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It is hard to imagine a single practice with more health benefits than regular physical activity. To get benefits, you don’t have to run a marathon. Regular activity, something as simple as a brisk, 30-minute walk each day or almost every day, can help you reduce your risk of heart disease. (If you’re also trying to manage your weight or prevent gradual, unhealthy weight gain, bump that up to 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous intensity activity on most days of the week.)

Brand New Research Shows Strong Co Relations between high intake of Omega 3 Fatty Acids and Reduced Risk of coronary heart disease.

According to a new study, Omega-3 fatty acids may help lower the risk of coronary heart disease. According to the results of a new, comprehensive meta-analysis published in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings, the EPA and DHA Omega-3s reduce the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). Among randomized controlled trials (RCTs), there was a statistically significant reduction in CHD risk in higher-risk populations, including 16 percent in those with high triglycerides and 14 percent in those with high LDL cholesterol.

Growing evidence shows cutting back on salt consumption reduces blood pressure and, in turn, the risk of stroke and heart disease.

Two new studies show that a reduction in salt intake may help blood pressure and one recent report finds that lower potassium consumption is linked to higher blood pressure.
Based on information in these investigations, the World Health Organization is now recommending individuals reduce their salt consumption to less than one teaspoon per day.

Pharmacists can expect OTC Narcan nasal spray to be available by late summer, according to the manufacturer.

Emergent BioSolutions, Inc. explained that it will take that long to make manufacturing changes to support nonprescription packaging, as well as supply chain modifications.
In late March, the FDA approved Narcan (naloxone hydrochloride) 4 mg nasal spray for OTC nonprescription use. It became the first naloxone product approved for use without a prescription.

Eli Lilly and Company is launching a basal insulin at a significantly lower price that is biosimilar to, and interchangeable with, Lantus (insulin glargine) injection.

The product, Rezvoglar, an insulin glargine-aglr injection, will cost $92 per five-pack of KwikPens, a 78% discount to Lantus. It is expected to be available April 1.

The link between diet and emotions stems from the close relationship between your brain and your gastrointestinal tract, often called the “second brain.”

Here is how it works: Your GI tract is home to billions of bacteria that influence the production chemical substances that constantly carry messages from the gut to the brain. Two common examples of this are dopamine and serotonin.

When you don’t sleep, you may think more slowly. Your eyes may feel heavy. And you might wish you could lie down all day.

But as it turns out, sleep deprivation may have a longer-term effect on your cardiovascular health even if you can’t feel it the day after you’ve pulled an all-nighter.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), getting too little sleep has been tied to, type 2 Diabetes and high blood pressure.

And all three of those conditions have been tied to negative heart health outcomes. That includes a raised risk of stroke and heart attack.