Heart Health

My smartwatch started going crazy – I’d been ignoring the symptoms

Brad Butvila had been feeling light-headed and dizzy, but he put it down to being tired due to being a father-of-two. However his smartwatch kept sending him alerts.

10/4/2025: Jeziah Geisler 8 with his muma and dad Jasmine Wilson and Amit Kilpatrick (check that itÃ¢â¬â¢s ok to use last names) at Queensland Children's Hospital, South Brisbane. Jeziah was swimming in the backyard of a friend's place and went into cardiac arrest and drowned, the friend called out to this mum who then performed CPR. pic: Lyndon Mechielsen/Courier Mail

Heart Health

‘No signs’: Shock diagnosis after heart attack leaves 8yo seconds from tragedy

When Jeziah failed to surface while playing in a pool, the rush to save his life from a nearly catastrophic heart attack began. He now faces a long road to recovery after an undiagnosed condition was uncovered.

Country footy legend Phil Stevenson is one of the first Victorians to receive the new lead-free pacemaker. Phil Stevenson with grandson Elliot Tiley, 6.Picture: Supplied

Heart Health

I’m one of the 1st to get this new pacemaker — It’s a game-changer

Former footballer Phil Stevenson is among the first to get a new kind of pacemaker that’s smaller than an AAA battery and doesn’t have a lead. This is why it’s better.

Heart Health

Olympian reveals little known test to prevent heart attack

Nearly five years on from a shock heart attack that nearly ended with suicide, Olympic gold medallist Duncan Armstrong has revealed a little known test could have prevented it all.