Dr. Hare answers the question: 'What Is The Role Of Diuretics?' — -- Question: What is the role of diuretics, or 'water pills,' and how do they work? Answer: Fluid pills or diuretics are used by ...

Diuretics serve as essential but symptomatic therapy in heart failure management, functioning primarily as a “bailout ...

High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is a common health issue, affecting nearly half of adults in the United States (48%). When an individual is diagnosed with high blood pressure, one of ...

In medicine, we're often led to believe that "more is better." More interventions will result in better outcomes. More monitoring will result in earlier detection. More education will improve ...

The thinking that coffee dehydrates you comes from the fact that caffeine is a diuretic, which makes some people pee. Learn why coffee isn’t dehydrating.

CHICAGO -- The choice between furosemide and torsemide didn't matter for longer-term clinical outcomes of hospitalized heart failure patients, according to the comparative effectiveness trial ...

A new study published in the European Journal of Heart Failure reveals that the speed of lymph flow in the legs may determine ...

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., Dec. 15, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CHF Solutions (Nasdaq: CHFS), a medical device company dedicated to changing the lives of patients suffering from fluid overload, today announced ...

LISBON — The diabetes and weight-loss drug semaglutide improves heart failure–related symptoms and physical limitations regardless of diuretic use in patients with obesity-related heart failure and ...

New data add strength to prior observations that long-term exposure to thiazide diuretics is associated with a higher risk of developing some types of skin cancer. “What we found was that when you ...