{"id":16374,"date":"2025-12-02T04:40:31","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T04:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/area54.thedct.net\/herheart\/?page_id=16374"},"modified":"2025-12-04T02:26:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T02:26:54","slug":"heart-disease-faqs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/area54.thedct.net\/herheart\/heart-disease-faqs\/","title":{"rendered":"Heart Disease FAQs"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_accordion][vc_tta_section title=”What is Her Heart?” tab_id=”1764648841370-d0cc28b4-fc94″][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

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Her Heart is a health promotion Charity and registered not-for-profit organization that aims to educate women on the risks of heart disease, as very few women know that it is their biggest killer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Her Heart\u2019s mission is to become the go-to-place for women to access the latest research findings, clinical information, health and lifestyle advice around heart disease for women. We want women to feel empowered through knowledge and act on this information to change their lifestyle. We want to disseminate the life-saving awareness messages to reduce heart disease for women by 50% by 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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1 in 3 women in Australia will die of heart disease, that is one woman every hour that dies in Australia \u2013 that\u2019s over 12 million women, and it\u2019s rising.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Over three quarters of women have at least one risk factor for heart disease and many women have two or three risk factors. 90% of cardiac events occur with only one risk factor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Risk factors we can\u2019t do a lot about include\u00a0age<\/a>;\u00a0gender<\/a>;\u00a0family history<\/a>\u00a0that includes the death of a close relative such as a mother, father, or sibling of heart disease; and\u00a0ethnicity<\/a>\u00a0with people from Torres Strait Island or Aboriginal backgrounds at an increased risk.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Those risk factors we can control or do something about include\u00a0smoking<\/a>,\u00a0high blood pressure<\/a>,\u00a0diabetes<\/a>, being\u00a0overweight or obese<\/a>,\u00a0high cholesterol<\/a>,\u00a0and\u00a0high-stress levels<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Regular exercise is very important in helping reduce your risk. Physical exercise can help to reduce stress through calming the mind (walking 30 minutes a day can lower symptoms of depression by 36%), it reduces blood pressure, as well as the \u201cbad\u201d cholesterol and allows more oxygen to the cells. It has an effect on reducing weight, which is important, as carrying a lot of weight \u2013 especially around your middle is not good for your heart.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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You should try to do 20-30 minutes of moderate physical activity that makes you sweat at least three to four times a week to cut your risk of heart disease in half.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The single most beneficial thing that you can do for your heart health is to stop smoking. Smokers are 2-4 times more at risk of developing heart disease compared to non-smokers. If you smoke and take oral contraceptives, you are 10 times more likely to have a heart attack. If you stop smoking now, within a few days you will have improvements in being able to taste your food better, and in a few months your lungs will improve by over a third. In a year, you would have cut your risk of a heart attack by 50%.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dr. Linda Worrall-Carter is our founder & CEO, she is an international authority on Heart Disease in women and the organization was founded in 2015.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Her Heart is based in Melbourne, Australia; but the website has been accessed by over 55 countries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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All donations (unless specified otherwise) go directly to raising awareness in the form of campaigns and towards educational programs specific for women.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Your information helps us to process your request (e.g. donation, payment, registration, subscription) as the law permits. Your information is never shared with any third parties. How we collect store and use your information is outlined in our\u00a0Privacy Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Yes, any donation over $2 is fully tax-deductible.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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