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Con Dionyssopoulos, 53, exercised regularly most of his life, in fact he went to the gym a lot and he did not and does not drink or smoke. He would occasionally overindulge in good food at special functions. When he noticed that his brother Ilias was turning bright red when they went on a jog together about three years ago, he decided that they should both do a heart stress test and what came up shocked him. “Our dad had heart issues and mum had high blood pressure so we thought it best to do the test,” he said. The test showed that Ilias was fine but that he had a major problem – two o...

This week is Heart Week, which began on Monday, 3 May and ends on Sunday, 9 May and is an opportunity for healthcare professionals to engage with patients about the risks of developing cardiovascular disease and the way to lower the risk. There are few people better qualified to talk about “Heart Health” in Australia than Clinical Associate Professor Arthur Nasis who is with the Department of Medicine at Monash University. A consultant cardiologist and cardiac imaging specialist, Associate Professor Nasis told Neos Kosmos that there were three key issues that related to heart health and ...