- 28 August 2018Update from the Big Apple
New York training is in full swing for Heart Foundation Overseas Fellow Dr Mariusz Wolbinski. Here's an update on his progress.
Read more... - 24 August 2018From heart attack to Ironheart
The French Riviera city of Nice is a dream holiday spot for most, but for Stephen Parun, 48, it was a beautiful backdrop for his recent Ironman success – an incredible feat, just three years after he collapsed outside a London pub, from a heart attack leading to cardiac arrest.
Read more... - 4 July 2018Half-marathon hero for baby Cody
Last year, when Terry Morris (49) ditched his 36-year-smoking-habit, he soon realised he wasn’t very fit.
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The Auckland Bioengineering Institute’s Atrial Fibrillation group, led by Heart Foundation Alumni Dr Jichao Zhao, has received a US$ 3 million grant from the American National Institute of Health (NIH).
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A Heart Foundation-funded researcher from the University of Auckland has won the Best Presentation in the Young Research Forum Award at an international conference in Amsterdam.
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Steve McIntyre is on a mission. On July 01, 2018 he will walk the Wellington half marathon raising funds for the Heart Foundation.
Read more... - 9 April 2018Can ‘junk’ DNA help diagnose heart disease?
Dr Sarah Appleby describes research into new biomarkers that indicate the presence of heart disease as “turning over rocks to see what is underneath – sometimes there’s nothing but every now and then there is something.”
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As a teenager, Rosy McCall experienced ‘heart palpitations’ that her doctor explained as normal for a gymnast. They continued throughout her teens and twenties.
Read more... - 9 November 2017Tight throat and breathlessness signal heart trouble
Kaye Burling had just completed a stand-up paddle board course in her hometown of Rotorua when she noticed a reoccurring tightness in her throat suddenly worsen.
Read more... - 27 October 2017Long-time supporter wins 50th Jennian Heart Foundation Lottery
When 79-year-old Masterton resident, Anne Clinch first heard she had won the Heart Foundation Lottery’s first prize of a fully-furnished Jennian dream home in Whitianga, she wondered if she was being scammed.
Read more... - 12 October 2017Open heart surgery prompts support
When the Heart Foundation held its Annual Appeal during February 2017, thousands of volunteers took to the streets nationwide to help raise funds for the charity.
Read more... - 5 October 2017Hope for the future
As a man who has experienced the heart break that heart disease can bring upon a family, Milton has made it his mission to give hope to future generations, so they might not have to experience the same loss.
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