The Latest Breaking News from Heart Failure

Toddler needs heart transplant after 'cold' virus left her with end stage heart failure

Evie Green caught a common virus which left her breathless and put pressure on her heart

Wales Online · Mar 21, 2023

New treatment may improve cardiac pump function in heart failure patients: Research

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital in Sweden discovered that the hunger hormone ghrelin can boost the heart's pump capacity in patients with heart failure in a clinical investigation. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Mar 15, 2023

'Gene therapy found to wind hearts BACK 10 years and protect people from ageing'

Scientists in Bristol have experimented with the therapy on mice and found it effectively rewound their hearts by the equivalent of 10 human years - soon they hope to use it on heart failure patients

Daily Mirror · Mar 12, 2023

Marriage makes men live longer, new study finds

Married men were less likely to die from heart failure as they had someone close to them keeping tabs on their health, the University of Colorado study finds

The Independent UK · Feb 24, 2023

Tot was 'hours away' from death after common cold led to heart failure - now she's waiting for a transplant in Newcastle

Lola Plimmer caught a cold in January which led to heart failure. She's now at the Freeman's Children's Heart Unit.

Chronicle Live · Feb 22, 2023

Auto exec Toyoda remembered for globalizing brand

Shoichiro Toyoda, honorary chairman of Toyota Motor Corp., died of heart failure on Tuesday. He was 97.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Feb 15, 2023

Study: Change in how heart produces energy can be key to preventing heart failure

Heart failure is often identified only when the heart has already deteriorated. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Feb 14, 2023

Who was David Jolicoeur, aka Trugoy the Dove? Founding member of De La Soul dies

He had recently claimed to be suffering from congestive heart failure and to be using a LifeVest machine that was permanently attached to his body

Evening Standard · Feb 13, 2023

First patient in UK fitted with sensor to give early heart failure alert

Device is implanted during a simple 45-minute procedure using a small catheter

The Independent UK · Feb 12, 2023

First UK patient fitted with pen lid-size sensor to give heart failure alert

The device is implanted during a simple 45-minute procedure using a small catheter.

The Independent UK · Feb 12, 2023