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We're Australia's leading heart health charity. Join our Facebook community for information about heart health, healthy eating and active living.

OR help us fund life-saving research into heart disease https://www.heartfoundation.org.au/donate

10/07/2025

➡️ SWIPE to see some June highlights at the Heart Foundation! 😍

10/07/2025

Heart Foundation Walking groups walk in far and wide locations around this country, and this week for we would like to acknowledge and pay respect to the First Nations peoples who have walked these lands for thousands of years before us. ❤️

gives us an opportunity to learn more about First Nations cultures and histories, and a great place to start is learning the name of the First Nations traditional country where you love to walk.

What are yours? Share your pics and traditional country names below. 👇

Not sure how to find this out? The AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia can help you find out! Check it out: https://aiatsis.gov.au/explore/map-indigenous-australia

10/07/2025

Indigestion can be a warning sign of a life-threatening heart attack.

If the chest pain is not food-related and doesn’t go away with antacids - don’t ignore it. The best way to be sure if what you’re experiencing is critical is to seek urgent help. If it is a heart attack, the earlier you get help, the better.

You can read more here: https://www.heartfoundation.org.au/blog/5-warning-signs-of-a-heart-attack-you-may-not-know

09/07/2025

You may not be able to "reverse" a blockage in your artery, but you can take steps to control your heart health. ✊ If you're over the age of 30, start by booking a Medicare subsidised Heart Health Check with your GP 👉 https://www.heartfoundation.org.au/your-heart/heart-health-checks

08/07/2025

Yesterday marked the beginning of NAIDOC Week, with the theme "The next generation: Strength, Vision and Legacy" offering a powerful opportunity to highlight the urgent need for prevention and resources to tackle acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) - conditions that continue to disproportionately affect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.

💔 First Nations children aged 5–14 are most at risk.

ARF and RHD are preventable, yet they remain a serious health issue across many communities. Early prevention, community education and culturally appropriate care are vital steps forward.

Let’s walk alongside community leaders, health workers and families to keep young hearts strong - for generations to come. 📘

Explore and share these community-friendly ARF and RHD resources today. HeartKids

👉 Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) Resources: https://pulse.ly/hbw8cqk0b1

👉 Dental and Oral Care – RHD Factsheet: https://pulse.ly/a95yo0isu0

07/07/2025

Last week, NSW Police Force made the life-threatening decision to end a trial of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in police patrol cars, and remove the units entirely.

As outlined here for 7NEWS Sydney and in an opinion piece on the Daily Telegraph by Heart Foundation CEO David Lloyd, the reasons given by NSW Police are grossly incorrect and both NSW Premier Chris Minns and Police Minister Yasmin Catley MP must urgently intervene to reverse this life-threatening decision.

AEDs are easy and safe for anyone to use. They are not optional – they are essential to saving a person in cardiac arrest.

Read more on our website here 👉https://www.heartfoundation.org.au/media-releases/removal-of-defibrillators-by-nsw-police-puts-lives-at-risk

07/07/2025

Tired of spending too much on takeout or staring into the fridge with no clue what to cook? 🍽️😒

Welcome to Heart-healthy Dinner Plans - a free, 4-week plan designed to help make planning, shopping and cooking meals at home easy, affordable and more heart-healthy. PLUS it's delivered straight to your inbox 💌

✅ No more guessing what's for dinner
✅ No more endless scrolling for inspo
✅ No more meals that cost a fortune and aren't good for you

Ready to make dinners easier (and healthier)?

Swipe for the details & sign up below 👇
www.heartfoundation.org.au/heart-healthy-dinner-plans -up?&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign=dinner_plans

03/07/2025

Have you come across these terms? 📖 For many individuals, the days following a sudden heart event can be quite overwhelming. With a flood of new information and emotions, having the right support is essential to help you adjust to the new normal.

Whether you’ve just received a diagnosis or have been managing heart disease for a while, the Heart Foundation's MyHeart MyLife program will assist you in understanding how to effectively manage your condition for a healthier and happier life.

By participating, you’ll gain access to tailored information, expert guidance, and practical tips to support you through your recovery and beyond. Read more here 👉 https://myheartmylife.org.au/

01/07/2025

Yesterday was a BIG day for heart health in Australia, as new to***co laws came into full effect, changing the way to***co products are sold, and what they look and feel like for people who smoke. 🚭 These changes...

✅ REDUCE the appeal of ci******es and other to***co products.

