High blood cholesterol can increase your risk of cardiovascular disease. By eating less saturated fat you can help to lower your LDL or ‘bad’ cholesterol.
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Exercise may help in chronic heart failure
Aerobic exercise improves aerobic capacity in people with chronic heart failure.
Peripheral arterial disease
Peripheral arterial disease refers to a narrowing of the blood vessels in the legs. Find out about the symptoms, risk factors, tests and treatment.
Haemophilia: what is it?
Bleeding disorders such as Haemophilia and von Willebrand disease are rare health conditions where a person’s blood doesn’t clot properly. This article explains what causes bleeding disorders, how they are inherited, common symptoms, treatment, how many people in Australia have them and where to find more information.
Heart attack and cardiac arrest: emergency treatment
First aid and emergency treatment if you suspect someone is having a heart attack, or if someone has had a cardiac arrest.
Heart attack recovery
Most people make a good recovery after a heart attack. Cardiac rehabilitation services give support and advice to help you return to an active life and help prevent future heart problems.
Women twice as likely to die from a serious heart attack than men
Women are more likely than men to not get appropriate follow-up treatment after a heart attack, and 6 months later are twice as likely to die from a serious heart attack.
Women treated worse than men after heart attack
Women have poorer outcomes after a serious heart attack than men, and are less likely to receive the right treatment.
Heart anatomy
View a picture of the anatomy of the heart, which is made up of 4 compartments: 2 atria and 2 ventricles.
Outback nurse treats his own heart attack
An Australian nurse in the outback diagnoses and treats his own heart attack. Listen to Dr Norman Swan's award-winning interview with Ryan Franks.
