Elizabeth Taylor Doing Better

Elizabeth Taylor's health is improving a week after the iconic actress was checked into a Los Angeles hospital with congestive heart failure, reports People magazine.

A press statement released by Taylor's representatives reads, "Since being admitted, there has been steady improvement in her condition, and over the weekend she has had visits from family and close friends. Her medical team is gratified by her progress to date, and it is hoped and expected that this will continue over the next few days. For now, she will remain under their care in the hospital for continued monitoring."

Taylor has enjoyed visits from those close to her, and "she is sleeping and resting a lot, which she really needs to recover her strength," Sally Morrison, a rep for the 78-year-old actress, reveals to the magazine. "Due to symptoms of congestive heart failure, she is still being monitored and continues to need rest to recover her strength. She did not have a heart attack."