✅ Ensure the harms of smoking are CLEAR.

✅ Help make it easier for people to QUIT, stay quit, and not start in the first place.

To***co smoke is one of the main risk factors for heart disease and is responsible for 12% of the burden (death and illness) of cardiovascular disease in Australia. Quitting is one of the most impactful things you can do to lower your risk of a heart attackor stroke.

More information about these changes, including a consumer fact sheet, can be found on the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing website 📍 https://www.health.gov.au/to***co-changes

Quit support can be found by phoning 13 QUIT or at www.quit.org.au

30/06/2025

Cindy’s journey with STEMI and heart spasms is a powerful reminder that heart disease doesn’t always look the same in women 💔🔍

Too often, women’s symptoms are misdiagnosed or dismissed. Cindy experienced a serious cardiac event, but unlike a typical STEMI, her coronary arteries weren’t blocked. Instead, a severe spasm during an angiogram saw her artery to narrow by 90%, relieved only by IV medication.

Now she has been diagnosed with vasospastic angina, a lesser-known condition where arteries that supply blood to the heart suddenly spasm, restricting blood flow. The diagnosis changed her life. Cindy found support, began nursing training, and is now advocating for better recognition of heart spasms - because many others have stories just like hers.

👉 Read more of Cindy’s story: https://www.heartfoundation.org.au/heart-stories/cindys-journey-with-stemi-heart-spasms

27/06/2025

A heart-healthy eating pattern is based on a combination of foods chosen regularly over time! The 5 steps of a heart-healthy eating pattern are ⤵️

1️⃣ Plenty of fruit, vegetables and wholegrain cereals 🥕

2️⃣ Healthy proteins especially fish, seafood, legumes, nuts and seeds with smaller amounts of eggs and lean poultry. Limit lean red meat to 1-3 times a week 🐟

3️⃣ Unflavoured milk, yoghurt and cheese. People with high blood cholesterol or heart disease should choose reduced fat varieties 🥛

4️⃣ Healthy fat choices like nuts, seeds, avocados, olives and their oils for cooking 🥑

5️⃣ Herbs and spices to flavour foods, instead of adding salt 🌿

We have so much info on our website to help you eat healthy! Get started on your healthy eating journey TODAY 👉https://www.heartfoundation.org.au/healthy-living/healthy-eating/heart-healthy-eating-pattern

24/06/2025

Recovering from a heart attack? ❤️

Access tailored support through cardiac rehab, and our free MyHeart MyLife program and Peer Support Network, to help you regain your health, manage your condition and connect with others on a similar journey. Whether online or in person, these programs and resources are here to support your recovery every step of the way. You're not alone 💪

Learn more here 🔗 https://www.heartfoundation.org.au/your-heart/support/support-after-a-heart-attack

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We're fighting the single biggest killer of Australians – heart disease.

We fund life-saving heart research and work to improve heart disease prevention and care for all Australians.

More than 620,000 Australians are living with heart disease and each year approximately 54,000 Australians suffer a heart attack.

The Heart Foundation is dedicated to making a real difference to the heart health of Australians. Every day, our work includes:

funding world-class cardiovascular research

guiding health professionals on preventing and treating heart disease

educating Australians about making healthy choices

supporting people living with heart conditions

advocating to government and industry to improve heart health in Australia.

Our goals

Healthy hearts

We want to make it easier for Australians to lead heart-healthy lives. We help to create environments with healthy options and give people information and support to enable them to look after their heart health.

Our focus is on a healthier food supply, more active living and a smoke-free Australia.

Our strategy

Our strategy is underpinned by five pillars: prevention, support and care, research, strengthening our organisation and our people.

It shapes the way we reduce the impact of risk factors and how we support Australians affected by heart disease.

Read the One Heart Strategy.

See what we're doing:

Healthy eating

Blueprint for an Active Australia: Government and community actions to increase population levels of physical activity and reduce sedentary behaviour in Australia, 2019

Heart care

We want to help Australians have access to quality healthcare and ensure risk factors are well managed and cardiovascular disease is well treated.

We're focusing on earlier detection of risk, recognition of heart attack warning signs, better emergency care, and improved care for heart attack and heart failure.

See what we're doing:

Heart Foundation Helpline The Heart Foundation Helpline provides free personalised information and support on heart health, nutrition and a healthy lifestyle.

Information for professionals Guidelines, tools and training.

For more information, head to www.heartfoundation.org.au