Your ethnicity can affect your risk of heart disease. Find out how you can reduce that risk.
Cholesterol itself isn’t bad. We all have and need this wax-like substance in our bodies. Learn about the so-called “good” and “bad” cholesterol, where it comes from, and why it’s important for your health.
“Think Red, along with Good Housekeeping and the Heart and Stroke Foundation hosted a luncheon in aid of heart health.
Our events are a great way for you to have fun, get fit, and save lives.
Under local anaesthetic and sedation, a small tube (catheter) is placed into the groin and carefully directed to the heart.
A balloon attached to the catheter is inflated to flatten the fatty deposits and widen the blood vessel.
A stent or small metal mesh is put in place to keep the vessel open.
1 in 4 of all South African women will die because of heart complications, I Think Red for South African women.
