Heart failure hospitalization rates surge - US study

"The number of people 65 or older who are hospitalized for heart failure more than doubled in the past 27 years and is likely to keep climbing unless prevention measures are adopted quickly, U.S. researchers said on Sunday. The American Heart Association estimates the chronic but often deadly condition will cost $34.8 billion this year in the United States for direct and indirect treatment costs. 'Over the next decades, the number of U.S. adults age 65 and older will double to a projected 70 million, and more than one in five will be 65 or older by the year 2030,' Dr. Longjian Liu of Drexel University in Philadelphia said in a statement" - Reuters