Each year, around 54,000 Australians suffer a heart attack. This equates to one heart attack every 9 minutes. Heart Research Australia has produced this episode to help people understand what a heart attack is, learn about the warning signs, and how a heart attack is treated. Heart Research Australia, in association with Royal North Shore Hospital and
Lead Researchers: Prof Geoff Tofler, A/Prof Tom Buckley Increasing evidence shows that heart attacks in some instances can be triggered by external factors such as heavy physical exertion, acute emotional stress, heavy meals, and respiratory infection. For instance, Professor Tofler’s group published their findings that respiratory infection acutely increases the relative risk of heart attack
Lead Researchers: Prof Helge Rasmussen, Dr Chia-Chi Liu Heart muscle damage and heart failure is a serious side effect of cancer treatments, and it is not uncommon that the life expectancy of cancer patients is limited due to heart disease induced by the cancer treatment, rather than by the cancer itself. While very effective against
Lead Researcher: Dr Anthony Ashton Most pregnancies end with the birth of a healthy baby to a healthy mother; however, some pregnancies end in unforeseen and currently untreatable complications. Unfortunately, the signs that something is wrong in these pregnancies appear to be “normal” for most women at the end of pregnancy. Headaches, swelling and difficulty
Beryl Raymer, 1925-2017 As a community-funded Foundation, we are indebted to our wonderful supporters who make our life-saving research possible. Sadly, one of our most generous, loyal supporters, Beryl Raymer, recently passed away. We are deeply grateful for the many years of support Beryl gave, and believe the ground-breaking research undertaken by our researchers will
What does your role as Laboratory Manager involve? I am directly responsible for performing many of the experiments that are conducted within Professor Rasmussen’s laboratory, as well as providing a supervisory role to both students and research assistants within the lab. Basically, my role as Laboratory Manager requires that I balance the scientific needs of