The Latest Breaking News from Heart Disease

National Women's Health Week is observed May 8-14, which makes this a good time to learn about the biggest threats to women's health and what you can do to keep yourself healthy.

With Australians drinking 2.4 billion litres of sugary drinks a year, health experts are calling for a 20 per cent levy to cut obesity.

Andy Hamlin met the love of his life Liz Brown in a charity shop in Hull while on release from jail - but he died before he had the chance to say 'I do' at his planned wedding

Breakthrough could improve diagnosis and lead to development of treatment for condition that has baffled doctors for two years

The 32-year-old will now honour his late dad by taking on epic challenge in aid of the British Heart Foundation

GPs have seen a surge in people wanting to have their heart checked since the sudden deaths of cricketer Shane Warne, Victorian Labor senator Kimberley Kitching and a major heart attack suffered by the AFL's Dean Wallis.

At just 22, doctors told Ksenia Borodin a heart and double-lung transplant is her only option for long-term survival. However, the part-time Brisbane law student, who was born with complex heart problems, says she has never felt like giving up amid a lifetime of "near-death experiences".

Here's a roundup of top developments in the biotech space over the last 24 hours.

Jalil was diagnosed with rheumatic fever aged just seven. A paediatric cardiologist says more patients are presenting with the "third world" condition in large regional centres.