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Latest health report reveals the biggest rise in heart disease in a decade, prompting Dame Jenny Shipley and Sir Richard Hadlee to lend their support to the Heart Foundation’s annual appeal.

A $100,000 Heart Foundation training grant means Waikato cardiologist Mariusz Wolbinski is off to the Big Apple for world-leading cardiology training at New York’s Columbia University in 2018.

One of the Heart Foundation’s longest-serving volunteers was recently farewelled from a lifetime of dedication to people with heart disease in the Waikato.

The Heart Foundation has announced a $148,000 grant to fund an exercise stress (treadmill) testing review at Christchurch Hospital, which researchers believe will reduce overcrowding at emergency and cardiology departments.

A new Rheumatic Heart Disease Registry will provide important information to improve care for the mostly Māori and Pacific patients living with rheumatic heart disease (RHD), caused by rheumatic fever.

St John knows that bystanders having the confidence to take action when a person is in cardiac arrest can be the difference between a life saved or a life lost. Early intervention can increase a person’s survivability by more than 50 per cent.

The Heart Foundation in New Zealand will be the first to light the torch for World Heart Day this Friday, 29 September as the Sky Tower pulsates red to raise awareness for the world’s number one killer, cardiovascular disease (CVD), which includes heart disease and stroke.

With one in three Kiwis with major cardiovascular illness suffering from depression, new research at Victoria University of Wellington will investigate the link between depression, anxiety and heart disease.

Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Week 18-24 September, kicks off today with a warning from the Heart Foundation that up to 20,000 Kiwis may be unaware they have the condition, an irregular heart rhythm causing poor blood flow and increasing the risk of stroke.

Many people spend increasing time sitting during their work days, but breaking things up with regular brisk walks, and taking daily 30-minute walks, significantly lowers levels of fatty acids that lead to clogged arteries, according to University of Otago research.

The Heart Foundation is concerned about lack of heart attack symptom awareness and action.

The Heart Foundation says the recent announcement of a new drinks’ industry plan to fight childhood obesity needs to go further to focus on the reduction of all sugary drinks in secondary schools.