While proven to help, primary care clinicians have been slow to use the drugs once considered only for patients with diabetes.

The SGLT2 inhibitor medicines have changed how heart failure is managed. Originally sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors were used to lower blood sugar levels in people who have type 2 ...

Larry Allen, MD, MHS, and Kenneth B Margulies, MD, discuss HF management for American Heart Month and Heart Failure Awareness ...

When the heart can no longer pump blood efficiently throughout the body, kidney function issues are among the first complications to develop. Congestive heart failure (CHF), a condition that reflects ...

Heart failure means the heart is not pumping blood as well as it should. It does not mean the heart has stopped working. Instead, the heart may be too weak to pump strongly or too stiff to fill ...

You can follow a treatment plan and take medications as a doctor prescribes to manage congestive heart failure. Eat a heart-healthy diet and stay physically active to slow heart failure progression.

Some types of heart disease can be fully or partially reversible. Managing risk factors and improving heart health through regular exercise, healthy eating, and medications can stabilize heart disease ...