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Cardiologists and radiation oncologists at the Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis pioneered the use of radiation therapy -- a tactic generally employed against cancer -- to treat patients with ventricular tachycardia, a potentially fatal irregular heart rhythm. Read further on dynamite News:

Dwayne Patterson served aboard the USS Carl Vinson. His heart transplant was at Northwestern Medicine, which operates a clinic at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center in Chicago to treat advanced heart failure.

Study shows yoga therapy enhances cardiovascular function, offering potential as a treatment option

Exclusive: Study finds little benefit in making patients wait months to be fitted with implantable defibrillators

The weight-loss jab Wegovy has been hailed as an “absolute game-changer” after a new study showed that it relieved symptoms and improved the quality of life in people with a common form of heart failure.

Conditions such as coronary artery disease, atrial fibrillation and heart failure affect millions of people worldwide.

According to new research presented at the ESC Congress 2023, semaglutide improves heart failure-related symptoms and physical function and results in greater weight loss compared to placebo in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and obesity. Read further on Dynamite News:

It is estimated that more than a million people in the UK are living with heart failure.

Semaglutide injections trigger ‘very large improvements’ in patients with hearts too stiff to fill properly