Heart Failure

• ‘Saving lives’: How AI is helping doctors better predict heart failure

  Amidst the surging rates of heart failure across Canada, experts say the urgency for accurate prognostic tools has never been more needed.

  Health

  Feb 14, 2024
  
• Olympic bobsledder calls mechanical heart a ‘Christmas gift’ after organ failure

  Amid the twinkling lights and festive cheer, Olympic bobsledder Ralph Pichler, 69, is counting his blessings this Christmas.

  Canada

  Dec 27, 2023
  
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• New Brunswick researchers find flaw in heart failure diagnostic among women

  According to experts, heart failure has worse outcomes for women, more specifically those who are suffering from diabetes and obesity

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  Feb 25, 2023
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• McMaster and HHS part of a $32M investment in national heart failure research network

  Researchers at the Hamilton University are expected to play a foundational role in a new, coast-to-coast patient-driven network tackling heart failure.

  Health

  May 3, 2022
• Common life-saving heart attack treatment can cause hemorrhaging, lead to heart failure: study

  The study found benefits of reperfusion therapy can be 'paradoxically diminished' by significant reperfusion injury, increasing the damage caused by the heart attack.

  Health

  Feb 10, 2022
• As heart complications rise, Canadian hospitals might buckle, experts say

  A new report says hospitals across Canada have postponed hundreds of thousands of surgeries, procedures and treatment consultations for heart patients.

  Health

  Feb 1, 2022
• International student in congestive heart failure finds support from community organization

  'I am strong. I think I can possibly overcome this but it is a shock,' said Sojan.

  Health

  Sep 17, 2020
• Overfeeding a factor in chicken heart failure, USask research indicates

  Up to 30 per cent of broiler chickens are at high risk of heart failure, the lead researcher says.

  Science

  Jun 12, 2020
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• Ontario woman lives to meet grandchildren and defies survival odds thanks to heart pump

  “Most people live two, three years, and here I am nine years later."

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  Dec 24, 2019
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• Family of 10-month-old celebrates his new heart, sends message to others on Valentine’s Day

  The Tanswells don't need flowers and chocolate this Valentine's Day. The best gift is the one Lucas received earlier this month.

  Health

  Feb 14, 2019