Information for people with heart conditions

The National Heart Foundation
is an independent Australia-wide, non-profit health organisation, funded almost entirely by donations. The Foundation's purpose is to improve the heart health of Australians and to reduce disability and death from heart and blood vessel disease.

Heartline-free phone information services on 1300 362 787

For the cost of the local call from anywhere in Australia, you can contact the Heart Foundation's national information service Heartline on 1300 36 27 87 - Your direct line to 'Matters of the Heart' and the Heart Foundation. Heartline is staffed by heart health information staff who can provide information on a range of cardiovascular health issues, including:

Nutrition and Weight Loss
Quitting Smoking
Physical Activity
Surgery and other treatments
Life after heart attack and rehabilitation
Heart disease, stroke or blood vessel diseases

Heartline is available to the public from Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 6:30pm (Eastern Standard Time).

HEARTNET: A New Online Community for Heart Patients and Carers

The Heart Foundation and Edith Cowan University (WA) have developed a special support website for heart patients and their carers. HeartNET is the first of its kind in Australia - allowing all heart patients, carers, friends and family to communicate with each other.

There are therapeutic benefits to be gained when patients can communicate with each other � particularly because they can offer mutual support. HeartNET provides an environment where they can swap stories, jokes, recipes and share ideas with people who understand. They can access the site 24 hours a day, 7 days week and by choosing a nickname to use on the website, their identities are protected.

HeartNET is the subject of a broader research project into the nature of online support and secondary prevention.

To gain access to HeartNET please visit their website and register for an account.