‘I was at family celebration ... then suddenly my heart was racing and I started to get sick’
Genetic heart conditions: Testing family members for cardiac genetic abnormalities following a sudden adult death can save lives
Heart disease
Stories relating to heart disease
Cardiac arrest survival rates in urban areas 40% higher than rural settings, research finds
Out of more than 18,000 cardiac arrests examined, just in excess of 1,000 patients survived to hospital discharge
New heart bypass surgery method developed by team led by University of Galway medics
Use of high resolution CT-scan imagery in operations has potential to ease pressures on cath labs
‘I felt like I was going to die’: Recovering from early heart failure at the age of 36
Mohammed Ladfil, a father of three living in Cork, got ‘another chance at life’ after undergoing a heart transplant in the Mater hospital
Heart transplant: ‘My donor and their family were wonderful angels who gave me the gift of life’
Mary Broderick has had a long road to travel from a heart murmur since infancy to receiving a new heart with various other surgeries along the way
Oral microbiome becoming prime focus of research over links to disease beyond the mouth
Keeping your teeth and gums healthy could have far-reaching impacts reducing risks associated with diabetes, dementia, heart disease and some cancers
‘I just dropped to the ground. I was clinically dead for three to four minutes’
Marathon runner Paul Nolan had a heart attack while training last December. Now, following his recovery from surgery, he’s keen to encourage men to have annual medical check-ups
A quiet revolution in treating small children with serious heart disease
Children from the North account for up to 20 per cent of heart interventions performed in Crumlin’s children’s hospital in Dublin
Cardiovascular disease: The case for doing more on illness prevention, rather than just treatment
Rethinking how to keep people well promises a ‘win win’ for the State and the individual
Community First Responders: ‘She thought we were angels that had dropped out of the sky’
A network of volunteers speedily help save lives in incidents of heart attack, cardiac arrest and stroke
Heart disease: What is it - and what does the future hold with improving treatments?
Early diagnosis and treatment are keys to survival of heart disease, but prevention is the best approach of all
Recreational drugs detected in 10% of cardiac intensive care patients
New study finds drug-users nearly nine times as likely to die or require emergency intervention as other heart patients while in hospital
Walking just 4,000 steps can lower risk of early death, new study finds
‘It’s the best medicine we can recommend, just going out for a walk,’ cardiologist at Johns Hopkins Medicine says
Think twice before booking your next foreign holiday, especially if you have heart or lung disease
Heatwaves abroad can change everything for your health, especially if you have a pre-existing condition
Heart disease and stroke deaths could be cut by 15,000 over five years, says Mary Harney
Illness kills 9,000 people a year despite 80% of premature cases being preventable
Irish food system ‘fuelling premature death and disability’ due to diet-related diseases – report
Lack of policies cause ‘ultra-processed foods and excessive red and processed meat’ to dominate
Cancer and heart disease vaccines ‘ready by 2030’, drug firm predicts
Pharmaceutical company Moderna says mRNA technology developed during Covid pandemic could treat ‘all sorts of disease areas’
Public patients wait six times longer for essential heart tests, study finds
Failure of public hospitals to allow GP referrals leads to delays not experienced by private patients
I wish I’d known how stress affects the heart before the attack that nearly killed my father
Research suggests psychological stress may be your heart’s worst enemy
How lifelong cholesterol levels can harm or help your heart
The longer you have high levels of ‘bad’ LDL cholesterol, the greater your risk of a heart attack
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