News and updates

At Heartbeat Victoria’s Annual General Meeting on 9 September, guest speaker, Dr. Kegan Moneghetti gave an excellent presentation titled “Heart Health Check and Early Detection”. In his presentation, a copy of which is included in the Resources section of this...

Heartbeat Ballarat helped celebrate Women’s Health Week this year by holding a “Walk for Heart Health” on Tuesday, September 2nd. 35 walkers attended the event, which was held indoors at the Badminton Stadium in Wendouree. The Ballarat branch has a...

The newly formed Fawkner Park Walking group held its’ first walk on August 19th on a beautiful, sunny winter morning in Melbourne.  The walk was the first step towards creating a new cardiac peer support group in Melbourne, to help...

This World Heart Day (29 September), SOLVE-CHD is inviting cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programs all over Australia to show off their work and raise awareness for heart health with the power of creativity! Craft a visual display – whether physically in...

Tuesday, September 9, 2025, at 7.00pm, via Zoom (details below). The agenda for the meeting includes: Guest speaker Dr Kegan Moneghetti: “Spotting Heart Disease Early – and How You Can Help Shape the Future of Heart Care” Presentation of the...

A new walking group has been launched by the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute and Heartbeat Victoria Council, Inc. in collaboration with Heart Foundation Walking. The first walk will be held in Fawkner Park (in Melbourne) on Tuesday August 19...

A new cardiac peer support group and walking group are now active in Tatura, started with the support of the Heartbeat Goulburn Valley branch.  The new groups aspire to further enhance the heart health of participants in the Tatura area,...

Professor Rebecca Ritchie has joined the board of Heartbeat Victoria, helping expand the group’s ability to improve heart health through its cardiac peer support work. Professor Ritchie is a cardiac pharmacologist at Monash University in Melbourne. She obtained her PhD...

The Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute and Heartbeat Victoria are launching a new walking group in Melbourne to foster improved cardiac peer support and heart health. As detailed in this month’s Community News from the Baker Institute, they “are looking...

PulsePoint Academy and the Australian Centre for  Heart Health are providing information for patients and healthcare providers about the Cardiac Blues. According to the Australian Centre for Heart Health: “Having a heart attack, heart surgery or other cardiac event generally...