Acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) is a condition that includes new or worsening symptoms of heart failure that often lead to hospitalization or an emergency department visit. On this page,…
Heart failure is a serious condition that affects about 6 million American adults. It can cause fatigue, shortness of breath and other symptoms. The good news is that you can…
Newly diagnosed heart failure patients may benefit from medications called neurohormonal blockades, especially if they are given in the first three months after diagnosis. When you have heart failure, your…
The most significant breast cancer risk factors are being a woman and getting older — as most breast cancers occur in women over age 50. Most women don’t get breast…
Sudden unexpected infant death (SUID) is a term used to describe the sudden death of a baby younger than 1 year old from no immediately obvious cause. These deaths often…
The hip joint is a connection point between your legs and torso. It’s made up of your thighbone (femur) and your hipbone (pelvis). The hip is a ball-and-socket joint that…
The knee joint is one of the most complex joints of the body and takes the most stress of all the joints. Our knees absorb shock from walking and running…
Your knees do a lot for you every day. The knee joint is one of the most stressed joints in the body, absorbing shock from walking and running and holding…
Women with existing heart disorders usually can give birth safely and with no negative consequences for the baby. However, women with moderate to severe heart failure before pregnancy are at…
High blood pressure, or hypertension, in women can occur at any point in a woman’s life, and accounts for 1 in 5 deaths among American women. Hypertension describes the force…
Peripartum cardiomyopathy, or weakness in the heart muscle after pregnancy, is a rare but serious condition that can occur. It typically appears in the last month of pregnancy, or in…
Preeclampsia develops during pregnancy and causes persistent high blood pressure, high levels of protein in urine that indicate kidney damage (proteinuria), or other signs of organ damage. Preeclampsia usually begins…