Topic: Massachusetts

Heart Failure Hospitalizations Lowest in Mountain States

HealthCentral.com - 538 days ago
The Mountain states region of the United States had the lowest average rate of potentially avoidable hospitalization for heart failure in 2006, according to a U.S. government report released Wednesday.. The rate in this region, which includes Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, ...

Heart Failure, Hot Dogs and Hospital Readmissions

Wall Street Journal Health Blog - 928 days ago
If you wind up in the hospital, there's a good chance you'll be making a return trip. As an article in this morning's WSJ reminds us, about 20% of Medicare patients are readmitted within a month or so of discharge.. To drive ...

Standard Heart Risk Factors Predict Lifetime Outcomes

Modern Medicine - 976 days ago
Standard risk factors remain strong predictors of left ventricular mass and cardiovascular disease over the adult life course, according to two studies published online June 8 in Circulation.. In one study, Wolfgang Lieb, M.D., of the Framingham Heart Study in Massachusetts, and ...