Around 160,000 people could be living with heart failure in Ireland within three years, a leading charity has warned.

Our high intake of alcohol could be more damaging to our health than we realise, Peta Bee looks at the hard facts.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny and the sons of the late actor and comedian Dermot Morgan are backing a new campaign to encourage greater awareness of the risks of high blood pressure.

Most Irish women have no idea what the biggest killer of females in this country is — wrongly presuming their number one threat is cancer.

More than a hundred people survived a heart attack last year because someone witnessing the event started cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), figures show.

Young Irish holidaymakers can drink so much abroad they have to be admitted to hospital with potentially serious heart issues on their return to this country.

Guidelines for doctors about a blood-thinning drug may be flawed, according to a British Medical Journal investigation published today.

People who smoke 20 cigarettes a day are racking up bills of more than €200,000 over the course of their life, while “social smokers” are tripling the risk of heart failure without even realising it.

Not one cardiac unit in the country has enough staff to provide an aftercare service to those recovering from heart attacks that is credited with cutting death rates by up to 25%.

A leading doctor has told statin users that the “good tends to outweigh the bad” after concerns were raised over the potential side-effects of the cholesterol fighting drug.

A MONTH ago today, actor James Gandolfini, best known for his role as Mafia boss, Tony Soprano, was found lying on his hotel bathroom floor, in Italy, by his 13-year-old son, Michael. He had suffered a fatal heart attack, aged 51.

FOUR months ago, Andrew Marr, 53, the BBC TV presenter and journalist, suffered a major stroke.

A mother whose son died four years ago from sudden cardiac death is backing a campaign by the Irish Heart Foundation to halt the destruction of life-saving blood sample cards.

Soft drinks linked to increased stroke risk, reports Arlene Harris.

Salt in processed food should be reduced by regulation or taxation as there’s a “mass epidemic” of high blood pressure in the over-50s, a leading doctor with the Health Research Board has said.

More than three times as many women as men are dying from stroke in some parts of Ireland, it has been warned.

More than three times as many women as men are dying from stroke in some parts of Ireland, it has been warned.

A CAMPAIGN has been launched to reduce the number of men dying from a heart attack because they delay calling 999 for emergency treatment.

A leading cardiologist has described as "powerful" a new US medical report that found smoking is 25% more likely to give women heart disease than men.

AN Irish-made medicine has been shown to reduce death and hospitalisation due to heart failure by more than a quarter in a worldwide study.

CONCERT promoters MCD have been reported to health chiefs over the alleged promotion of cigarettes at the Oxegen Festival.

Concert promoters MCD have been reported to a health chiefs over the alleged promotion of cigarettes at a music event, it emerged today.

ANTI-smoking groups say the Government must increase taxes on cigarettes immediately and ban below-cost selling to prevent prices falling, following a ruling by the European Court of Justice.

The Irish Cancer Society has described today's ruling from the European Court of Justice that could lead to cheaper cigarette prices here as "bad news".

Anti-smoking campaigners today appealed to legislators to save children from the risks of passive smoking in cars.

A HIGH COURT challenge against the law prohibiting the display of cigarettes in shops has been described by ASH Ireland as ridiculous.

A complete ban on tobacco advertising in shops comes into force tomorrow.

FEAR of encouraging illegal trading in cigarettes should not deter the Government from taxing tobacco in next month’s emergency budget, pro-health and anti-tobacco groups have urged.

Smoking should be banned in all vehicles carrying children, cross-party politicians were told today.

Teenagers who smoke believe they are not healthy but persist with their habit because they think it’s “cool”, research published today reveals.

AN anti-smoking lobby group will continue to lobby for smoking to be banned in cars to protect children, despite failing to persuade the Government to introduce the prohibition.

TWENTY retailers were prosecuted last year for selling cigarettes to children, but inspectors discovered three out of every 10 shops are breaching anti-smoking laws.