Former Yellow Wiggle Greg Page survived a cardiac arrest while performing at a Wiggles reunion show in January 2020. He survived because bystanders knew how to do CPR and there was an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) nearby in the club where he was performing. Of 28,000 cardiac arrests each year in Australia, only 10 per…
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Heart Failure Awareness Week (June 27 – July 3)
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Clinicians, patients, carers and politicians are joining leading charity hearts4heart in urging Australians to be smart about their heart, as they kick off Australia’s inaugural Heart Failure Awareness Week (June 27 – July 3). Now affecting 1 in 50 Australians, heart failure is becoming increasingly common and expected to rise, as more people survive heart…
Heart attack kills more Australians than Covid
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Great as they are, and giving us insight into a plethora of information, statistics also drive home hard realities – like it or not. When it comes to the biggest threat to the Australian population, statistics are equally as scary as they are at motivating us to act. For NRL legend and former captain of…
Call for 3D Heart Attack Prevention Testing
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The headlines have been dominated by heart attack coverage and the tragic demise of sportspeople and politicians alike of late, but what about the 120 Australians who are struck by heart attack every day, the ones we don’t hear about? Leading preventative cardiologist Dr. Warrick Bishop, says It has been a long-known fact that cardiovascular…