News and updates

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...

The Baker Heart And Diabetes Institute has published their second edition of “Journey to Discovery” for 2025. According to The Baker, “This edition is dedicated to one central theme — perhaps the most important aspect of our research, our progress,...

Rachel Jayne Cassidy has recently published and launched a new book “In A Heartbeat”, featuring true stories and insights from experts, survivors and frontline heroes.  She knows first hand what it’s like to be on the brink of life and...

The Alfred Hospital and Baker Institute are conducting a research project to determine if practising yoga three times per week reduces episodes of atrial fibrillation (AF). Who can participate? You may be eligible to participate in this clinical study if...