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More than twice as many women as men dying from stroke in Mayo
According to the national charity fighting heart disease and stroke, the latest CSO figures showed that out of 92 stroke-related deaths in Mayo, 63 women died compared to 29 men during 2010.
Lack of heart failure awareness causing 'needless waste of lives'
Just one in seven people can accurately identify the symptoms of heart failure (HF), even though it is one of Ireland’s deadliest conditions – having a worse five year survival rate than many forms of cancer.
Listen to your heart, not your head
Do not die of embarrassment is the hard-hitting message from the Irish Heart Foundation, which is urging Irish men not to delay in calling 999 for emergency treatment if they think they are having a heart attack.
Women urged to reduce their stroke risk
The Irish Heart Foundation has urged women to reduce their stroke risk by maintaining a healthy weight, after US research found that stroke rates have tripled among those aged from late thirties to early fifties.
Stroke awareness campaign aims to reduce deaths from Ireland’s third biggest killer
A local support group is heading up an awareness campaign in Galway aimed at reducing death and disability from stroke, Ireland’s third biggest killer disease.
