The highs and lows of blood pressure
Getting your blood pressure checked is one of the best things you can do for your health because high blood pressure can cause serious problems without any obvious warning signs.
Looking after yourself after a heart attack
Leaving hospital is just the beginning of your recovery from a heart attack. Most people survive a first heart attack and go on to live healthy, productive lives. But after one heart attack, unfortunately you’re at increased risk of another. Here are some tips to help you feel better - and stay well - into the future.
Heart smart watches
If you look closely, you will see them on people’s wrists everywhere. Smart watches or fitness trackers claim to count your steps, measure your sleep, calculate calories, document your heart rate, and now, some even test your heart function with an ECG.
Christmas lunch for cardiac patients
The 2018 HeartSmart Christmas Lunch at Leonda on the Yarra was extra special with Tour de France cyclist, Matt Keenan acting as MC and a family sharing their personal story of a 'chain of survival'.
Heart patient stent alert
Earlier this week, Abbott Vascular Australia announced that the heart device Absorb Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold system will no longer be used as research has shown it is linked to elevated rates of heart attacks and blood clots.
The product is an absorbable heart stent that is inserted into an artery around the heart due to narrowing of that artery, so that blood flow to the heart would be improved.
