Tag: heart failure

Moderate drinking: Heart health benefits challenged in new study

According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), around 71 percent of Americans report consuming alcohol in the past year, while almost 57 percent report drinking in the past month. While heavy drinking is known to be severely detrimental to health, accounting for around 3.3 million deaths in the United States in […]

Obese Heart Failure Patients Have Better Outcomes

Advanced heart failure patients are considerably less likely to experience adverse outcomes if they are obese and have a higher waist circumference, according to UCLA researchers. Approximately 5.8 million people are affected by heart failure, and around 50-66% of these patients are overweight or obese. The study, published online in the American Journal of Cardiology, […]