A number of years ago, Fiona shared her story of her heart attack. She is now 46 and working as a bookkeeper and slowly increasing her hours. Prior to her…
I was diagnosed with high cholesterol (7.1) at the age of 40, and although my doctor recommended statins, I opted to lower my cholesterol through diet and exercise. Initially, I…
Debra Clare's experience with heart disease started when she began to feel chest pain and became unwell for over a year. She went to her GP and the hospital multiple…
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…
It’s been over a year now since I stopped drinking alcohol and I have honestly never felt better in my life. The habit just sort of creeps up…
Melanie never woke up. On Saturday 2nd June last year, Melanie and her husband James spent the day as many young families did – looking at a potential new house…
After a night of casual drinks with friends four years ago, Sally Brooks realised something was not quite right with her heart. It wasn’t until six months later that she was diagnosed with the most common heart rhythm disorder in women, Atrial Fibrillation – or AFib.
(by Cathy O’Leary) Kayla Gerrans still cannot believe she came close to needing a heart transplant just because she was pregnant. Only now —18 months after she collapsed with heart failure in a hospital carpark — can she talk about her brush with death when she developed rare pregnancy-induced heart failure.
PEOPLE are shocked when I tell them that I had a cardiac arrest at age 30. But I’m the face of heart attack — this is what it can look…
