Our Founder Dr Linda Worrall-Carter had the pleasure of talking to Community Ambassador Lisa Bennett. Lisa is an incredibly inspiring woman who (in a relatively short time after heart surgery)…
Our Founder Dr Linda Worrall-Carter had the pleasure of talking to Kate McCarthy, women’s AFLW player for St Kilda. As a high performing athlete, Kate is living proof that living…
Foggy thinking, fatigue, and excessive hunger are all red flags. “There are millions of people with type-2 diabetes who are undiagnosed,” says Dr Kristi Silver. How could this be?…
Heart disease remains the leading cause of death for women being responsible for 35% of total deaths in women in 2019 (1). Heart disease includes heart rhythm problems, heart…
The leading cause of death globally is heart disease and hypertension is a risk factor for heart disease. Hypertension involves many organs in the body and is considered a modifiable…
It wasn’t that long ago, about 10 years, when researchers realized that men and women experienced different symptoms and types of heart disease. These differences can affect diagnosis and subsequently…
This month we celebrated International Women’s Day (March 8th) and the theme this year is #ChooseToChallenge. Challenges can include checking your heart health and making this an annual thing…
While most women know the risk, factors related to heart disease, in a recent national survey nearly 40% still think heart disease is a man’s disease and over half had…
2020 has been quite a year. However the pandemic has affected your lifestyle, stress would have affected you in some way. Whether it’s in anticipation of a deadline while working…
It’s common knowledge that our heartbeat has a rhythm, but what happens when that rhythm is irregular?
