Swine Flu News

Flu Shots Can Protect Patients With Heart Failure from Early Death Nov. 15, 2022 — The study showed that over the entire year the influenza vaccine reduced pneumonia by 40 per cent and ... Read More

Cold and Flu News

Mar. 26, 2024 — Simply asking patients to get the flu vaccine, and combining it with helpful video and print messages, is enough to persuade many who visit emergency departments to roll up their ... Read More

FDA Recalls Heart Pumps Linked to Deaths and Injuries

Two medical devices that mechanically pump blood to the heart have caused hundreds of injuries and more than a dozen deaths ... Read More

A one-shot vaccine for COVID, flu and future viruses? Researchers say it's coming

But what if it were possible to protect against COVID and the flu, and other unknown viruses that haven't yet emerged, with just one shot? If that became reality, seasonal or annual boosters would be ... Read More

ERs Might Be Good Spots to Offer Flu Shots

TUESDAY, March 26, 2024 (HealthDay News) — New research offers an easy prescription to get people to roll up their sleeves for a flu shot ... health interventions can and should be delivered ... Read More

FDA recalls implanted heart devices linked to 14 deaths

Two implanted heart devices used by patients in end-stage heart failure are now under a strict U.S. Food and Drug Administration recall, after being tied to 273 known injuries and 14 deaths, the ... Read More

Study: Heart failure, not stroke, most common complication of atrial fibrillation

Doctors tell patients with atrial fibrillation, which causes an irregular and often abnormally rapid heart rate, to beware of an increased risk of stroke. But the threat of heart failure should be ... Read More

Just Ask: Patients in the ER Are Willing to Get a Flu Shot

Simply asking patients to get the flu vaccine ... the vaccine and were told about the benefits of the vaccine in person. The study published March 26, 2024 in NEJM Evidence. The researchers say this ... Read More

New advances in heart failure treatment show promise in improving patient outcomes

A comprehensive review of heart failure management highlights significant advancements in treatment and diagnosis, emphasizing the integration of new medications and technologies to improve patient ... Read More

Researchers find patients in the ER are willing to get a flu shot

Simply asking patients to get the flu ... vaccine and were told about the benefits of the vaccine. The study was published in NEJM Evidence. The researchers say this type of systematic approach ... Read More

For Your Patients: Facing Progression of Heart Failure

which can be an infusion administered at home or in the hospital, to help the heart muscle contract Most patients survive 6 to 12 months with Stage D heart failure; some survive substantially longer. Read More

Study shows heart failure, not stroke is the most common complication of atrial fibrillation

The lifetime risk of atrial fibrillation (a heart condition that causes an irregular and often abnormally fast heart rate) has increased from one in four to one in three over the past two decades, ... Read More