Leading charity hearts4heart is urging every Australian to be smart about their heart, as they launch Australia’s first Heart Failure Awareness Week (June 27 – July 3). Now affecting 1 in 50 Australians, heart failure ...
Long working hours led to 745 000 deaths from stroke and ischemic heart disease in 2016, a 29 per cent increase since 2000, according to the latest estimates by the World Health Organization and the ...
A simple surgery saves patients with heart arrhythmia from often-lethal strokes, says a large international study led by McMaster University. Researchers found that removing the left atrial appendage — an unused, finger-like tissue that can ...
Most people who consume double the recommended 5g of daily salt intake are putting themselves at greater risk of heart diseases and strokes that kill an estimated 3 million people each year. Today, the World ...
For the first time, a study has shown a clear link between the frequency and duration of unconscious wakefulness during night-time sleep and an increased risk of dying from diseases of the heart and blood ...
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