Heart disease - risk factors explained
Coronary heart disease leads to heart attacks. Common risk factors include raised cholesterol levels, high blood pressure, smoking, diabetes, obesity, family history and age. Some risks can be reduced by following a healthy lifestyle and not ... [... more]
Better Health |
Heart disease - enlarged heart
An enlarged heart is a symptom of an underlying disorder that is causing the heart to work harder than normal. Possible causes include coronary heart disease, cardiac ischaemia, high blood pressure, idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy, myocarditis, ... [... more]
Better Health |
Heart disease and food
Diet is an important risk factor in the development of coronary heart disease. Some foods increase the risk and other foods may protect against the condition. Uncontrolled diabetes can contribute to coronary heart disease. Oily fish, fruit and ... [... more]
Better Health |
Heart disease when you're fit and healthy
Some people are lean, active and healthy but still suffer from heart disease. Cholesterol levels that are normal for most people may be too high for others. While we can't change genetic factors, researchers are trying to understand why people ... [... more]
Better Health |
Smoking and heart disease
Cigarette smoking is a major cause of heart attack, stroke and peripheral arterial disease. Smoking kills more than 15,000 Australians a year or more than 40 Australians each day. Nearly 40 per cent of all people who die from smoking tobacco do ... [... more]
Better Health |
Physical activity tips (1) - think active
Obesity increases the risk of chronic diseases such as high blood pressure, stroke, diabetes and heart disease. While there is no miracle cure, you can help to prevent most of these conditions through healthy eating and regular exercise. Around ... [... more]
Better Health |
Aboriginal health - physical activity
Indigenous Australians are less likely to engage in physical activity. Lack of regular exercise increases the risk of health conditions such as obesity, diabetes and heart disease for Aboriginal people. In general, Indigenous Australians are less ... [... more]
Better Health |
Consumers Told New Vegetable Will Stop Heart Disease
Innovative Gisborne food producer Leaderbrand Produce Ltd is making therapeutic claims for a new vegetable hybrid it is introducing in New Zealand. GISBORNE 13/2/2002 - Innovative Gisborne food producer Leaderbrand Produce Ltd is making ... [... more]
HortNET New Zealand |
Heart Healthy Living magazine: issue 1
Heart Healthy Living is a magazine for anyone wanting to live a longer, healthier and happier life, because looking after your heart is the key to all that. It's sobering to think that heart disease is Australia's biggest killer, and even more so ... [... more]
Better Homes & Gardens Australia |
Heart explained
The functions of the heart are to pump oxygenated blood around the body, and to deliver deoxygenated blood and waste products (carbon dioxide) to the lungs. Disorders of the heart include coronary heart disease, angina, heart attack and heart ... [... more]
Better Health |
Why Australians should lose weight
People who are overweight or obese are at an increased risk of coronary heart disease, stroke, congestive heart failure and type 2 diabetes. Many of the deaths attributable to excess weight are due to chronic diseases. In 1996 (the most recent ... [... more]
NineMSN Health |
Fish Cutlet Pockets
Fish contains omega-3 fatty acids which help to prevent blood clotting which may reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke. Omega-3 also lowers the levels of fats stored in the body, slows the build up of fats in the walls of arteries, helps ... [... more]
Nutrition Australia |
