ACE inhibitors are a medicine used to treat patients with heart failure, and are particularly beneficial in those patients with heart failure and decreased function of the left side of the heart. ACE [..]

Anticoagulants (blood thinners) are medicines that delay the clotting of blood. They make it harder for clots to form, or keep existing clots from enlarging your heart, veins or arteries.

An antithrombotic is a drug that reduces blood clot formation.

Beta blockers are a type of medicine that is used to lower blood pressure, treat chest pain (angina) and heart failure, and help prevent a heart attack. Beta blockers relieve the stress on your heart [..]

Diabetes is a condition in which a person has a high blood sugar (glucose) level, either because the body doesn’t produce enough insulin, or because body cells don’t properly respond to the insulin th [..]

DVT is a condition in which a blood clot forms in a vein that is deep inside the body.

Known by the public as nursing homes, these facilities provide a variety of services to people of all ages. The staff helps patients with health or personal needs such as walking, eating and going to [..]

Hip replacement is surgically performed by removing damaged cartilage and bone from the hip joint, and replacing them with new man-made parts.

Hypertension has no symptoms. It is dangerous because it makes the heart work harder to pump blood to the body, and can cause hardening of the arteries (atherosclerosis) and heart failure.

A pressure ulcer, also known as a bed sore, is a skin wound that usually develops on the lower back, hip, ankle, back of the head, heel or elbow. They are usually caused when soft tissue is compressed [..]