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Weight loss drug semaglutide could reduce heart attack risk by 20%, study finds
Active ingredient in brands including Wegovy and Ozempic also found to have brought about cardiovascular benefits for participants in research
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
‘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
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
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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