Q&A with Joannie Rochette
Joannie Rochette’s mother died of a heart attack just two days before her Olympic skate. But Joannie took to the ice — and made history. Hear her story about why she advocates for women’s heart health.
TOPICS Empowering our readers to be proactive about preventative health, providing them with tangible tools to recognize, diagnosis, and treat heart disease and its risk factors, making healthier hearts more accessible to all Canadians at every stage and level.
Joannie Rochette’s mother died of a heart attack just two days before her Olympic skate. But Joannie took to the ice — and made history. Hear her story about why she advocates for women’s heart health.
Une femme nous raconte son expérience avec l'insuffisance cardiaque causée par le diabète et nous explique comment s'informer pour s'en protéger.
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Exercising regularly is a key strategy in preventing heart disease. Starting might seem daunting, but it can be easy to do with these four simple steps!
Barbra Streisand shares how she became interested in advocating for equity in women's cardiac health, and what can be done about it.
The Reh-Fit Centre, Canada's premier cardiac rehabilitation and "prehabilitation" institution, improves its community's health while literally saving lives.
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Actor AnnaSophia Robb shares her passion for Women’s Heart Health education and tips for how to start living heart healthier.
His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy - could it be a heart attack? Time save lives with heart attacks, learn the symptoms and know when to call 9-1-1.
Living with heart failure means constant fear from a patient's perspective. With the right tools and monitoring, digital health provides peace of mind to patients across Ontario.
At some point, we all consider just how capably we could handle an emergency. Though we would like to think of ourselves as calm, confident individuals, the truth is that in a stressful, life-threatening situation it can be difficult to know how to properly respond.
About one million Canadians are living with heart failure and that number is expected to increase by about 25 percent over the next 20 years.
Dans le cas des personnes atteintes de diabète de type 2, se renseigner sur les risques de maladies cardiovasculaires pourrait même leur sauver la vie.
