The ABC’s of Heart Failure Management Here are some simple points to remember if you have just been diagnosed with Heart Failure. Ejection Fraction This is a measurement your doctor […]
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Top Tips – Reducing Fluid Retention
Top Tips – Reducing Fluid Retention
Why do doctors feel the ankle of their heart patient
Why do doctors feel the ankle of their heart patient
Variation in Mortality Rates for Heart Failure Patients
Variation in Mortality Rates for Heart Failure Patients
Yet again SALT rears its ugly head but where?
Image via Wikipedia Salt and fat content ‘too high’ in child hospital meals A lot of people don’t realise how bad excessive salt is for you. This excerpt was taken […]
Intelligent Pills and Heart Failure
This is an interesting post based around intelligent pills and Heart Failure patients. A new era of “intelligent medicines” is heralded today with the disclosure that the NHS is about […]
Interesting post on Alcohol
Interesting post on Alcohol I was in Lloyds Pharmacy this afternoon picking up my bucket load of drugs and I picked up a really useful device and instantly thought of […]
Managing Heart Failure in the Heat
Managing Heart Failure in extreme Heat I am currently going through my first summer after being diagnosed with Heart Failure in January 2010. Writing this I am thinking maybe I […]
Diuretics – what do they do?
Diuretics Diuretics used to be known as water pills because they stop fluid collecting in your body and make you urinate more often. These are one of the most common […]
Great Tip for Fluid Management
Hi Nick I was reading this with interest, and just thought that maybe carrying a spray type bottle with water in might let you just moisten your mouth and tongue […]