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New research released by Blackrock Health as part of its new Show Your Heart Some Love campaign has revealed that an alarming 18% of people who experience symptoms that could signal a potential heart issue do not take any action to address or investigate the cause of the symptoms.

Are you, or a loved one, living with atrial fibrillation?

In recognition of World Stroke Day, Croí, the heart and stroke charity, will host a special free webinar on Thursday, October 28 from 7pm to 8pm using Zoom. Register now at www.croi.ie/webinar, or call Croí on (091) 544310.

Have you been struggling with sinus infections without realising it? Your nose easily gets congested, becomes runny, you get blocked ears and feel dizzy. The pressure in your face is all-consuming, right down into your ears. Chronic sinus issues cause you to feel the same anguish that people feel when they have diseases typically considered "more serious". Or have you just started suffering from sinus headaches?

Three years ago I was working as an obese, fatigued, and run-down A&E nurse who had just become an emergency patient in her own department while at work. With a resting heart rate of nearly 200 beats per minute, high blood pressure, and atrial fibrillation diagnosis, things were not looking good at all. Holding down a very stressful and challenging career as well as studying herbal medicine, all while supporting a household of several young adults, had taken its toll.

Sinusitis or sinus infection is inflammation of the air cavities within the passages of the nasal cavity. Tiny holes that connect your nasal passages to your sinuses get blocked. It can be caused by a number of factors including colds and flu viruses, infection, polyps, allergies, and irritants. If your sinuses cannot drain properly it causes inflammation and swelling around the nasal area. This can directly affect your breathing, cause pain, irritation, and headaches and affect your day to day living.

A postgrad researcher in GMIT’s Medical Technology Research Centre, GMedTech, has won the 2015 National Thesis in 3 final, held in the Sugar Club, Dublin, recently.

‘Find Atrial Fibrillation before a stroke finds you’ is the latest message from the Irish Heart Foundation (IHF).