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Environment, climate change and heart health

Information on how air pollution, heatwaves and bushfires can impact heart health, and what you can do to look after yourself. ...

Heart Age Calculator

Could you be at risk of heart disease? Get your estimated heart age now....

Heart Health Check Toolkit

Pilbara Aboriginal Heart Health Program

The program works with local communities to help improve heart health in the Pilbara....

What is cardiac rehab?

Cardiac rehab is proven to keep you out of hospital and reduce your risk of death from heart conditions....

Are you at risk of heart disease?

There is no single cause for any one heart condition, but there are risk factors that increase your chance of developing one. ...

Grilled haloumi and crunchy green salad

8-10 minutes

Serves 4 (as a side)

Q&A with Dr Eleanor Quested

Harnessing the appeal of professional sport to improve health for men with cardiovascular disease...

What is heart failure?

Heart failure is a condition where your heart isn’t pumping as well as it should be....

Salmon primavera spaghetti

15 minutes

Serves 2

Medical tests for heart disease

Learn about the common tests your doctor may want you to have to diagnose your heart condition....

Strawberry fields oats

10 minutes

Serves 2

What is acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease?

Rheumatic heart disease is a serious disease that causes damage to your heart valves. ...

Q&A with Dr James Nadel

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

2022 Postdoctoral Fellowship

The Postdoctoral Fellowship aims to identify the best and brightest (recent) PhD graduates, give them a boost to their research career and enhance their ability to attract and secure future funding....

Nutrition Resources for Practice and Patient Care

2020 Strategic Grant Recipients

COVID-19 info & FAQs

Information and FAQs about COVID-19 and heart disease....

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk assessment and management

Absolute CVD risk assessment is an integrated approach that estimates the cumulative risk of multiple risk factors to predict a heart attack or stroke event in the next five years....