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HealthInsite's Heart, Stroke and Vascular Disease topic area covers all diseases of the heart and blood vessels, including coronary heart disease, stroke, heart failure and peripheral vascular disease. These are mainly caused by a damaged blood supply to the heart, brain and legs, and share a number of risk factors.
The main underlying problem is atherosclerosis, a process that clogs blood-supply vessels with deposits of fat, cholesterol and other substances. It is most serious when it affects the blood supply to the heart, causing angina or heart attack, or to the brain, which can lead to a stroke.
You'll find a variety of information on heart health, vascular health and stroke at the following websites:
or by following the links below.
Updated January 2008
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Heart Foundation
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National Heart Foundation of Australia
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The Heart Foundation site includes heart health information for health professionals, schools and the public. Topics include healthy eating, regular exercise, smoking, blood pressure, blood cholesterol and statistics.
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Nov 2008
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Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute
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Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute
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Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute is Australia's first multi-disciplinary organisation tackling the deadly trio that includes obesity, cardiovascular disease. Education, patient care, Heart disease, charity, not-for-profit, health education, wide-scale community studies, health and medical research, disease eradication, scientific student research opportunities, careers, facts, statistics.
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Nov 2008
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Have glitazones lost their sparkle?
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Australian Prescriber
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The thiazolidinediones, better known as 'glitazones', are under suspicion of causing serious, previously unsuspected adverse effects. Given these concerns, what can be said about the role of thiazolidinediones in third-line therapy of poorly controlled type 2 diabetes?
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Jun 2008
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Heart disease and chronic kidney disease
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Kidney Health Australia
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Information about why the risk of heart disease increases if you have chronic kidney disease and suggested treatments
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Mar 2008
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Antiplatelet drugs for polycythaemia vera and essential thrombocythaemia
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Low-dose aspirin as an antiplatelet therapy is the drug of choice for preventing cardiovascular events, but the potential risk of bleeding has limited its use in myeloproliferative disorders in the past. This review of 630 people in two trials found tha...
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Jan 2008
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Cardiovascular health
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Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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Cardiovascular disease is the largest cause of premature death, and death overall in Australia, accounting for 36.9% of all deaths in 2003. The health and economic burden of cardiovascular disease exceeds that of any other disease.
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Dec 2007
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How many people have cardiovascular disease?
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Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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Statistics showing the impact of heart, stroke, vascular and kidney diseases on Australians.
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Dec 2007
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National Heart, Stroke and Vascular Health Strategies Group
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Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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The National Heart, Stroke and Vascular Health Strategies Group was established in September 2001 to provide expert advice to the Australian Government on cardiovascular health issues.
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Dec 2007
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Smoking and Cardiovascular Disease
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HealthInsite Topic Page
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Links to information about the effects of smoking on cardiovascular disease, stroke and heart disease.
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Oct 2007
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Comorbidity of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and chronic kidney disease in Australia
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
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Cardiovascular disease, diabetes and chronic kidney disease are three common and serious illnesses in Australia. These three diseases have shared common risk factors, and often occur together. This report focuses on examining the current extent of comorbidity of the conditions from three perspectives: self-reported prevalence, hospitalisation and deaths.
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Aug 2007
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Dietary advice for reducing cardiovascular risk
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Diet is an important determinant of chronic disease risk, particularly heart disease. This review assessed the effects of providing dietary advice to healthy adults in order to produce sustained improvements in their diets. Whether dietary improvement w...
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Jul 2007
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Medicines for cardiovascular health: are they used appropriately?
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
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Covers trends in prescription and supply of these medicines, patterns of supply by geographic area and patient socioeconomic level, whether patients take medicines as intended, adverse events associated with these medicines, initiatives to improve the quality of use of medicines, and government expenditure.
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May 2007
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Clopidogrel plus aspirin versus aspirin alone for preventing cardiovascular disease
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Low-dose aspirin as antiplatelet therapy is still the drug of choice for preventing cardiovascular events, but the protection aspirin gives to people at high risk of cardiovascular events is only relatively modest. This review of 28,165 people in two tr...
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Mar 2007
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Cardiovascular disease : statistics
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National Heart Foundation of Australia
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Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the term used for heart, stroke and blood vessel diseases. CVD is the leading cause of death in Australia, accounting for 36 per cent of all deaths in Australia in 2004. It kills one Australian every ten minutes.
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Jan 2007
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Cardiovascular Guidelines
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HealthInsite Topic Page
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Links to guidelines for preventing and managing heart, stroke and vascular disease.
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Oct 2006
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Nutrition
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National Heart Foundation of Australia
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Evidence based position papers and guidelines for dietitians and other health professionals working in the area of nutrition and cardiovascular health.
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Oct 2006
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Cardiovascular Health (AIHW)
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
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Through the links on this page you can access general information on the impact of cardiovascular disease in Australia, its major risk factors, and information on cardiovascular procedures.
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May 2006
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Fish oil
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Healthy Eating Club
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Fish oil for weight loss, metabolic syndrome, heart disease and blood fats
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Mar 2006
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