545443 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3494370&cid=t_162630_111_f&fid=39123&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fnursingcomments%2Ftdtc%2F%7E3%2FPg-75NOruns%2F           About 5 million people in the United States suffer from congestive heart failure (CHF).  Approximately 550,000 new cases of the condition are diagnosed every year.  It is the most common hospital discharge diagnosis with more than one million hospital stays annually.  A person 40 years or more has a 1 in 5 chance of developing heart failure.  Congestive heart failure (CHF) affects 1% of the people aged 50 years, 5% people aged 75 years or older and 25% people aged 85 years or older irrespective of sex.  Congestive heart failure, or simply heart failure, is a condition where the heart fails to pump adequate blood to meet the body’s need.  Unlike a heart attack, the heart does not stop beating – rather, it weakens over the course of months or years so tha... Nursing Comments blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3494370 Thu, 22 Apr 2010 11:13:50 +0100 3494370 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2999592&cid=t_162630_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F11%2F17%2Freducing-marital-stress-through-communication%2F One heavily researched area within psychology is couples’ and marital communication. How a couple chooses to communicate — especially during a conflict — affects all sorts of things in the relationship: stress, relationship health, intimacy, even each person’s health. As Gouin et al. (2009) note in a summary of our existing research on this issue: Individuals reporting lower marital satisfaction experienced more non-specific physical illness symptoms over a 4-year period than individuals with higher marital satisfaction. Among healthy women, lower marital satisfaction was also associated with a more rapid progression of carotid atherosclerosis. Furthermore, women who were initially dissatisfied in their marital relationship were more likely to develop metabolic syn... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2999592 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:23:39 +0100 2999592 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2469643&cid=t_162630_113_f&fid=38236&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthcareitnews.com%2Fblog%2Fconnected-health-evidence-base I am often asked, regarding connected health, "What is the evidence base?"  The question is rooted in our Western beliefs that phenomena are orderly and things happen for a reason. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog) Healthcare IT News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2469643 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:12:18 +0100 2469643 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2222821&cid=t_162630_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FJbLB4DjjaQQ%2F I lost my father to congestive heart failure, when he was 85. After his first heart attack we were told that we would only have him for 3 more months at most, this was when he was 60 years old. When my father came home from the hospital he changed his life style and diet to include more fruits and vegetables very little fat if any and more exercise. Along with all of this he cut his alcohol consumption. Needless to say he lived 25 years longer than expected. When the heart cannot pump enough blood to the other organs, it is called congestive heart failure. When the blood flow slows going out of the heart, the returning blood through the veins backs up. This change in the flow causes congestion in your tissues. Some of the symptoms of congestive heart failure are, shortness of breath, swell... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2222821 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:00:00 +0100 2222821 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2158120&cid=t_162630_113_f&fid=38236&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthcareitnews.com%2Fblog%2Ffacebook-and-coming-health-it-application I finally got on Facebook, despite my teenage daughters' fear that I would 'creep on them' and interrupt their respective networks.  Shortly thereafter, I began to post on Twitter.  These two experiences have caused me to reflect on the power that these tools bring to communication and how they could fit into the connected health landscape.  (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog) Healthcare IT News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2158120 Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:13:54 +0100 2158120 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2011650&cid=t_162630_158_f&fid=36018&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcaregiversbeacon.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F12%2Fvideo-living-with-congestive-heart.html (Source: The Caregiver's Beacon - Resources, Links, Ideas, News) The Caregiver's Beacon - Resources, Links, Ideas, News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2011650 Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:09:00 +0100 2011650 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1964419&cid=t_162630_158_f&fid=36018&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcaregiversbeacon.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F11%2Fbasics-of-congestive-heart-failure-for.html If you are a caregiver for someone who has congestive heart failure this video will help you understand the symtpoms and lifestyle changes that can help. (Source: The Caregiver's Beacon - Resources, Links, Ideas, News) The Caregiver's Beacon - Resources, Links, Ideas, News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1964419 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:37:00 +0100 1964419 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4325086&cid=t_162630_8_f&fid=39313&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.doctorsontm.com%2F89-the-transcendental-meditation-technique-and-congestive-heart-failure Dr. Robert Schneider, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.A.B.M.R., is an NIH-funded medical researcher and author of Total Heart Health: How to Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease with the Maharishi Vedic Approach to Health (Basic Health Publications, 2006). Here he answers questions on cardiovascular disease and its risk factors. Q: Can heart disease be averted? For instance, is it possible to change the course of a serious condition such as congestive heart failure? Dr. Schneider: Congestive h [...] (Source: The American Association of Physicians Practicing the Transcendental Meditation Program Blog) The American Association of Physicians Practicing the Transcendental Meditation Program Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4325086 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 4325086 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1126037&cid=t_162630_90_f&fid=34499&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcalifmedicineman.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F01%2Fmore-sexy-ways-to-spend-your-health.html (Source: California Medicine Man) California Medicine Man blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1126037 Wed, 02 Jan 2008 16:02:00 +0100 1126037