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Early menopause increases cardiovascular risk - study

Women who go through early menopause are at higher risk of heart disease and stroke, research has shown.
Science • 16 Jan 18

Breastfeeding can reduce heart attack risk - study

Breast feeding is not only good for babies - it can also reduce a mother's risk of heart attack or stroke, research has shown.
Science • 22 Jun 17

Chocolate 'may be good for your heart'

New research has added to tentative evidence that eating chocolate in modest quantities may be good for the heart.
News • 17 Jun 15

Irish funding to assist in Ukraine heart surgery

A team of 15 doctors and nurses, funded by Irish aid agency Chernobyl Children's International, will fly to Ukraine at the end of the month to perform life-saving cardiac surgery on 30 children born with serious heart defects.
News • 11 Jan 15

Heart test could cut diagnosis time frame

A new test made in Ireland could significantly reduce the time it takes doctors to diagnose if a person is suffering a heart attack.
News • 17 Dec 13

Study shows variance in heart attack symptoms

Two thirds of people who suffer a heart attack experience the slow onset of symptoms, not the sudden and dramatic onset depicted in TV dramas and movies, new research has found.
News • 11 Nov 13

<p>Heart stress tests raise cancer risks</p>

Heart patients often get repeated diagnostic imaging tests that expose them to dangerously high doses of radiation, US researchers said.
World • 15 Nov 10

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