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The Stroke Foundation says a common but under diagnosed heart condition is costing the Australian economy over $1 billion a year.

Poor Australians should be paid to quit to reduce burden of heart disease, heart lobby urges.

Got fat thighs? The time has come to rejoice. New research suggests people with thin thighs are at higher risk of heart disease and premature death.

A new study has found that the thinner your thighs, the greater your risk of heart disease.

  Tougher road safety campaigns, more effective mental health screening and drug and alcohol prevention programs are needed, according to specialists in the field.   He said the three leading causes of death were interlinked, as many road trauma deaths were caused by mental health problems or substance abuse.  While the death rate for women in road accidents has dropped by about 10% a year since 1997, it has remained stable for men at 10 deaths for every 100,000 Victorian men.