Reduce your cholesterol level through eating
Did you know you can reduce your cholesterol level by making smart food choices? High cholesterol is a major risk factor for developing heart disease. Metamucil and Heart and Stroke Foundation want to help you reduce your risk. Simple lifestyle changes, such as eating more whole foods and upping your fibre intake can help lower your cholesterol levels. Find out more and take action.

The stroke-dementia connection
Having a stroke more than doubles your risk of developing dementia. These two brain diseases are closely linked, and preventing one can prevent the other. Get the details in the Foundation’s 2016 Stroke Report. Read the report.

Health organizations urge ban on marketing to kids
Stop Marketing to Kids Coalition says the time has come to protect children from harmful industry tactics and support parents to make healthy decisions for their families.
Find out more and get involved.

Take control of your blood pressure
High blood pressure is the number one risk factor for stroke and a major risk factor for heart disease. Reduce your risk with the free online Heart&Stroke Blood Pressure Action Plan, generously supported in part by a grant from Dairy Farmers of Canada. Try it today.

Lives saved, now and in the future
It has been a powerhouse partnership that has already saved lives and will continue to do so: over the past three years, the Heart and Stroke Foundation, with funding from the Public Health Agency of Canada, has placed 3,234 automated external defibrillators in rinks and rec centres coast to coast to coast, and trained more than 25,000 people how to use them. The program ended March 31. Our infographic highlights the program’s successes.

New Canadian approach to First Aid and CPR Guidelines
For the first time, Canada’s leading first aid and CPR training agencies have joined together to release a single evidence-based set of recommendations on training and standards of practice for first aid and CPR. Read more.

Give your heart health a boost
Reignite your heart health motivation with the new <30 Days app. The redesigned app, generously supported by Desjardins Insurance and Shoppers Drug Mart, delivers a pocketful of motivation with small actions that target your personal heart disease and stroke risk factors. Get the app.

KPMG helps employees prepare for the unexpected
Last fall, the KPMG Foundation launched a three-year program of CPR/AED learning sessions led by HSF-affiliated instructors. The free sessions are open to KPMG people, friends, families and local community members. The program will train an estimated 1,500 people across the country by July, 2018.

Show your heart and brain some love
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