Before menopause, women’s hearts tend to be protected by their circulating hormones. In midlife, they may well get a shock when a doctor outlines their health risks.
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Eating too much salt is bad for our health. Governments and food manufacturers have a big role to play in reducing the salt content of Australians’ diets.
The increased risks of heart attack and stroke after COVID shown in a recent study, could drive a new pandemic of heart disease over coming years.
A new study has explored whether cardiovascular risk factors are associated with a higher likelihood of depression.
Psychological factors are under-recognised as risk factors for heart attack. But research shows the more stress someone is under, the greater their risk of heart disease and death.
Cardiovascular risk factors like diabetes and hypertension are preventable or relatively easy to treat with inexpensive medication.
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Executive Director, George Institute Australia, George Institute for Global Health
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Professor & Co-Director Food & Mood Centre, Deakin University
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Professor of Global Health, Institute for Applied Research, University of Birmingham
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Research Fellow Global Health, University of Birmingham
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Health Psychology, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
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Co-Director of Global Chronic and Complex Diseases, George Institute for Global Health
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Lecturer, University of Sydney
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Program Director, Health and Aged Care, Grattan Institute
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Associate, Grattan Institute
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Assistant Director of Pharmacy, Mater Health SEQ in conjoint appointment as Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Bond University and as Associate Professor (Clinical), The University of Queensland
