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Despite research revealing that social isolation and loneliness are substantial risk factors for cardiovascular disease, little is known regarding their specific link with heart failure.
Social isolation and loneliness have been shown in studies to be important risk factors for cardiovascular disease, but little is known about their specific rel
Less is known about social isolation and loneliness's specific relationship with heart failure, despite studies showing that these are significant risk factors for cardiovascular disease.
Studies have shown that social isolation and loneliness are important risk factors for cardiovascular disease, but less has been known about their specific connection with heart failure.
With heart failure, good nutrition could mean survival Personalised dietary advice reduces risk of death for hospitalised patients. Credit: Justin Paget/Getty Images. A Swiss study has shown that personalised nutrition support for people hospitalised with chronic heart failure reduced their risk of dying compared to those given standard hospital food. Patients with malnutrition were most likely to benefit, which is unsurprising given it’s well established that malnutrition is associated with poorer patient outcomes – including people with heart failure. The study randomised more than 600 ...