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.

Medically reviewed by Christopher Lee, MD Key Takeaways Congestive heart failure and heart failure are the same and mean the heart can't pump enough blood. Heart failure can be left-sided or ...

Before a heart attack or heart failure, there are warning signs that are often overlooked or dismissed because they are not ...

Systolic congestive heart failure involves the left side of your heart losing its ability to pump effectively. Common ...

A team of physicists has developed a groundbreaking method for detecting congestive heart failure with greater ease and precision than previously thought possible. This multidisciplinary study, ...

A recent study found a link between eating out of takeout containers and congestive heart failure. AmpYang Images - stock.adobe.com After a long day at work, there’s nothing better than coming home, ...

Adults aged 70 and older were significantly more likely to develop congestive heart failure if they also experienced olfactory impairment. A poor sense of smell has also been linked to cognitive ...

Alexandria Nyembwe is a registered nurse and health writer. She has worked in street medicine serving populations experiencing homelessness in Skid Row Los Angeles as well as in cardiovascular care in ...