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Published: 6 July 2014
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
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Published: 17 February 2020
Young, fit and loving life. At only 41 Trudy Hudson-Owen never thought she’d have a heart attack, let alone in such a dramatic way. The Whangarei mother of two was washing the windows at home on a Sunday afternoon, when she started to feel unwell. And within 20 minutes, she…
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Published: 11 May 2016
When Lisa started feeling pressure near her collarbone, she assumed it was a muscle spasm caused by her massage that day.
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Published: 8 August 2015
As a fit young medical professional, Kateshe Clark couldn’t believe it when she had a heart attack after a workout in November last year.
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Published: 2 November 2015
It may be hard to believe, but Kelly Widdowson was just 26 years old when she had her heart attack.
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Published: 17 May 2016
Nutrition is like fashion – trends fade into the background, only to regain popularity a few years down the track. Right now, the hot topic is whether we should be using butter or margarine. It’s an old debate that’s once again ‘rearing its head’.
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Published: 10 February 2022
Heart troubles were the last thing young and healthy Kerrie expected, but at 12 weeks pregnant with her second child, she experienced a spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD).
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Published: 30 May 2016
What if we could predict who is vulnerable to heart disease before their symptoms start? That’s the focus of a long-term study in Canterbury, involving 3400 heart-healthy volunteers.
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Published: 9 September 2019
If you have a fitness tracker, it probably tells you to walk 10,000 steps a day. But is 10,000 steps a suitable target for heart health? And how does it compare with the recommended 30 minutes a day?
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Published: 15 February 2023
Does eating while driving, working or scrolling on your phone sound familiar? We’ve all been there. But did you know how important it is to fully participate in the experience of eating? In this article, we cover what intuitive eating is and ways to help you change your mindset around…
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Published: 5 February 2015
Two years ago, Deb Leslie suffered a horrific heart attack which left her strewn across the table in a busy Wellington food court.
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Published: 9 February 2012
This is my story… Our son was born in June 2010 - a very healthy 10.3lb! Less than 2 weeks later, in the early hours of the morning, I suffered sudden deep pain in the centre of my chest, so painful I knew something was drastically wrong.
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