Congestive heart failure (CHF) is when the heart does not pump blood around the body efficiently. This can cause symptoms such as lung congestion and swelling due to fluid retention. According to ...

The heart's primary function is to pump blood to all parts of the body, bringing nutrients and oxygen to the tissues and removing waste products. When the body is at rest, it needs a certain ...

Recent research highlights that eating from plastic takeout containers may elevate the risk of congestive heart failure due to gut microbiota changes and inflammation. The study, comprising 3,000 ...

When people have heart failure, it means their heart does not pump as well as it should. Fluid can build up in your feet, ankles, and legs—known as edema—or fluid can build up in your lungs, known as ...

Doxazosin remains a commonly used antihypertensive medication, although its use has been tainted by recent findings from the Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack ...

When you have the diagnosis of heart failure, it's scary and it seems like your life has changed. And it does change, but it's a very manageable condition. And we know, actually, that exercising ...

Welcome, everyone, to this roundtable discussion on heart failure. I'm John Whyte, the chief medical officer at WebMD. Six million Americans have heart failure. It's one of the most common reasons ...