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Heart Failure Medications: What Each Drug Does and Why It Matters
If you or a loved one has been told “you have heart failure,” the medication list can feel overwhelming. Here is the logic behind it. Heart failure doesn’t mean the heart has stopped. It means the heart isn’t pumping or filling well enough to meet the body’s needs. First, Know Your Type Treatment depends on…
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COPD: How We Diagnose It and Why Early Treatment Matters
“I’m just out of shape.” “It’s only a smoker’s cough.” Those are two of the most common things people say before a COPD diagnosis. COPD is common and often underdiagnosed, and the earlier it’s caught, the more can be done. Here is how a clinician thinks it through. What Is COPD? Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease…