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Since being diagnosed with a heart condition in 1999, Mairangi Bay local Dean has seen firsthand the positive change that heart research has made possible. Now, it’s his mission as an Area Coordinator in the Big Heart Appeal street collection to make even more of an impact.

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From co-enzyme Q10 to plant sterols, can dietary supplements benefit your heart health? We explore the evidence.

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As the Heart Foundation’s Annual Appeal gets underway in February, the charity’s Medical Director Gerry Devlin has sounded a grim warning that heart disease could be on the rise.

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In June 2008, 17-year-old Otago teen Jean-Philippe (J-P) Dufour ran to the side line of his school football game and said to a friend, “Oh, I am getting chest pain, it’s weird.”

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The Heart Foundation has released a new position statement on alcohol advising that no amount of alcohol is good for your heart health and drinking less is a better option.

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At just 35 years old, Tanya’s busy life as a mother of two little boys was turned upside down by some seriously worrying symptoms. Her heart was beating much faster than it should have been and often palpitating out of time.

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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.

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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.

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Heart failure nurse Dr. Simone Inkrot has just received a European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Nursing and Allied Professions Investigator Award at the ESC Congress in Munich.

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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.

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A heart attack treatment that could increase longevity and quality of life for New Zealanders with heart disease is the focus of new Heart Foundation funded research.

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New high-resolution heart scan tech could transform diagnosis and treatment in New Zealand. Dr Charlotte Greer is exploring its potential to detect disease earlier and reduce the need for multiple or invasive tests.

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