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Bringing women’s heart health education to Emergency Medicine practitioners

The Irish Association of Emergency Medicine and the Irish Heart Foundation, Ireland’s national heart and stroke charity, have joined forces to highlight one of the leading causes of heart attack in women under fifty years of age, SCAD (Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection).

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Advocacy News   |   9th Apr 2026

Staying Active and Eating Healthy Over the Easter Weekend

Easter weekend brings a welcome pause in the year, a…

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Nutrition News   |   2nd Apr 2026

Coming up in the Irish Heart Foundation

Some events coming up in the next few months

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Heart News   |   10th Apr 2026

Minister for Health signs the Stroke Action Plan for Europe

Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill has signed…

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Stroke News   |   23rd Mar 2026

Over a quarter of adults have high cholesterol and high BP

High number of people affected by both high blood pressure and high cholesterol

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Heart News   |   18th Oct 2019

Free CPR training teaches students how to restart a heart

Hundreds of staff and students from universities and colleges around the country are learning how to restart a heart and save a life this week with free CPR training

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CPR News   |   15th Oct 2019

Obesity related diseases to claim more than 90 million lives

New report from the OECD reveals the economic and social costs of obesity

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Obesity News   |   11th Oct 2019

Don’t let the flu get to you this winter

Get the flu vaccine and protect your heart

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Heart News   |   10th Oct 2019

The 2019 Irish Cardiac Society Scientific Meeting and AGM

The 2019 Annual Scientific Meeting and AGM of the Irish Cardiac Society

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Heart News   |   9th Oct 2019

Budget 2020 does not do enough to drive down smoking rates

Irish Heart Foundation reaction to Budget 2020

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Policy News   |   8th Oct 2019

Stroke patients delayed seeking help for more than 3 hours

The 2018 National Stroke Register highlights urgent need for the reintroduction of the FAST stroke public awareness campaign

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Stroke News   |   7th Oct 2019

Green Health Symposium 2019

Symposium on the challenges to health posed by climate change to take place in Dublin next month

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Policy News   |   4th Oct 2019

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