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Join Croí, the Heart and Stroke Charity, and leading experts for a public webinar, Living Well with Cardiovascular Disease: Women’s Heart Health and Menopause.

Join Croí, the heart and stroke charity, and leading experts for a public webinar, Living Well with Cardiovascular Disease: Women’s Heart Health and Menopause. This free webinar takes place online using Zoom on Thursday, March 31, from 7pm to 8pm.

One of the great benefits of exercise is the more you do, the more energy you have and the more you are capable of. However the reverse is also true - the less exercise you do, the less you can do. Now, new research on the effect of exercise on a key protein that helps to regulate circulation has pointed to a possible explanation for this.

Have you, or a loved one, recently been diagnosed with cardiovascular disease or are recovering from a cardiac event?

The emotional recovery involved in post cardiac events or after receiving a diagnosis of cardiovascular disease, will be the subject of a free webinar taking place next week.

A fish flopping in your heart. A washing machine in your chest. Your heart turning over. That is how patients have described the symptoms of atrial fibrillation (AFib) or irregular heartbeat.

A major manufacturer of workstations reports that 86 per cent of work computer users have to sit all day, and when they do rise from sitting, more than half (56 per cent) use food as the excuse to get up and move. In addition to sitting at work, for meals, and commuting to/from work, 36 per cent sit another one to two hours watching TV, 10 per cent sit one to two hours for gaming, 25 per cent sit one to two hours for reading/lounging, and 29 per cent use their home computer for one to two hours. In summary, the average Irish person sits for 9.5 hours a day and sleep for eight hours. That's a total of 17.5 hours a day off their feet.

Earlier this week, the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) published updated scientific recommendations on dietary guidelines for older adults.

A major manufacturer of workstations reports that 86 percent of work computer users have to sit all day, and when they do rise from sitting, more than half (56 percent) use food as the excuse to get up and move.

A major manufacturer of workstations reports that 86 per cent of work computer users have to sit all day, and when they do rise from sitting, more than half (56 per cent) use food as the excuse to get up and move. In addition to sitting at work, for meals, and commuting to/from work, 36 per cent sit another one to two hours watching TV, 10 per cent sit one to two hours for gaming, 25 per cent sit one to two hours for reading/lounging, and 29 per cent use their home computer for one to two hours. In summary, the average Irish person sits for 9.5 hours a day and sleep for eight hours. That's a total of 17.5 hours a day off their feet.