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Why is the government restricting Medicare funds for ECGs?

Health Times - 29-07-2020

From August 1, if the federal government has its way, Medicare will stop paying for GPs to interpret common heart tests called electrocardiograms, or ECGs.

 
RACGP offers new training for GPs on deadly rare hereditary disease

Health Times - 29-06-2020

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) has today launched a new education campaign for GPs to boost early detection of spinal muscular atrophy and other

 
Qld researchers will make mini model muscles to help heart research

AAP - 25-06-2020

Researchers from Queensland will make 80,000 mini model muscles as part of a project to better understand the human heart and how to fix it.

 
New treatment plan may increase cardiac survival and reduce stroke risk

Health Times - 22-06-2020

Treatment effectiveness, health care costs and quality of life outcomes for the two to four per cent of Australians with the heart condition Atrial Fibrillation (AF), could

 
Calls for a better education campaign for patients and doctors on good cholesterol levels

AAP - 10-06-2020

Doctors want people to start taking cholesterol treatment more seriously with new data revealing half of those with heart disease not completing treatment.

 
Health experts urge Aussies to seek heart help

AAP - 17-04-2020

An Australian medical research institute has warned the COVID-19 pandemic could undo decades of work driving down heart disease deaths. A medical

 
Monash researchers discover fainting disorder drug

Health Times - 05-03-2020

Monash University researchers have revealed a novel therapy that corrects the mechanism in the body that's gone wrong in Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS),

 
Heart health warning as Australians face smoke haze

Health Times - 07-01-2020

As smoke haze continues to blanket parts of the country, the Heart Foundation is urging Australians with conditions such as heart failure, and those aged 65 years and over,

 
Australians are being warned not to be complacent about high blood pressure

AAP - 30-09-2019

People living with high blood pressure and blood cholesterol have been warned not to be complacent about dealing with the conditions, to avoid heart disease.

 
A new genetic database hopes to curb the number of young people dying from sudden cardiac arrest

AAP - 12-09-2019

A new project hopes to curb the number of young people dying from sudden cardiac arrest, by collecting data about those who have and their family members.

 

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