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 ...

Starting dapagliflozin (Farxiga) early during acute heart failure hospitalization didn't boost decongestion, although it appeared to spare loop diuretic doses and increase diuresis compared with usual ...

Some foods and drinks like watermelon, coffee and tea can help flush out excess fluid. Natural diuretics work by reducing sodium, which pulls water out of the body with it. Too much fluid can be ...

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 ...

A diuretic and water pill, spironolactone removes excess water from the body, which may lead to weight loss in some people. But no research has specifically tested spironolactone for weight reduction.

Adding a calcium-channel blocker (CCB) or a diuretic to an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI) further reduces blood pressure in patients who have diabetes and hypertension; however, the ...

A long-awaited study designed to help American doctors decide how to treat high blood pressure has found that the cheapest category of drug -- diuretics -- works the best and should be the first ...

In the recent ALLHAT double-blind randomized trial, U.S. researchers found that a thiazide diuretic (chlorthalidone) was the most effective of several first-line therapies for hypertension, including ...

Death risk doubled for patients experiencing early hyponatremia after starting a thiazide diuretic. Patients who experience hyponatremia soon after starting thiazide diuretics have an increased risk ...