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

Heart Health Check Toolkit

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...

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. ...

Snack recipes

Search for healthy snack ideas...

Loaded veggie shepherds pie

1 hour

Serves Serves 4 (as a main meal)

Women and heart disease

Information on women and heart disease for consumers....

Benefits of physical activity for your heart

Physical activity and exercise can do wonders for your physical and mental health....

Salad recipes

Search through our tasty salad recipes...

Blood pressure and your heart

Understand blood pressure and how it can impact your heart health....

Supporting Young Hearts

Advice from young people living with a heart condition....

Salmon primavera spaghetti

15 minutes

Serves 4

The Heart Failure Toolkit

The Toolkit provides health services with a targeted approach to addressing readmission rates and decreasing variation in care....

Heart stories

Stories of hope from Australian men and women fighting heart disease....

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: Are you at risk of heart disease? 

Preventing heart disease starts with knowing your risk factors and making changes to live a healthier life. ...

Donation receipts

Due to end of financial year and the ongoing lockdowns in several states, we are currently experiencing some delays in processing and receipting of donations....

Targeting novel lipids in an oral based treatment for the failing heart

Dr Yow Keat Tham, Institution: Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute...

Driving Best Practice CVD Prevention in a Post-COVID World

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

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

Do you have a Heart Story to share?

Sharing your story could help another Australian just like you to overcome their heart challenges...

What is a cardiac arrest?

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

What is an arrhythmia?

Arrhythmia is a fault in the heart’s electrical system, which affects your heart’s pumping rhythm....

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: Heart Health Projects

Projects aimed at improving the heart health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples ...

Taking your heart medicines

Know what your heart medicines are for and how to take them. ...

Ranch dressing

Serves Makes 1 cup | Serves 6 (2 tablespoons – 40ml)

Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD)

Clinical information and links to SCAD resources....

For Professionals: COVID-19 & cardiovascular disease

Information and resources for health care professionals....

Asian recipes

Find heart healthy Asian recipes....

My health for life program

The Heart Foundation is a proud supporter of the Queensland My health for life program...

Get started with more physical activity

Finding time for physical activity is one of the best things you can do for your heart...