Dr Julien Trokis on heart failure – from diagnosis to management
Dr Julien Trokis is a diabetologist, in practice at the Diabetes Care Centre,…
Heart Failure and How Exercise Can Help
Listen to Andrew Heilbrunn, head Bio-Kineticist at the Centre for Diabetes and…
Living with Heart Failure
Keep a close eye on symptoms Strategies for adjusting to life with heart failure…
Managing heart failure
If you think that someone you know is experiencing symptoms of heart failure,…
heart failure Conversation starters
It’s easy to leave the doctor’s office after an appointment and realise that…
Preventing Heart Failure
Reducing the risk Like a lot of illnesses, the risk of heart failure may be…
Causes & Risk Factors of Heart Failure
Understanding the causes and risk factors of heart failure is an important first…
Symptoms of Heart Failure
Awareness of heart failure symptoms is dangerously low1. Seeing the signs Heart…
What is Heart Failure?
Understanding Heart Failure So, what is heart failure? It’s a fairly…
About spotlight on heart failure
Heart failure impacts 64 million people around the world, and the number is…
Challenging heart failure
Let’s challenge heart failure, together. If you or someone you love has heart…
Impact on Society
The global cost of heart failure was estimated to be $108 billion1. It is easy…
How common is Heart failure?
Just how big of a problem is heart failure? Of all adults aged 40 and older, one…
Take Care of you Heart
Learn how to change your path Certain lifestyle choices can increase the risk of…
Recognise the symptoms of heart failure
Heart failure can be difficult to recognise because the signs of the disease…
What is Heart Failure?
Heart failure is… a condition that happens when the heart can’t adequately…
What causes heart failure and how is it diagnosed?
What causes heart failure? Several conditions can increase the likelihood of…
Focus on oats fibre to lower cholesterol
Keeping your heart healthy requires a healthy blood cholesterol level. Research…
Benefits of monounsaturated fat
Monounsaturated fats are healthy fats found in olive oil, avocados, and certain…
Cholesterol Lowering food
What are Plant Sterols and stanols? Plant sterols and stanols are…
My heart is failing – I am not
There are 64 million people in the world who have heart failure. But the more we…
Getting started with daily exercise
Andrew Heilbrunn, head biokineticist (or clinical exercise specialist) at the…
Why we don’t exercise
We live in an age of quick fixes, rapid results and instant gratification, where…
Why we should exercise
Benefits of exercise for your heart and for your health in general:
How to get moving
The only way for an inactive, (or previously active person), to adopt a new…
Foods High In fibre
What is Fibre? Many of us associate fibre with digestive health and bodily…
Cholesterol in South Africa
A survey of high cholesterol levels in South Africa (total cholesterol greater…
How to increase HDL Cholesterol
If you are eager to increase high density lipoprotein, otherwise known as HDL…
The difference between HDL (GOOD) & LDL (BAD) Cholesterols
Cholesterol is a fatty substance which means it does not dissolve in our…
What is Cholesterol
Cholesterol is a type of lipid or fat which is a waxy material that is…
Common medications for cholesterol
Statins block the production of cholesterol in the liver itself. They lower LDL…
Treatment for Cholesterol
You have been diagnosed with high cholesterol and would like to know how to…
How Cholesterol causes heart disease
It is only when there is too much bad cholesterol in your blood…
How High Cholesterol is Diagnosed
High cholesterol itself does not cause any symptoms; so many people are unaware…
Living with Cholesterol
The different pillars associated with treating high cholesterol include…
Cholesterol food facts
Milk: Many of us have already made the switch from whole milk to some kind of…
How to make your kitchen a low-fat kitchen
Committing to a low-fat lifestyle means making some changes in our kitchens. But…
The cholesterol lowering effects of dietary fibre
Increasing dietary fibre has been recommended as a way to lower cholesterol…
High Cholesterol - Are you at risk
It’s the question on everyone’s mind as they get older and become aware of…
How does dietary fibre lower cholesterol
Dietary fiber is found exclusively in plant foods. It serves as the structural…
The importance of exercise for CVRM
Have you taken your daily dosage of exercise? People who are active daily live…