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Time to book a Heart Health Check?

If you're 45 and over, or 30 and over if you're of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent, you should book your Heart Health Check today...

Heart Week 2022

With one Australian having a heart attack or stroke every 4 minutes, you have the power to change this statistic. ...

Health Professional Tools

Guidelines, publications and support for the health professional community....

Together, we can change the future of heart disease

The power of your ongoing support can help save lives and keep more families together. Help us continue to fund promising heart research projects by donating today. ...

Heart Health Check Toolkit

National Heart Health Check Recall Program

Known as Text to Detect, this will be the largest quality improvement program of its kind in Australian primary care....

What is a cardiac arrest?

With immediate help a cardiac arrest can be survived. Learn how to save a life....

Q&A with Dr James Nadel

The role of inflammation in the development, identification and treatment of unstable blood vessel plaque...

CardioFix: Improving heart health through personality-based therapy for overeating behaviour

Professor Tracy Burrows, Institution: The University of Newcastle...

Aboriginal heart health

Visit the St Vincents Hospital NSW and Heart Foundation Aboriginal heart health website for more information...

Lamb souvlaki wraps

5 minutes

Serves 2

Roast vegetable pasta

30 minutes

Serves 6 (as a side)

Matilda signs up for Jump Rope just one month after open-heart surgery

Media Release - 26 June 2020...

For professionals: Cardiovascular disease risk assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples 

Recommendations for assessing Cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples ...

Grilled haloumi and crunchy green salad

8-10 minutes

Serves 4 (as a side)

Donate Monthly | Become a Regular Donor

Join the fight against heart disease....

Heart Foundation welcomes funding pledge to support walking program in Tasmania

Dessert recipes

Find heart healthy dessert recipes....

Cardiac Rehabilitation for Health Professionals - Patient Resources

Seafood recipes

Find heart healthy seafood recipes...

Heart failure resources for patients

Educate your patients on everything they need to know about heart failure and managing their condition ...

Baking recipes

Find heart healthy baking recipes ...

WEBINAR | Lipids in the limelight: clinical update on screening and management

My Heart, My Life program and support resources

Learn how the Heart Foundation can support you and your loved ones. ...

Help others in need through a gift in your Will

Ian “did not hesitate” to leave 100% of his estate to the Heart Foundation....

End of Financial Year Tax Receipt

Looking to claim your donations in your tax return this financial year?...

Enhancing Cardiovascular Risk Prediction in Patients undergoing Liver Transplantation

Dr Anoop Koshy, Institution: The University of Melbourne...

Our research stories

We fund amazing researchers who have important stories to tell...

Long-term recovery after a heart attack

Information to help you adjust to what could be the 'new normal'...

Absolute CVD risk charts

Absolute CVD risk charts provide a visual tool to calculate CVD risk for use in practice in Australia....