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Latest news: Heart Disease

Strokes may be avoided by targeting 'silent' condition

Strokes may be avoided by targeting 'silent' condition

A worldwide study could prevent thousands of Australians experiencing strokes through screenings that detect an often unnoticed heart condition.

Mum turns child's diagnosis into pledge to help

Mum turns child's diagnosis into pledge to help

Mum turns child's diagnosis into pledge to help

Mum turns child's diagnosis into pledge to help

A prenatal heart diagnosis upended Sami Glastonbury’s family life. Now the “heart mum” is turning lived experience into national advocacy through HeartKids.

Major gaps miss women's heart attack risk and symptoms

Major gaps miss women's heart attack risk and symptoms

Major gaps miss women's heart attack risk and symptoms

Major gaps miss women's heart attack risk and symptoms

A global review led by an Australian cardiologist has revealed critical gaps in how heart attacks in women are diagnosed, with calls for new guidelines.

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Shane Warne heart tests bowl up 'bittersweet' results

Shane Warne heart tests bowl up 'bittersweet' results

Seven out of 10 Australians have at least one uncontrolled risk factor for cardiovascular disease, results of check-ups sparked by Shane Warne's death indicate.

World-first discharge for artificial heart patient

World-first discharge for artificial heart patient

In a process labelled as an unmitigated success, an Aussie patient has become the first in the world to leave hospital after an artificial heart transplant.

Woman's missed heart attack prompts push for change

Woman's missed heart attack prompts push for change

A woman who died of a heart attack in an emergency department was misdiagnosed as having an adverse reaction to codeine, a coroner has found.

Cancer drug goes out on a limb for cardiac patients

Cancer drug goes out on a limb for cardiac patients

A drug used in cancer treatment has the potential to save the limbs of thousands of cardiac patients with blocked arteries, a study has found.

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Hospital accepts failings after pleas for help ignored

Hospital accepts failings after pleas for help ignored

Hospital accepts failings after pleas for help ignored

Hospital accepts failings after pleas for help ignored

An anguished mother has sobbed in court as she detailed being "ignored" by hospital staff as she pleaded for them to help her sick daughter before she died.

Australia's leading cause of death revealed

Australia's leading cause of death revealed

Australia's leading cause of death revealed

Australia's leading cause of death revealed

The majority of deaths in Australia have multiple causes but heart disease contributed more than any other, research shows.

In a heartbeat: smart watches helping to close the gap

In a heartbeat: smart watches helping to close the gap

In a heartbeat: smart watches helping to close the gap

In a heartbeat: smart watches helping to close the gap

Aboriginal health experts at the Heart Research Institute are warning about atrial fibrillation, as a pilot study aims to help prevent cardiovascular disease.

100,000 patients eligible for heart drug under PBS

100,000 patients eligible for heart drug under PBS

100,000 patients eligible for heart drug under PBS

100,000 patients eligible for heart drug under PBS

More patients can soon access a chronic heart failure medicine under the PBS which is set to save them hundreds of dollars per year.

The preventable disease killing First Nations people

The preventable disease killing First Nations people

The preventable disease killing First Nations people

The preventable disease killing First Nations people

First Nations health advocates and leaders are calling on more investment for a preventable heart disease disproportionately affecting Indigenous Australians.

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