Cardiac rehab can reduce the likelihood of hospital readmission by 25 per cent. So,why don’t more people take part?
Health Minister Ryan Park says there has been no change to cardiac services at the Sydney Children’s Hospital at Randwick. Doctors and families aren’t convinced.
Sara Catena is one of the first on a database of cardiac-arrest victims. It’s hoped the registry will solve the mystery behind young people dying suddenly.
New research shows the benefits of eating less meat,but not all plant-based diets are equal.
Half of them might be going into patients who don’t need them.
Twenty years on,Annette Maher and her sister are helping scientists in their quest to find the cause of heart attacks affecting otherwise fit and healthy women.
When fit young people like Tess Hughes,23,pass away unexpectedly,families and pathologists are faced with a medical mystery that spans generations.
The revelation that he was one of only 10 per cent of people to survive a sudden cardiac arrest set Greg Page on a mission to improve the situation for the other 90 per cent.
Young patients from NSW previously had to be transferred to Melbourne for the life-saving operation.
The system is set up against people carrying more weight. Experts say it’s like climate change - and it’s up to governments to help.
Researchers at Murdoch Children’s Research Institute have discovered a genetic mutation that causes cardiomyopathy,paving the way for new treatments.