Australia's National Strategy for heart, stroke and vascular health provides a blueprint for improving the cardiovascular health of Australians and reducing the prevalence of heart, stroke and vascular disease. Priorities for national action include developing information and tools to support consumers and general practitioners to match treatment to the level of risk of future heart, stroke and vascular events. The Australian Heart Foundation describes cardiovascular disease (CVD) as encompassing heart, stroke and blood vessel diseases. It affects one in six (16%) Australians and is the single leading cause of death in Australia. Despite improvements over the last few decades, it remains one of the biggest burdens on the Australian economy. CVD was the main cause for 480,548 hospitalisations in 2013/14 and played an additional role in another 680,000 hospitalisations. It is only during the past decade that long term studies have identified significantly higher prevalence levels (up to 80%) across MS populations. Details of some important MS related research outcomes are at: http://www.msnetwork.org/caution.htm Peter Sullivan and Kerri Cassidy, on behalf of CCSVI Australia Reference Group PO Box 10, Blackburn, VIC, 3130 http://ccsviaustralia.com.au Facebook https://www.facebook.com/CCSVIAUSTRALIA