Heart Failure

Runner Diagnosed With Heart Failure: “Running is one of my medications.”

When Darlene Anita Scott started experiencing shortness of breath at age 41, her first worry was how it would affect her running. In her ... Read More

Is Heart Failure Causing my Weight Gain?

Are you noticing a weight increase of three pounds over 24 hours or even five pounds within the week? Such rapid weight gain or swelling may ... Read More

5 Heart Failure Symptoms Doctors Commonly Miss

Heart failure occurs when the heart is unable to pump blood to the body adequately. Heart failure cases are not uncommon in the United ... Read More

Protect Your Heart: What to Do After a CHF Diagnosis

Congestive heart failure affects around 6 million Americans with almost 700,000 being diagnosed each year. In fact, Black Americans have the ... Read More

How to Increase Your Life Expectancy With Heart Failure

Getting a diagnosis of congestive heart failure (CHF) can stop you in your tracks, but don't let the name fool you. Your heart is not ... Read More

Is It Possible To Reverse Heart Disease?

Heart Disease is the leading cause of death for men and women in most ethnic groups and according to the CDC someone has a heart attack ... Read More

Heart Failure Often Missed in Black Patients

Heart failure is a serious and common heart ailment that is too often missed in women, Blacks and poorer people when they see their health ... Read More

Heart Failure Patients May Be at Higher Cancer Risk

Compared with other race/ethnic groups, Black patients have the highest risk of developing heart failure, according to the American Heart ... Read More

Lion’s Mane: The Funny-looking Mushroom You didn’t Know You Needed

"What's that?" "Why does it look like that?" "How do you eat something like that?" "That looks like it tastes nasty." "I've never seen ... Read More

8 Surprising Factors That Could Be Putting Your Heart At Risk

When you think about possible risk factors for heart disease or heart attacks the usual culprits might come to mind - genetics, smoking, ... Read More

Signs That Heart Failure Is Ruining A Good Night’s Sleep

According to numerous heart-related studies, there is a significant link between heart failure and having poor-quality sleep. To make things ... Read More