Patients recovering from heart attacks are almost 30% more likely to take part in rehab at home using a new smartphone app compared to those who had to travel to an outpatient clinic or centre. What’s…
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Detecting and treating patients before they have a cardiac arrest isn’t rocket science, but it’s a life saver. Rapid response systems identify deteriorating patients by abnormal vital signs and observations…
Pacemakers help regulate slow or skipping heartbeats through electrical currents that run via leads to the heart. Since the first artificial one was implanted into Arne Larsson in 1958, modern pacemakers…
A new US study may explain how stress increases the risk of cardiovascular disease. By monitoring 29 medical residents working…
The salt debate has filled the pages of health magazines and newspapers for years. From John Swales’ original scepticism in 1988 to the Godlee’s sharp call to reality in 1996, the debate has transcended…
Young and middle-aged female adults tend to receive slower hospital care than males in the same age range when experiencing…
One of the world’s largest clinical cell therapy trials has begun to enroll 3,000 heart attack patients, some of whom will have bone marrow cells extracted with a needle from their hip and fed into their…
Women may be at serious risk of developing blood clots for up to twelve weeks after giving birth, rather than six weeks as…
A new study has found a link between the amount of sodium in certain medications and the risk of cardiovascular problems, including hypertension and stroke – and says normal use of some medicines can expose…
The salt found in common effervescent and soluble drugs may be exposing consumers to an increased risk of heart problems, according to a study published in the BMJ today. The study found it’s possible…
Taking aspirin before going to bed may reduce the risk of having a heart attack in the morning. A new study has shown the…
Blood-thinning medication can have life-threatening implications, including causing a heart attack, if used over a prolonged…
Receiving the flu vaccine may almost halve the chance of a heart attack for middle-aged people with narrow arteries, a new study by Australian researchers has found. Heart disease kills and disables more…
Researchers at University of Sydney’s Brain and Mind Research Institute (BMRI) have found that heart attack survivors who…
Millions of people use diclofenac, an over-the-counter painkiller, to relieve pain and inflammation caused by arthritis, backache and other conditions. But on Friday, the UK medicines regulator, the Medicines…
Scientists have designed a synthetic antibody called Ichorcumab, which prevents blood-clotting without causing excessive…
Continuous use of some painkillers can increase the risk of heart attacks by a small but significant amount, a study has…
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy – the strange heart condition that may shed some light on some anecdotal tales about broken hearts.
Out of the 10,021 Australian who died of a heart attack in 2010, 5,305 were experiencing their second such event. Systematic national reforms are needed to reduce the alarming number of people having a…
Regular cocaine use significantly raises the risk of heart attack and stroke for otherwise healthy young people, a new study has found. The study, presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific…
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Professor of Medicine, University of Sydney
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Professor of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
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Executive Director, George Institute Australia, George Institute for Global Health
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Medical doctor, PhD candidate in cardiology, Monash University
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Vice-Chancellor, University of Wollongong
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Cardiologist at Westmead Hospital; Director of the Westmead Applied Research Centre, University of Sydney
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Senior Research Fellow, Cardiovascular Division, George Institute for Global Health
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Professor of Medicine, Pharmacology and Biomedical Engineering, University of Illinois Chicago
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SHARP Professor, Vitalities Lab, Centre for Social Research in Health and Social Policy Centre, and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, UNSW Sydney
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Professor and Head, Cardiovascular Research Unit, Monash University
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