Heart failure

Cormeum App Celebrates Year of Helping Patients with Heart Failure Manage Condition

January 17, 2022 GMT

FDA warns doctors to stop using heart pump tied to deaths

By MATTHEW PERRONEJune 3, 2021 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators warned surgeons Thursday to stop implanting a heart pump made by Medtronic due to power failures recently tied to cases of stroke and more than a dozen deaths.

U of Chicago, central Illinois heart-care groups team up

January 15, 2019 GMT

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Springfield's Prairie Heart Institute has joined with University of Chicago Medicine to strengthen heart care for patients in central and southern Illinois.

Prairie Heart Institute announced Monday the collaboration will improve services for those with advanced heart failure, heart transplants and mechanical devices to aid circulation.

Heart meeting features fish oil, vitamin D, cholesterol news

By MARILYNN MARCHIONENovember 11, 2018 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Fish oil, vitamin D, novel drugs, new cholesterol guidelines: News from an American Heart Association conference over the weekend reveals a lot about what works and what does not for preventing heart attacks and other problems...

Fund To Benefit Scranton Man With Congestive Heart Failure, COPD

Patrice WildingJuly 11, 2018 GMT

In Times of Need, Northeast Pennsylvania comes to the aid of its own. In our regular column, Patrice Wilding provides a platform for area residents facing a variety of obstacles to create awareness and connect them with much-needed help.

Legislative roundup: Sen. Don Coram shares heart failure story

StaffFebruary 4, 2017 GMT