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Heart Failure

• Article - Managing Congestive Heart Failure

  A parent with congestive heart failure can lead an active life, especially if he knows how to manage the early-stage symptoms. Here's how to help.

• Article - What to Expect After a Heart Attack

  What to expect after a heart attack. A caregiver's guide to common physical and emotional concerns. Find out what to expect and how you can help.

Blog Posts

• Blog Post - Diabetes Studies: Good News? Bad News? Who Knows?

  How to make sense of drug study findings for people caring for parents with type 2 diabetes.

• Blog Post - A Drug for the Bones Causes Risk to the Heart

  New research shows that the osteoporosis drug Fosamax nearly doubles the risk of atrial fibrillation.

Questions & Answers

• Question - What does "end stage" congestive heart failure mean for my mother?

  End stage congestive heart failure doesn't mean someone is dying. End stage congestive heart failure is serious, but some patients live for years.

• Question - How long do people live with congestive heart failure?

  Typical life expectancy with congestive heart failure.

• Question - My grandmother is on a ventilator and has moderate heart failure. What does this mean?

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• Question - What can be done to help my mother's fatigue, caused by her heart failure meds?

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• Question - Could heart failure medications be causing my dad's back pain?

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• Question - Can exercise raise my mother-in-law's ejection fraction?

  Can exercise raise my mother-in-law's ejection fraction? Her ejection fraction (EF) is now 10 percent, what it was before bypass surgery.

• Question - How do we deal with my father who has heart failure who wants to travel and expects only family to care for him?

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• Question - Is hospitalization or a clinic better for lymphedema treatment?

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• Question - Can Coenzyme Q10 raise my mother's ejection fraction?

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• Question - What is the life expectancy for someone with advanced congestive heart failure?

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• Question - When you have 100% blockage on the right side, 80% on the left and they tell you that surgery won't work, what is the next step?

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• Question - What drugs are used to treat cardiac problems and COPD?

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• Question - Why are my father's heart palpitations getting more frequent?

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Tips & Reflections

• Tip - Talk to Your Parent's Doctors About CHF Meds

  People with congestive heart failure (CHF) often take...

• Tip - Keep a Notebook to Help Manage Heart Failure

  Careful, accurate records are vital when your parent...

• Tip - A Daily Rest Period to Eases Heart Failure Symptoms

  Rest is important for easing symptoms of heart failure. Schedule a daily break to rest your parent's heart.

News

• News - Weight Gain May Spell Trouble for Heart Failure Patients

  TUESDAY, Sept. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Short-term weight...

• News - Diabetes Drugs Boost Heart Failure But Not Death

  THURSDAY, Sept. 27 (HealthDay News) -- The widely used...

• News - FDA to Review Clotting Drug After Trial Suggests Death Risk

  THURSDAY, Oct. 25 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S...

• News - Study Supports Controversial Heart Failure Drug

  MONDAY, Oct. 29 (HealthDay News) -- A new study supporting...

• News - Nurse-Led Intervention Boosts Cardiac Rehab: Study

  MONDAY, Nov. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Intensive support...

• News - Experimental Drug Fails Against Heart Failure

  TUESDAY, Nov. 6 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental...

• News - Cardiac Device Won't Help Some Heart Failure Patients

  TUESDAY, Nov. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Heart failure patients...

• News - Regular Exercise Helps Fight Heart Failure

  WEDNESDAY, Nov. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Exercise boosts...

• News - Avandia Label to Get Heart-Attack Warning

  WEDNESDAY, Nov. 14 (HealthDay News) -- The popular...

• News - Infusion Therapy Raises Death Risk for Some Heart Patients

  TUESDAY, Nov. 27 (HealthDay News) -- An infusion of...