Editor’s Note: This article is a reprint. It was originally published September 13, 2017. Cholesterol is a waxy substance found in nearly every cell of your body and is essential to good health. Your body uses it to make hormones, protect your cell membranes, digest food and manufacture vitamin D after exposure to the sun.… Read More »
This article was previously published April 16, 2018, and has been updated with new information. Research has shown that the more vegetables you eat, the lower your risk of heart disease, with different types of vegetables protecting your heart through different mechanisms. Leafy greens, for example, have high amounts of nitrates that naturally boost your… Read More »
Our heart has a big role to play in the day-to-day functioning of our bodies, as it is responsible for pumping blood and oxygen. When looking after our cardiovascular health, it is important to pay attention to our heart rate. Resting heart rate is the number of times the heart beats each minute when someone… Read More »
Improving Structural Heart Disease Care: Interview with Joel Portice, egnite CEO | Medgadget Improving Structural Heart Disease Care: Interview with Joel Portice, egnite CEO | Medgadget
EAST HANOVER, N.J., Feb. 16, 2021 — Novartis today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the following expanded indication for Entresto® (sacubitril/valsartan): to reduce the risk of cardiovascular death and hospitalization for heart failure in adult patients with chronic heart failure.1 Benefits are most clearly evident in patients with left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) below normal.1 The… Read More »