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18 May - Heart Foundation launches one-stop cardiac management website
The Heart Foundation has launched Heart Education Assessment and Rehabilitation Toolkit (HEART) Online – a one-stop website providing up-to-date best-practice information on cardiac prevention, rehabilitation and heart failure management. Read article

18 May - High risk Australians not getting heart checked
Around half of Australians who are identified as being at high risk of having a heart attack have not visited their doctor for a heart health check in the past two years, new research presented at the Heart Foundation Conference today reveals. Read article

18 May - More research needed on long term effects of low carb diets
Health professionals at the Heart Foundation Conference in Adelaide today heard that while low carbohydrate diets result in greater short term weight loss, other health implications of low carbohydrate diets are still not fully understood. Read article

18 May - New research confirms fish oil is the good oil for heart health
A review of recent clinical trials has reconfirmed the Heart Foundation’s fish oil guidelines according to Associate Professor David Colquhoun, Cardiologist from the University of Queensland and Wesley and Greenslopes Private Hospitals. Read article

17 May - Lowering your cholesterol is just a phone call away
Telephone delivered motivational counselling achieved a 15% reduction in bad cholesterol according to a paper delivered at the Heart Foundation Conference (16-18 May) being held in Adelaide today. Read article

17 May - Landmark study reveals black holes in Australia’s heart care
A landmark study in Australia and New Zealand, ‘Snapshot ACS’, published in the Medical Journal of Australia and presented today at the Heart Foundation Conference in Adelaide reveals alarming black holes in the variation of acute coronary syndrome care across the country. Read article

16 May - Widespread support for universal ambulance cover
Almost nine in ten Australians support the introduction of universal ambulance cover to ensure no-one has to pay a fee to use an ambulance in an emergency, according to research being released today at the Heart Foundation Conference. Read article

16 May - “Grabbable gut” grabbing attention
The LiveLighter campaign, aimed at tackling obesity by promoting healthier food and increased levels of physical activity, has shown in its first round of evaluation that the approach is working. Read article

15 May - Depression and heart disease poorly screened
Nurses in a Victorian medical clinic are assessing patients with heart disease for depression before seeing their GP, in a trial to help better identify depression in heart patients, the Heart Foundation Conference will hear this week. Read article

14 May - New trial getting to the bottom of good heart health
Early results of a new clinical trial uncovering the health effects of a sitting too much at work will be revealed at the Heart Foundation National Conference in Adelaide (May 16-18) on Thursday. Read article

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