heart failure
noun
1
: a condition in which the heart is unable to pump blood at an adequate rate or in adequate volume
2
: cessation of heartbeat : death
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For this new study in particular, the researchers focused on the 5FU, which often both fails to reach cancer cells efficiently and attacks healthy tissue—causing side effects like nausea, fatigue and, in rare cases, even heart failure.
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Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Additionally, participants who filled at least two melatonin prescriptions at least 90 days apart had an 82% higher risk of developing heart failure compared with those who did not use melatonin, according to the observational study.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Melatonin users were also more than three times as likely to be hospitalized for heart failure and about twice as likely to die from any cause.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
Joyce Oen-Hsiao, an associate professor of cardiovascular medicine at Yale School of Medicine, told the Washington Post that poor sleep can cause poor heart health — and cited insomnia as a possible cause for heart failure.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025
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Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Additionally, participants who filled at least two melatonin prescriptions at least 90 days apart had an 82% higher risk of developing heart failure compared with those who did not use melatonin, according to the observational study.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Melatonin users were also more than three times as likely to be hospitalized for heart failure and about twice as likely to die from any cause.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
Joyce Oen-Hsiao, an associate professor of cardiovascular medicine at Yale School of Medicine, told the Washington Post that poor sleep can cause poor heart health — and cited insomnia as a possible cause for heart failure.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025
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“Heart failure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heart%20failure. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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