Heart Failure Medical Reference
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Answers to Common Questions About Heart Failure
Heart failure raises many questions. Learn what’s safe, what’s not, and when to check with your doctor.
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How to Ease Symptoms of Heart Failure
From eating healthy foods to taking your medications, there are many ways to minimize heart failure’s impact and get back to feeling your best.
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Take The Team Approach to Heart Failure
Here’s a list of the specialists you’ll likely need to help treat your condition.
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Heart Failure: Questions for Your Doctor
Find out what questions to ask your doctor about heart failure.
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Stem Cells for Heart Failure Treatment
Is stem cell therapy the new frontier for treating heart failure? Explore the latest science moving into hospitals.
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Heart Failure and Medication: Is There a Link?
Common medications can cause heart failure, a condition where your heart doesn’t pump blood as well as it should. Here’s what you need to know to protect your heart.
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What Heart Failure Looks Like in Women
Heart failure strikes both men and women, but not always the same way. Knowing the differences could help you get diagnosed and treated early.
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Is a Blood Pressure Drop a Sign of Heart Failure?
Dizziness when you stand up may be a sign of heart failure. How are the two linked, and when should you be concerned?
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Conditions That Commonly Occur With Heart Failure
Heart failure rarely occurs by itself. WebMD describes what conditions commonly go with it.
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How to tell the difference between a heart attack and heart failure
Is it a heart attack or heart failure? WebMD explains the difference.
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Myths and Facts About Heart Failure and AFib
WebMD examines the common myths and explains the facts around two heart conditions -- heart failure and atrial fibrillation (AFib).
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What Leads to Heart Failure?
If you're concerned you might be at risk for heart failure, find out more from WebMD about what causes it so you can take steps to prevent it.
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Congestive Heart Failure: What Happens?
WebMD explains what happens to your body when you have congestive heart failure.
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Heart Failure: What Are the Complications?
Heart failure can affect your whole body, including your liver, kidneys, and lungs. Learn about the complications heart failure can cause and how to avoid them.
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How Does Your Body Compensate for Heart Failure?
When your heart can't pump strongly enough, what does your body do to try to make up for having less oxygen?
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How Are Heart Failure and Sleep Related?
It's definitely a two-way street. With heart failure, you're likely to have sleep troubles. Treating sleep apnea and insomnia may ease the burden on your heart.
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High-Output Heart Failure: What Is It?
With high-output heart failure, the heart is pumping a normal amount of blood, but it's still not enough to help the body work the way it should.
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Systolic Heart Failure: What Is It?
In systolic heart failure, the left ventricle becomes weak and can't contract and work the way it should. There's no cure, but you can make lifestyle changes to help treat it.
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What Is Cardiac Cachexia?
This severe complication of heart failure is also called body wasting. Learn about the symptoms and treatment.
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What Is Oxygen Therapy for Heart Failure?
When you have heart failure, oxygen therapy can help your body get the oxygen you need. Learn what’s involved with oxygen therapy and when you might need it.
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Diastolic Heart Failure: What Is It?
What is diastolic heart failure? Is there a cure? How can you make your life better if you have it?
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Heart Failure: What Is It?
The term "heart failure" might sound like the heart is about to stop working. But it means something else.
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Is End-Stage Heart Failure Treated?
Are there treatments for end-stage heart failure? How do they work?
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End Stage Heart Failure: How to Spot It
Could you have end-stage or advanced heart failure? Learn to spot the signs and symptoms.
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How to Avoid Triggers of Sudden Heart Failure
Find out how you can keep your heart failure symptoms from suddenly getting worse.
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