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April is Stress Awareness month, and Turn2Me, a national mental health charity, is raising awareness of the types of stress people can suffer from.

The role of cholesterol in Heart Disease will be outlined tonight (Thursday Nov 24) in a webinar to be hosted by Croi.

Broadcaster Daithí O Sé has called on all those over 45 to have their cholesterol level checked the next time they visit their GP as new research from the heart and stroke charity Croí, supported by Novartis Ireland, reveals that the majority of respondents (83%) do not mention cholesterol when thinking about their heart health.

Today (Thursday) is World Heart Day, and mental health charity Turn2Me is marking the day by highlighting the link between stress and heart conditions.

A new podcast aims to save lives by encouraging patients who have suffered heart attacks, angioplasty or heart surgery to attend cardiac rehabilitation.

Croí and heart specialists at Galway University Hospital are encouraging people to make a New Year’s resolution this year to take control of their high blood pressure.

Lifesaving rehabilitation for heart patients is in ‘absolute crisis’ and no hospital in Ireland has a full team in place to help them recover, the Irish Heart Foundation has warned.

One of the first things we all heard about the Coronavirus was how those with underlying heart conditions had the worst outcomes. In the early days, as Dr Tony Holohan announced the daily death rate, he would make a special mention of the number of deaths with ‘pre-existing’ medical conditions. This messaging, together with probably the strongest public health messages of all time to ‘stay at home’ has struck fear in the hearts and minds of those living with or caring for those with heart and related conditions.

The Irish Heart Foundation today urged people living with chronic heart disease not to let their guard down as lockdown restrictions are eased after Department of Health data showed they accounted for half of Covid-19 admissions to ICUs.

The number of patients attending the emergency departments (EDs) of local hospitals has dropped dramatically during the Covid-19 pandemic.