In a breakthrough for diagnostics, scientists have created an easy and effective test that identifies a heart failure biomarker in saliva, opening the door to more rapid and accessible life-saving medical interventions for the disease.

Over the last decade, heart failure has risen by more than 900% when it comes to mortality in adults under the age of 45.

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in America and in the world. According to the World Health Organization, ischaemic heart disease showed the largest increase in deaths since 2000, when the death toll was 2.

SGLT2 inhibitors represent one of the most remarkable therapeutic developments in heart failure care, transitioning from diabetes medications to cornerstone heart failure therapy through an evolutionary research process.

Australian scientists have developed a biosensor that can rapidly detect the heart failure biomarker S100A7 in saliva, offering a simple, noninvasive way to identify the disease. The breakthrough, published in Biosensors and Bioelectronics: X,

A new paper published in the Journal of Cardiac Failure shows that patients on Cadence’s remote physiologic monitoring program had better outcomes than patients eligible for the program who did not enroll, and, the program demonstrated a 52% cost savings ...

How Does Jardiance Work for Heart Failure? Jardiance helps to lower the workload on the heart. Normally, the kidneys filter in a way that keeps all of the sugar in the bloodstream rather than allowing the sugar to leave the body through the urine.

Advice on how to avoid heart disease has stayed relatively the same for decades with one common recommendation being to avoid sources of saturated fat such as red meat—but Florida-based heart surgeon Dr. Philip Ovadia challenges this as a "misconception.

In the U.S. alone, more than 6.7 million people have heart failure, a number that is projected to increase to more than 8.5 million by 2030. Heart failure is a progressive condition in which the heart struggles to pump enough blood and oxygen to support the organs in the body.

You can follow a treatment plan and take medications as a doctor prescribes to manage congestive heart failure. Eat a heart-healthy diet and stay physically active to slow heart failure progression. See a doctor right away if you notice rapid weight gain ...