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Will you take part in Donegal's Colour Runs to help fight heart disease?

People from across Donegal are invited to take part in Colour Runs in aid of the heart disease and stroke charity Croí. Organised by Kavanagh's SuperValu, events will take place in Buncrana and Donegal Town in September. Buncrana The Buncrana Colour ...

14 Aug 2022 at 13:33

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Will you take part in Donegal's Colour Runs to help fight heart disease?

People from across Donegal are invited to take part in Colour Runs in aid of the heart disease and stroke charity Croí. Organised by Kavanagh's SuperValu, events will take place in Donegal Town and Buncrana in September. Donegal Town The Donegal ...

14 Aug 2022 at 13:33

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Yesteryears: Experience of Tipperary paramedic shows that strokes need not be fatal

This week for our Yesteryears feature we return to our edition dated September 20, 2012. Our lead article that week ten years ago related to stroke awareness and told the story of how a Clonmel man, Joe O’Donoghue, had suffered a stroke but ...

29 Sept 2022 at 09:33

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Gallery: Colour run at Supervalu, Buncrana

Bridgeen Doherty, event organiser with Ciaran Doherty, manager SuperValu and Patricia Robinson at the Colour Run, in aid of Croí - Fighting Heart Disease & Stroke. Seated are Catherine Sweeney and Rachael Donaghey. Ava Doherty with her ...

27 Sept 2022 at 20:33

Charity chief executive ‘hugely honoured’ to be attending Queen’s funeral

The chief executive of Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland has said she is “hugely honoured and privileged” to be attending the Queen’s state funeral. Jane-Claire Judson will be part of the 2,000-strong congregation at Westminster Abbey ...

18 Sept 2022 at 01:01

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Trust stroke services assessment branded 'highly concerning'

A County Derry MLA has called for urgent progress on reform of the health service after a local health trust's stroke services were handed a damning assessment by a national stroke audit. The audit, carried out on a quarterly basis,...

04 Aug 2022 at 13:33

Scotland

Around 57,000 Scots living with long Covid for a year or more

Around 57,000 people across Scotland are estimated to have been living with long Covid for more than a year. The figure has increased from 31,000 compared to the same time in 2021. Estimates from the Office for National Statistics ...

04 Aug 2022 at 16:23

Thousands of patients denied access to ‘miracle’ stroke treatment

Thousands of stroke patients who could benefit from a “miracle treatment” that pulls them back from “near death” are being denied access to it, a charity has warned. The Stroke Association said more than 47,000 patients will miss ...

28 Jul 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

Number of excess deaths in Scotland is a ‘substantial issue’, experts say

The number of excess deaths in Scotland is a “substantial issue”, with deaths being consistently higher than average during the second half of 2021, experts have told MSPs. During this period, non-coronavirus deaths represented ...

10 Mar 2022 at 13:25

Call for people to be checked for silent health conditions linked to stroke

People are being urged to get checked for “silent” health conditions which have been linked to stroke. The Stroke Association said that around 55% of stroke patients have high blood pressure and 18% have an irregular heartbeat ...

10 Mar 2022 at 01:25

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New campaign needed to raise awareness of strokes, says charity

Calls for greater stroke awareness have been made as fewer people are seeking urgent medical attention when they experience circulatory disease symptoms, Scotland’s leading stroke charity has claimed. Chest Heart and Stroke ...

10 Mar 2022 at 01:25

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Stroke and brain injury survivors in new music and dance performance

Stroke and brain injury survivors have taken part in a performance of new music and dance in Letterkenny. Using music, movement and poetry as tools for self-expression stroke and brain injury, survivors from Donegal and ...

07 Mar 2022 at 20:33

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