HeartLife Academy – A New Era of Heart Health Education and Advocacy
The HeartLife Foundation, a leading patient-led heart health organization is proud to announce the official launch of HeartLife Academy…
A Groundbreaking Partnership for Heart Health Advocacy
At HeartLife, we believe that meaningful change happens when patients and healthcare professionals work together for heart health advocacy. That’s why we’re…
Year in Review
Welcome to HeartLife Foundation’s Year in Review! This year has been monumental for us as we’ve expanded our mission beyond heart failure to include all cardiovascular diseases. We made this change because of you—ourmembers. Your voices made it clear that the journey through cardiovascular disease is connected, and all roads ultimatelylead to heart failure. Whether […]
Landmark National Framework on Heart Failure Act Tabled in Canadian Senate
Introduction of the ‘National Framework on Heart Failure Act’ by Honourable Senator Yonah Martin Bill S-284 follows extensive groundwork by the HeartLife Foundation, including a national policy framework endorsed by multiple groups. Essential to reduce the projected $2.8 billion annual costs of heart failure by 2030
Statement in the Senate about HeartLife
Statement on the Heartlife Foundation by the Honourable Yonah Martin In her recent address to the Senate, Hon. Yonah Martin, Deputy Leader of the Opposition, shone a spotlight on an issue of paramount importance: heart failure. As February marks Heart Month, she underscored the urgency of addressing this condition, which affects over 750,000 Canadians annually […]
HeartLife Foundation Puts Heart Failure at the Centre of Heart Month with Launch of New Tools to Support Canadians
First and only heart failure Charter addresses importance of establishing a national standard of care for Canadian patients and their caregivers VANCOUVER, BC, February 1, 2020 – Today, HeartLife Foundation (HLF), Canada’s first – and only – national patient-led Heart Failure (HF) organization, is calling attention to the realities of living with HF by releasing […]
This is why one million Canadians are sacrificing their basic needs to afford drug costs
What you’ve heard is true: Canada does in fact take longer than the U.S and the European Union to approve new drugs. According to a study published by the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), delays in submitting new drugs to Health Canada for review have had a huge impact on this, with certain products being […]