The Latest Breaking News from Heart Disease

Family members of three women who died from complications associated with rheumatic heart disease in a remote Gulf community give emotional victim impact statements to the inquest into their deaths.

Health professionals from Doomadgee have described the communication breakdowns and lack of resources in the remote Queensland Gulf town that lead to the death of three young women from a disease that was eradicated in non-Indigenous Australian communities in the 1950s and 60s.

Chris Stear turned 70 in June and celebrated the milestone by doing 70 push-ups non-stop on a Gold Coast beach. A few weeks later his health took a sudden turn, and an angiogram detected blockages in his coronary artery.

The age when a woman enters the menopause could be a major indicator when it comes to having heart problems later in life

Early menopause has been found to significantly increase a women's heart problems, says new research. What symptoms should you be aware of indicating your risk?

Saturated and processed food is strongly linked to increased heart disease risk. A new study sheds light on how overconsumption of red meat significantly increases a person’s risk of serious heart and artery issues

A 19-year-old Aboriginal man's death would likely have been prevented if multiple state authorities had not failed to arrange a life-or-death medical appointment, according to the WA state coroner.

Vitamin D deficiency may be rare during the summer months, but when the temperature drops many people will begin to lack the “sunshine vitamin”

Analysis shows almost 15% of deaths in mid-July were due to Covid, with that figure likely to be an undercount

The virus trails only heart disease and dementia after an estimated 7,100 fatalities from January to July, researchers say

Potentially deadly, rheumatic fever has been eradicated in most of the developed world. Fresh research may help New Zealand finally follow suit