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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.

Work towards a vaccine to stop rheumatic fever is “looking more promising”, says Heart Foundation Fellow Dr Jacelyn Loh.

The Heart Foundation today announced $3.7 million of funding for heart research and specialist training for New Zealand cardiologists, bringing the total awarded by the charity since its formation in 1968, to more than $74 million dollars.

Just what New Zealand children are eating isn’t clear and new research aims to find out.

Kiwi researchers are trying to find out how long to give blood-thinning treatments to heart attack survivors.

As part of his PhD, Dr Steve Waqanivavalagi is engineering tissue heart valves in the lab and hopes his new Heart Foundation funding will help make the valves last a patient’s lifetime.

Heart disease is a major killer for people with mental illness and one Wellington doctor is trying to turn this around.

The findings of a nationwide heart research project have been presented by New Zealand cardiologist, Professor Ralph Stewart, in Paris this morning (2.40am NZT).

Dr Michelle Munro is undertaking a world-first study into protein interactions that could provide new treatment options for people living with atrial fibrillation (AF), helping to improve their symptoms and quality of life.

Dr Ben Wilkins’ Heart Foundation overseas fellowship has a two-fold benefit – he will return home with new skills and a greater understanding of valve procedure research, both of which will help improve the heart health of New Zealanders.

Within two years of having a heart attack up to one in five people in New Zealand experience further problems needing repeat admissions to hospital or even death.