Keep your Heart Healthy

Discover how blood moves around your body and how high blood pressure can impact your health.

Cholesterol is the fat used by your body to build and maintain healthy cells. However, high levels of cholesterol can increase your risk of heart disease. Discover how.

Find out how to prevent diabetes (high sugar levels in the blood), how the condition is diagnosed and the risks associated with it.

Why is weight control an effective way to reduce risk of heart disease?

What should you eat to help your heart? The Mediterranean diet is probably the most discussed and promoted way of eating to prevent heart disease.

Reducing stress and getting sufficient good quality sleep can improve quality of life and prevent first and repeat heart attacks.

Smoking is the single biggest risk factor for heart attacks in men and women.

Minimising the time you spend sitting and increasing physical activity will enhance your health and help prevent heart disease.

Did you know that having a family member who developed a heart disease at an early age also increases your risk?

Learn how the risk of heart disease differs for women and men.

Predicting your risk of heart disease is very important for healthcare professionals.

How can you prevent a heart disease in your daily life choices.

Healthy habits protect your heart but maintaining them throughout life can be a challenge.