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Healthy lives free of heart disease and stroke. Together we will make it happen. The Heart and Stroke Foundation is a national organization led and supported by a force of more than 130,000 volunteers.
- Throughout our history, the Foundation has relied on the generous donations of millions of Canadians.
- The Foundation receives no operational funding from government sources.
In 2011, the Foundation invested almost $102 million in research, health promotion and community programs.
The Foundation of your community:
- The Foundation aims to build healthier hearts and minds across Canada by bringing life-saving knowledge to the communities we serve through our local area offices and the healthcare providers we support with education and resources.
- We have the passion and courage to explore, through scientific excellence and innovation, ways to protect the health of all Canadians, old and young – in communities across the nation.
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Caring for a damaged heart
Advanced technologies such as LVADs can improve the quality of life for patients with heart failure.
Diary of a Heart Month volunteer |THE HSF BLOG
Every February, more than 77,000 Heart and Stroke Foundation volunteers from coast-to-coast fan out across their communities to canvass for donations to support life-saving research. Canvasser Rich Mingus takes us along on his route — including the highs, the lows and the rude doormats.
Help us! Your input matters!
Have you had a heart attack or have you taken the drug Brilinta (ticagrelor)? We need your input on your experience after a heart attack and/or treatment for this survey. Your responses are completely anonymous.
Timeline Photos
The Future of Regenerative Medicine: Could We Regrow Our Own H...
“We can recreate a brand new heart.” Dr. Kim Connelly’s regenerative medicine research opens the door to incredible possibilities.
The Race To Save Lives
Regenerative medicine has the power to reverse heart damage.
Regenerative medicine: Your heart can heal itself
“Your body has a capacity to heal the heart. We used to think that it didn’t but we know now that your heart can heal itself” Heart and Stroke Foundation researcher Dr. Paul Fedak explains his regenerative medicine research.
Read the 2016 Report on the Health of Canadians
50,000 Canadians are diagnosed each year with Heart Failure.
Regenerative Medicine: Reversing heart damage
Regenerative medicine opens up the incredible potential of re-growing our own hearts to treat heart failure.
Be Part Of The Cure
Regenerative Medicine has the power to reverse heart damage and end heart failure.
The Burden of Heart Failure
Depending on the severity of symptoms, up to half of all heart failure patients die within 5 years of diagnosis.
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