Coffs Coast Advocate

Aiming for Healthe Hearts this Valentine’s Day

February 14 is a day that has traditionally caused hearts to flutter.

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12th Feb. 2020 2:02 PM

Healthe Hearts Day on February 14 aims to focus on improving overall heart health.

How to get a free check-up, dodge leading cause of death

A 15-minute scan is all it takes to check the health of your heart

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18th Sept. 2019 1:09 PM

A heart screening helps catch the disease in its early stages and could mean the difference between life and death.

Free heart test offered

'We don't want a stroke to be the first time any Australian discovers they have an irregular heartbeat.'

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14th Sept. 2019 7:09 AM

SAVING LIVES: A simple test can detect an irregular heartbeat.

Former fitness fanatic opens up about heart transplant

ANYONE who first meets Jeffrey Kirkman and Bev Cooke would be shocked to hear that they received a heart transplant.

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30th July 2019 5:07 AM

HOW TO SAVE A LIFE: Acting organ donation specialist nurse, Karen Jenner with grateful heart transplant recipients and Bundy locals, Jeffrey Kirkman and Bev Cooke.

‘Mini-hearts’ that beat made from patients’ own cells

NSW researchers are engineering “mini-hearts” — which are made of patients’ own cells and beat like a real heart — as part...

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02nd July 2019 5:07 AM

New heart treatment 'groundbreaking for region'

Major win for Sunshine Coast heart patients, as new implantation procedures at local hospital remove the need for travel to...

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18th June 2019 11:06 AM

Non-invasive keyhole surgery, known as TAVI (transcatheter aortic valve implantation), eliminates the need for open-heart surgery for sufferers of aortic stenosis.

HEART HEALTH: Don't put off getting a check-up

Federal member for Wide Bay Llew O'Brien said from April 1 the dedicated item would be available for doctors and patients...

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28th Feb. 2019 9:02 AM

THINKING AHEAD: Llew O'Brien believes the road ahead will be bolstered by supporting business incubators.

Tourist’s organs ‘stolen’ in Mexico

The body of a Korean man who died in Mexico was returned to his wife ‘without brain, stomach and heart.’ His widow is now...

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02nd Feb. 2019 5:02 AM

A tourist died in a Mexican hospital, before his heart, brain and stomach were removed.

Show your heart to help Izzy make angel wigs

Izzy wants to cut her hair for HeartKids becuase they have helped her so much

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31st Jan. 2019 5:01 AM

Izzy Storer, 8, is shaving her hair to raise money for the HeartKids Show Your Heart campaign.

Patient sues after tube left near heart for weeks

A patient has been given the green light to sue a doctor after a plastic tube broke off and became lodged near his heart...

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10th Jan. 2019 5:01 AM

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