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SHOCKING: study reveals risk of heart attack for smokers

Female smokers are more likely to have a heart attack almost 16 years earlier than their non-smoking counterparts, new research has found. For male smokers, the findings were almost as bad with men more likely to have a heart attack almost ten years ...

20 Apr 2022 at 19:33

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SHOCKING: study reveals risk of heart attack for smokers

20 Apr 2022 at 16:33

National News

SHOCKING: study reveals risk of heart attack for smokers

20 Apr 2022 at 16:33

Cheap blood test could save lives after heart attack, study says

A cheap blood test could save lives of thousands of heart attack patients, according to a new study. The British Heart Foundation (BHF), which funded the work, said the quick test can help doctors to spot people at high risk of death ...

22 Feb 2022 at 20:25

Shocks

Holiday home boss and dad of five who ‘died’ for five minutes as his heart stopped after vicious house fire befriends firefighter who saved him

A holiday home boss and dad-of-five who ‘died’ for five minutes when his heart stopped beating after a terrifying house fire sent him into cardiac arrest has become friends with the firefighter who brought him back to life. Retired ...

25 Apr 2022 at 08:25

Life

Better Call Saul’s Bob Odenkirk on how a heart attack changed his life

Actor, comedian, writer and action hero Bob Odenkirk is well aware of how lucky he is to be alive, thanks to the medics who gave him CPR following a heart attack while filming Better Call Saul. Odenkirk, 59, who first appeared in ...

05 Apr 2022 at 09:55

New NHS campaign urges people to dial 999 for suspected heart attack

The NHS has launched a campaign to encourage people to dial 999 when they are having early signs of a heart attack. Backed by celebrities including One Foot In The Grave actor Richard Wilson and Sky Sports presenter Peter Dale ...

12 Feb 2022 at 01:25

Scotland

Fears of Covid ‘domino effect’ as deaths from heart disease and strokes rise

The Covid crisis may have caused a “dangerous domino effect” on people’s health, campaigners warned, as deaths from heart disease and strokes both increased. Official figures showed there were 6,727 deaths from coronary heart ...

25 Jan 2022 at 14:25

GAA

'After the heart-attack I thought I’d never get to see a game again'

He might be 72 years of age now but on Sunday morning Dave Gallagher had the youthful enthusiasm of a first-time supporter as he headed north from Connolly station on the train to Newry. Donegal, under new manager Paddy Carr,...

11 Jan 2023 at 15:33

Health

Mum whose ‘snoring’ was a sign of cardiac arrest is saved by her teenage daughter who was sharing her bed by a fluke and had learned CPR at school

A mum whose life was saved by an incredible series of coincidences when her snoring was in fact a sign of cardiac arrest told how her teenage daughter who had fallen asleep in her bed performed CPR learned at school to keep ...

28 Apr 2022 at 08:25

Statins have fewer side-effects than people think – study

Cholesterol-busting drugs taken by millions of people in the UK have far fewer side-effects than people think, a large study suggests. Statins are one of the most commonly prescribed drugs in the UK, with around seven to ...

16 Feb 2022 at 01:26

Health & Wellbeing

Former Olympic gymnast Ellie Downie: I don’t think losing my brother will ever really make sense

Nothing can undo the pain of losing a loved one. But former Team GB gymnast Ellie Downie says becoming a British Heart Foundation ambassador has been helping her cope with the loss of her brother Josh, 24. “We really ...

26 Apr 2023 at 10:00

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