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About 21,000 years of life are lost by women to heart disease each year, and research shows heart attacks are misdiagnosed more often in women than men.

Pacific health leader Dr Collin Tukuitonga is joining the Heart Foundation as its Chief Advisor Pacific.

The Heart Foundation Lottery, one of our significant fundraising programmes, is being impacted by the Covid-19 restrictions which are affecting our ability to operate as usual.

There are reports that less people are turning up to hospital with suspected heart attacks. The usual advice stands: if you are experiencing symptoms of a heart attack call 111 immediately and ask for an ambulance.

The Heart Foundation is teaming up with New Zealand’s biggest esports broadcaster in a 90-minute live gaming livestream.

Young, fit and loving life. At only 41 Trudy Hudson-Owen never thought she'd have a heart attack, let alone in such a dramatic way. The Whangarei mother of two was washing the windows at home on a Sunday afternoon, when she started to feel unwell. And within 20 minutes, she had no pulse.

MPs are showing their big hearts throughout the country, by supporting the Heart Foundation's Big Heart Appeal street collection this month.

It's a love story with a happy ending – Elizabeth and Paul O'Brien will be celebrating this Valentine's Day with the knowledge Elizabeth's heart has finally recovered.

The Heart Foundation has announced funding for a new nursing training fellowship of $25,000 to be awarded in 2020.

While still in his thirties, dad-of-three and former Flava Breakfast host Sela Alo, was diagnosed with a heart condition and now he's encouraging people to get a free pulse check as part of the Heart Foundation's atrial fibrillation awareness week.

Dr Moritz Lassé, Research Fellow with the Christchurch Heart Institute, a University of Otago Research Centre, has been awarded a Heart Foundation small project grant to help pick up kidney damage after heart failure.

Research into the quality of carbohydrates on our supermarket shelves aims to give New Zealanders clear advice on what foods to enjoy most.