Category: Cardiovascular

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Heart Disease (69 total entries)

High Blood Pressure (34 total entries)

High cholesterol (28 total entries)

Hypertension (7 total entries)

Hand on heart – it’s time to call it quits | News News icon

Posted: 06 Jun, 2010

A new report released recently discredits the commonly held belief that heart conditions only affect older men.

Hidden group with preventable health problems | News News icon

Posted: 06 Jun, 2010

A new study has found a high rate of preventable health problems among older Australians who are relying on home and community care services in order to remain in their homes and independent.

Be careful of salt | News News icon

By Rodney Appleyard - 10 Feb, 2010

A high salt diet can cause serious health problems including high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease.

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Transcendental meditation lowers heart disease | Features Features icon

Posted: 17 Nov, 2009

Patients with coronary heart disease who practiced the stress-reducing Transcendental Meditation® technique had nearly 50 percent lower rates of heart attack, stroke, and death compared to nonmeditating controls, according to the results of a first-ever study presented recently during the annual meeting of the American Heart Association in Orlando, Fla.

Heart shows the head how it’s done | News News icon

Posted: 13 Oct, 2009

Methods used for analysing a person’s risk of cardiovascular diseases are shedding new light on assessing and modifying a person’s risk of depression, according to a study from The Australian National
University.

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New side effects found in statins | Features Features icon

Posted: 27 Sep, 2009

They have been hailed as wonder drugs — lowering cholesterol and helping heart patients recover their health — but side effects of some statin therapies may be loss of muscle mass and premature fatigue, especially in older people, the largest patient group taking them.

Call for cardiovascular health checks | News News icon

Posted: 21 Sep, 2009

Four leading health charities have called for the implementation of a national program of regular cardiovascular health checks, saying it could prevent thousands of premature deaths and ease pressure on hospitals by better identifying people at high risk of developing disease and ensuring they received the needed treatment and on-going care.

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Men need to change lifestyle to live longer over 50 | Features Features icon

Posted: 20 Sep, 2009

Middle aged men who smoke, have high blood pressure and raised cholesterol levels can expect a 10–15 year shorter life expectancy from age 50 compared with men without these risk factors.

Nutrition experts welcome Preventative Health Taskforce report | News News icon

By Rodney Appleyard - 06 Sep, 2009

Australia’s peak nutrition body has welcomed the release of the Government’s National Preventative Health Taskforce report – ‘Australia: The Healthiest Country by 2020’, which outlines a series of proposals to improve the health of Australians.

New trial supports community nursing | News News icon

By Rodney Appleyard - 06 Sep, 2009

With almost half the adult population obese or overweight and even more making unhealthy lifestyle choices involving alcohol and tobacco, Australia is facing a crisis of premature death and rising health costs, a fact highlighted this week in the federal government’s National Primary Health Care Strategy.

Nuts good for heart, eyes and gut | News News icon

Posted: 10 Aug, 2009

Scientific research has found that eating a handful of nuts each day can halve your risk of developing heart disease, lower blood cholesterol, help control weight and act as a preventative measure against Type 2 diabetes.

Help GPs spend more time preventing illness | News News icon

Posted: 26 Jul, 2009

The Medicare rebate system should be reformed to enable General Practitioners to spend more time helping patients to avoid preventable health problems, the AMA has said.

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IQ affects heart disease risk for less well off | Features Features icon

Posted: 19 Jul, 2009

IQ is part of the reason that people from poorer backgrounds have a higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease, according to a new study.

Hey man, take charge of your health | News News icon

By Rodney Appleyard - 18 Jun, 2009

AMA Queensland is urging all Queensland men to take greater care of their health and so reduce their chance of developing potentially preventable disease.

Time for action on Australia’s growing weight problem | News News icon

By Rodney Appleyard - 17 May, 2009

The nation’s largest independent disease prevention groups have called for immediate and serious action to control Australia’s growing weight problem following the release of new data showing 62% of Australians adults are now overweight or obese.

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Cardiac rehabilitation through mobile phones | Features Features icon

Posted: 17 May, 2009

Patients who have been treated in hospital for cardiac health problems, such as a heart attack, are being given a powerful new option to help set them on the path to good health.

Preventative health to benefit from Alcopops revenue | News News icon

By Rodney Appleyard - 03 May, 2009

As a result of the revenue from the Government’s alcopops measure, the Rudd Government is investing $872 million in preventative health - including initiatives focusing on alcohol abuse, healthy eating and physical activity and breastfeeding initiatives.

Women oblivious to heart disease risk | News News icon

By Rodney Appleyard - 03 May, 2009

A staggering 78% of Australian women are unaware that heart disease is their number 1 killer. The high number of Australian women who are unaware of their heart disease risk is of great concern, says the Heart Foundation as it launches its Go Red for Women campaign.

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Children suffer from over exposure to TV junk food ads | Features Features icon

Posted: 03 May, 2009

Parents, leading health and consumer groups have renewed calls for tougher advertising regulations, after releasing figures warning that Australian children are force fed about 2200 junk food advertisements on television per year.

Tobacco tax hike needed to boost quit rates | News News icon

By Rodney Appleyard - 19 Apr, 2009

The Heart Foundation has called on the Australian Government to end a decade of neglect and increase tobacco tax to drive up quit rates and boost funding for disease prevention, particularly for those in lower socio-economic groups.

Declining cardiovascular death rate at risk | News News icon

By Rodney Appleyard - 19 Apr, 2009

Death rates from cardiovascular disease – in decline since the late 1960s – could rise again in the years ahead as risk factors such as obesity and type-2 diabetes escalate and others such as physical inactivity, high blood pressure and high blood cholesterol, continue at unacceptably high levels, the Heart Foundation National CEO, Dr Lyn Roberts has warned

Heart and stroke assessment from 45 years | News News icon

By Rodney Appleyard - 12 Apr, 2009

According to a new guideline for General Practitioners (GPs) Australians should be assessed for their risk of cardiovascular disease from the age of 45 and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples from 35 years.

Warning on teen smoking risk | News News icon

By Rodney Appleyard - 29 Mar, 2009

One in two people who start smoking as teenagers will eventually die from tobacco-related diseases, Substance Abuse Minister Jane Lomax-Smith has warned.

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Staying in school longer could reduce dementia | Features Features icon

Posted: 29 Mar, 2009

Improvements in education and health could reduce the number of elderly people who suffer from dementia, according to the first study in England to compare elderly cognitive ability. Source: Cambridge University.

Cardiovascular disease is still a huge problem | News News icon

By Rodney Appleyard - 22 Mar, 2009

Statistics released recently by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), again highlight the devastating impact of cardiovascular disease on the Australian population. Cardiovascular disease remains the number one killer, responsible for 34% of all deaths in Australia.