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...
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Professor Rebecca Ritchie Joins Heartbeat Victoria Board
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Baker Institute and Heartbeat Victoria Launch New Walking Group
Read MoreThe 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...
Cardiac Blues – A Guide for Patients Now Available
Read MorePulsePoint 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...
New Edition Of The Baker Heart And Diabetes Institute “Journey To Discovery” Now Available
Read MoreThe 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,...
New Book “In A Heartbeat” is a Valuable Resource About Heart Health Issues
Read MoreRachel 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...
Do you have atrial fibrillation and are willing to practise yoga?
Read MoreThe 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...
Heartbeat Victoria Launches New Strategic Plan with a Strengthened Focus on Cardiac Peer Support
Read MoreAt its meeting in December 2024, the Board of Heartbeat Victoria was excited to adopt its new Strategic Plan – Together for Heart Health: Our Plan for the Future 2024-2027. The new plan continues to strengthen our focus on delivering...
Heartbeat Victoria Joins Global Heart Hub
Read MoreHeartbeat Victoria has recently joined as an affiliate of the Global Heart Hub. As an alliance of patient-driven organisations, Global Heart Hub believes that all people living with cardiovascular disease deserve the highest quality of care and equal access to...
Heartbeat Victoria Branches & Affiliates – Cardiac Peer Support News
Read MoreHeartbeat Victoria branches and affiliates have been very active in recent months, helping to provide cardiac peer support in their communities. Here are a few highlights of their recent community involvement. Heartbeat Ballarat and Heartbeat Ballarat Walking Groups were excited...
Greetings for the Festive Season
Read MoreHeartbeat Victoria wishes all its members and those with heart related health conditions all the very best for the festive season. May the year 2025 be a year where you can focus on your heart health and benefit from the...
Life After a Heart Attack: the Baker Institute and Heartbeat Victoria
Read MoreA heart attack is a shocking event that can have a major impact on a person’s life. Also known as a ‘myocardial infarction’, it occurs when blood flow to part of the heart is blocked, often by a blood clot....
Heat and Heart Health Presentation
Read MoreAt Heartbeat Victoria’s Annual General Meeting on 11 September, guest speaker, Georgia Chaseling, gave an informative and thought provoking presentation on research relating to heat and heart health. In her presentation, a copy of which is included in the Resources...
World Heart Day
Read MoreNationally, over 40,000 Australians die from cardiovascular diseases (an umbrella term used for a group of disorders of the heart and blood vessels) each year, with nearly 600,000 hospitalised. Heart disease also remains the leading cause of death and...
AGM 2024
Read MoreAnnual General Meeting – Heartbeat Victoria Council Inc Wednesday, September 11, 2024, at 7.15pm Via Zoom https://zoom.us/j/94570060537 Meeting ID: 945 7006 0537 The agenda for the meeting includes: Guest speaker Dr Georgia Chaseling Presentation of the Annual Report including Financial Statement...
Professor Andrew Murphy Joins the Board
Read MoreProfessor Andrew Murphy has recently joined the Board of Heartbeat Victoria. Professor Murphy holds a PhD in cardiovascular disease from Monash University. He has been exploring the fundamental biological process that influence atherosclerosis, the leading cause of heart disease for...