Stories

If you recognise Roni Lolesi in the photo below, it’s because his smiling face has been appearing on posters up and down the country this week.

Graham Lowe may be a giant in the world of rugby league, but his battle with heart disease has often left him a fragile man over the years.

Michele shares her story about how and why she signed up for the Certificate in Pacific Nutrition

Three years ago, Fiona O’Halloran was a heart attack waiting to happen. She weighed 169kg and was caring for everyone but herself.

Last year at just 44 years of age, Cherie Clark learnt that she had a heart problem - a ‘ticking time bomb’ that wouldn’t go away and she needed surgery if she was to live without fear of a heart event. 

We recently had a shared lunch at my workplace - the Heart Foundation, so I offered to make traditional chop suey.

To look at me – a fit and healthy 42-year-old woman – you’d never guess that I’d had a heart attack. But that’s exactly what happened to me on 12th September 2013