- 17 December 2021Young adventuress blogger opens up about heart event
At 31 years old, travel blogger Liz Carlson had a clean bill of health and an appetite for adventure. Since starting her blog, Young Adventuress, over 10 years ago, Liz has been on some extraordinary journeys, yet on Valentine’s Day 2020, she experienced a heart attack that became the motivation to change her life for the better.
Read more... - 3 December 2021New community health partnership announced for Northlanders
Northlanders with heart disease, diabetes and gout arthritis are set to get more support with the launch of a new partnership between three health charities and Mahitahi Hauora, Northland’s primary health entity.
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The Heart Foundation has awarded its John Ormiston Fellowship to Dr Bernard Wong, who will spend a year at the Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong. There he will undertake research and clinical practice and learn up-to-the-minute intervention procedures, some of which are not yet available in New Zealand.
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The Heart Foundation is co-funding research to see if a simpler test could be used to identify treatment strategies for people who’ve had a heart attack. If successful, some people will avoid transfer from regional hospitals for more invasive tests, and those requiring treatment such as stents will get it more quickly.
Read more... - 12 November 2021Artificial intelligence could improve heart treatment
The Heart Foundation has granted researcher Dr Jichao Zhao a three-year fellowship to investigate ways that the latest modelling and digital simulation could be used to improve treatment for a common heart problem in New Zealand.
Read more... - 5 November 2021Transplant the focus of Heart Foundation Fellowship
Future New Zealand heart transplant patients are set to benefit from a Heart Foundation training fellowship that will see a New Zealand doctor working at a leading Canadian Hospital.
Read more... - 28 October 2021Heart proteins to treat heart disease
Dr Nicola Scott has received a Heart Foundation research grant to investigate a newly discovered heart protein that could be used to treat a debilitating heart condition.
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Dr Libby Curtis has received a Heart Foundation Fellowship to work on ground-breaking heart research in France before bringing her specialist skills back to Hawkes Bay Hospital.
Read more... - 19 October 2021Round the Bays charity partnership announced
The Heart Foundation are thrilled to have been selected as the official charity for the Ports of Auckland Round the Bays 2022, the largest fun run in New Zealand, on Sunday 6 March 2022.
Read more... - 19 October 2021Does inflammation cause heart rhythm problems?
Otago researcher Mr Hamish Aitken-Buck will use a three-year Heart Foundation Fellowship to investigate the link between fat, inflammation, and New Zealand’s most common heart rhythm problem.
Read more... - 29 September 2021New pacemaker a ‘game changer’ for heart failure treatment
Heart Foundation funded research is investigating the benefits of a newly developed pacemaker that could potentially reverse the decline of failing hearts.
Read more... - 29 September 2021Inaugural Foundation100 Fellowship
Senior Research Fellow Dr Anna Pilbrow has been awarded the Heart Foundation’s inaugural Foundation100 Fellowship. Her two-year research project will investigate the use of DNA and genetics to identify people at risk of heart attacks and heart failure.
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