Semaglutide boosts walking ability in diabetes patients with peripheral artery disease, clinical trial finds
Semaglutide, a glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) agonist, significantly improved maximal walking distance in people with symptomatic peripheral artery disease (PAD)
Types of Cardiomyopathy and Treatment Options
Cardiomyopathy is a disease that affects the heart muscle (known as the myocardium). There are different types of cardiomyopathy. Each of these causes damage to the heart muscle, such as enlarging it or making it stiffer than normal.
Right-Sided Heart Failure
Right-sided heart failure develops when the right side of the heart is too weak to pump blood to the lungs. This causes blood to back up into the venous system, limiting how much blood the heart can pump per minute.
Symptoms of ice cold feet and heaviness in legs strongly linked to varicose veins
Hypersensitivity to the cold, especially ice cold feet, as well as a feeling of heaviness in the legs, are linked to the presence of varicose veins, finds a large study published in the open access journal Open Heart.
Diastolic Dysfunction: Everything You Need to Know
Diastolic dysfunction is a heart condition that happens when there is a “stiffening” of the major pumping chambers of the organ (ventricles). This stiffness gets in the way of the heart’s ability to fill up with blood between heartbeats.