Complications during pregnancy and the risk for future heart attack
We have known for a long time that high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels, being obese, having diabetes, your genetic makeup and smoking are risk factors for developing a heart…
Understanding the Power of Mindfulness and Gratitude for Mental Health
Recent research has increasingly demonstrated the positive impact of mindfulness and gratitude on mental health and well-being. Incorporating these practices into our daily lives has been shown to enhance our…
Key Opinion Leader Series | Women’s Heart Disease – a whole other story, it’s time you hear it.
Despite heart disease being the number one killer of women globally, most women are unaware of their risk, believing that heart disease is man’s disease. Women delay seeking medical attention…
New Heart Risk Tool specifically engineered for women
This World Heart Day, Her Heart continues to campaign in order to raise awareness that heart disease is the biggest killer of women in Australia, that one in three women…
Interview with Her Heart Ambassador Kate McCarthy
Our Founder Dr Linda Worrall-Carter had the pleasure of talking to Kate McCarthy, women’s AFLW player for St Kilda. As a high performing athlete, Kate is living proof that living…
8 Diabetes Symptoms Women Need To Watch Out For
Foggy thinking, fatigue, and excessive hunger are all red flags. “There are millions of people with type-2 diabetes who are undiagnosed,” says Dr Kristi Silver. How could this be?…
Adopting a broader approach to women’s health
Heart disease remains the leading cause of death for women being responsible for 35% of total deaths in women in 2019 (1). Heart disease includes heart rhythm problems, heart…
Blood pressure and sex differences
The leading cause of death globally is heart disease and hypertension is a risk factor for heart disease. Hypertension involves many organs in the body and is considered a modifiable…
Women’s hearts are smaller, their risk factors are different and so are their symptoms
It wasn’t that long ago, about 10 years, when researchers realized that men and women experienced different symptoms and types of heart disease. These differences can affect diagnosis and subsequently…