Study finds moderate carbohydrate intake a cardiovascular benefit for women.
Women’s heart health has been the focus of a recent study by Monash University, with researchers finding that proportional carbohydrate intake and not saturated fat was significantly associated with cardiovascular disease benefit in Australian women. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in women. Poor diet is recognised…
Covid-19 resources
Below are some resources from around our community that reliably give information for over 50’s regarding the current Covid-19 pandemic. In our online age, it’s important to get your information from official sources and not social media. Please also visit your individual state’s health department websites for up-to-date information regarding…
Australian gene therapy researchers aiming to switch on sight.
Australian researchers are developing a new gene therapy that they hope will ‘switch on sight’ by regenerating light-sensing photoreceptor cells in the retina at the back of the eye. Research by Dr Raymond Wong and his Cellular Reprogramming Team at the Centre for Eye Research Australia is the focus of…
Trailblazers dashing towards a dementia-friendly Brisbane 2032
Dementia Australia today acknowledged Brisbane City Council; Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art; University of Queensland’s Healthy Living Centre, and Art Museum; along with Iona College for their combined commitment to creating a dementia-friendly Brisbane as a strategic element of the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games. These…
“Boof” Lehmann vows to double his MyMarathon kilometres.
Former Test cricketer and Australian Cricket Team coach, Darren “Boof” Lehmann, is lacing up for a second year in the Heart Foundation’s MyMarathon – and in 2021 has vowed to double his kilometres in the charity’s annual fitness and fundraising challenge. MyMarathon participants will have the entire month of October to walk…
Fears 27,000 heart checks missed in pandemic could lead to wave of heart disease.
Nearly 350 heart attacks, strokes or heart-related deaths over the next five years could have been prevented if 27,000 Heart Health Checks had not been missed or delayed because of COVID-19, according to new modeling released by the Heart Foundation today. At least 27,000 Australians are likely to have missed…