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22,000 people avail of free blood pressure checks

The Irish Heart Foundation’s Mobile Health Unit marks its second anniversary with 22,000 BP checks

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Stroke News   |   13th Jun 2018

Who is caring for carers?

National Carer’s Week 2018

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Stroke News   |   12th Jun 2018

Heart disease and stroke killed almost 6,000 in 2017

CSO data shows heart disease and stroke took almost 6,000 lives last year

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Heart News   |   31st May 2018

Tobacco breaks hearts every day

World No Tobacco Day 2018 links tobacco to heart disease and stroke

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Policy News   |   31st May 2018

The Supplements don’t work

Popular vitamin supplements have no health benefit

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Nutrition News   |   30th May 2018

A Woman’s Heart

The menopause and cardiovascular disease 

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Heart News   |   29th May 2018

Plan to reduce strokes by 10 per cent by 2030

New Action Plan for Stroke in Europe launched

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Stroke News   |   25th May 2018

Family members of stroke survivors suffer in silence

One in four family members reported depressive symptoms- new Irish study

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Stroke News   |   23rd May 2018

May Measurement Month 2018

Every year 10 million people die because of high blood pressure, May Measurement Month wants to change this.

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Stroke News   |   16th May 2018

Atrial fibrillation increases death risk from stroke

The rate of overall death from stroke has been halved in the last 20 years

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Stroke News   |   22nd May 2018

Optimum napping time is 30 or 90 minutes

Post stroke fatigue affects up to 80 per cent of all stroke survivors

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Stroke News   |   9th May 2018

Dramatic reduction in smoking by Irish teens

Smoking among 15 and 16-year olds has dropped from 41 to 13 per cent

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Heart News   |   4th May 2018

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