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My Heart, My Life program and support resources
Learn how the Heart Foundation can support you and your loved ones.
If you have recently experienced a heart attack or angina episode, you can register for the FREE My Heart, My Life program. Your family and friends are also encouraged to register.
The program offers free access to print and digital resources, along with email and text support. It is here to help you:
- understand more about your heart condition
- know how to look after your health when you leave hospital
- reduce your risk of further heart problems.
Other support resources
As part of your recovery journey, you can also:
- access our heart health information in your language
- order free printed resources from our online shop
- seek peer support for those aged 18–45 years through our Supporting Young Hearts program
- understand healthy eating for your heart and discover Heart Foundation recipes
- start your physical activity journey and download a free Personal Walking Plan.
Heart Health Check Toolkit
Heart Health Check Toolkit
Health Professional Tools
Health Professional Tools
Health Professional Tools
Guidelines, publications and support for the health professional community....
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Together, we can change the future of heart disease
Together, we can change the future of heart disease
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Heart Week 2022
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COVID-19 info & FAQs
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Information and FAQs about COVID-19 and heart disease....
Q&A with Dr Dean Picone
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Key Statistics: Heart attack
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Statistics and information on heart attack in Australia...
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Keeping a close watch on brain and kidney health during heart surgery.
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How we work
How we work
How we work
One Heart, One Team...
Feelings and emotions after a heart attack
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This is a guide to how you might be feeling after a heart attack. ...
Take on the 3,000 Squats in April challenge
Take on the 3,000 Squats in April challenge
Take on the 3,000 Squats in April challenge
Think you could pull off 100 squats a day for an entire month? Join the 3,000 Squats in April challenge and help raise funds for lifesaving heart disease research. ...
Become a corporate partner
Become a corporate partner
Become a corporate partner
Partner with us to help us fight for Australian hearts....
Sit less, move more
Sit less, move more
Sit less, move more
You may be surprised to know that on average, adults sit for nine hours a day....
Personal Walking Plan
Personal Walking Plan
Refer patients to a six-week free Personal Walking Plan...
Our supporters
Our supporters
Our supporters
Working together to save Australian hearts...
Diabetes and heart disease
Diabetes and heart disease
Diabetes and heart disease
Diabetes is an ongoing health condition where your body’s usual ways of controlling your blood sugar, or blood glucose levels, don’t work properly. ...
A new way to regulate blood and liver fats
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Automated Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD or AICD)
Automated Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD or AICD)
This is a device inserted into your chest to return abnormal heart rhythms to normal using electrical impulses. ...
Blood tests for heart disease
Blood tests for heart disease
Blood tests can measure the levels of substances such as blood fat to show if, and how much of, your heart has been damaged....
Heart Healthy Dinner Plan
Heart Healthy Dinner Plan
Heart Healthy Dinner Plan
Sign up now and discover delicious, easy to follow dinner recipes. Plus shopping lists, tips and other helpful information to make healthy eating easy. ...
Cardiomyopathy; another health curveball for Ange
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Roast vegetable pasta
Roast vegetable pasta
Cardiac Rehabilitation for Health Professionals - Patient Resources
Cardiac Rehabilitation for Health Professionals - Patient Resources
Sweet potato breakfast hash
Sweet potato breakfast hash
Sweet potato breakfast hash
24-hour Blood Pressure Monitoring
24-hour Blood Pressure Monitoring
24-hour Blood Pressure Monitoring
Blood pressure monitoring at home using a 24-hour blood pressure monitor test....
Tahini tofu dressing
Tahini tofu dressing
Tahini tofu dressing
E O Myers Trust Fund
E O Myers Trust Fund
The E O Myers Trust Fund provides grants to support medical education, advancing the knowledge and skill of cardiology health professionals in South Australia....