The Sax Institute, NSW Cardiovascular Research Network (CVRN), and Heart Foundation have announced the winners of five new prestigious opportunities to conduct cardiovascular research. Each opportunity is valued at well over $20,000 and provides early to mid-career researchers with access to the 45 and Up Study to power new research into cardiovascular disease. Eighteen highly-competitive … Read more
Ageing Australians with hypertension are bearing significant out-of-pocket expenses for treating their condition, according to new research based on longitudinal data from our 45 and Up Study.
Depression is preventing middle-aged women with hypertension or heart disease from taking up healthier lifestyles, according tonew research based on data from the Sax Institute’s 45 and Up Study.
New research based on data from the 45 and Up Study reveals that women hospitalised with a suspected heart attack get poorer treatment compared to men. What’s going on?
The Heart Foundation has recommended a limit on red meat intake following new evidence from a review organised by the Sax Institute into the links between red meat, poultry and heart health.
Researchers at the Sax Institute are using computer simulation to peer into the future of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and forecast the best ways to prevent and treat Australia’s leading cause of death.
Smoking is not just bad for your lungs: it causes untold damage to the heart and major blood vessels and triples the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease, according to a major new study based on data from the Sax Institute’s 45 and Up Study.
Mothers who breastfed are 34 percent less likely to die of heart disease
Mothers who breastfeed their babies have a lower risk of developing or
dying from heart disease than those who don’t breastfeed, finds new research from the University of Sydney.
