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New, purpose-built laboratories in Boston’s Building 2 – where construction commenced in 2023 – will provide facilities for teams to design, develop and test next-generation medical technologies across a range of cardiovascular therapies, as well as areas such as heart failure and renal denervation, where a catheter in the kidney can reduce blood pressure.

A Galway woman has taken on a gruelling week-long Arctic Challenge to raise vital funds for the Irish Heart Foundation.

If you were to design a football stadium in a dream, you’d probably put it right on the water’s edge. You’d flank it with snow-capped mountains, dot the surrounding hills with Renaissance villas. ?In Como, this isn’t a dream. It’s just a standard match day at Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia.

“It’s a men’s condition,” or “It only occurs in older people.” That is the mistaken belief many have about heart disease, the country’s biggest killer.

National stroke and heart charity, the Irish Heart Foundation, has announced the publication of ‘My heart health: A helpful guide to taking care of your heart’, at an event in Westside Library in Galway.

The summer of 2022 marked a watershed in the life of 34-year-old "Sarah" who worked at a large firm in Michigan in the United States. That was when her career really took off. She was given more responsibility (taking charge of three departments), was included in important meetings, and even got a 25 per cent pay rise.

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Croí, the Heart & Stroke Charity, in collaboration with University Hospital Galway, is inviting everyone to a free public event dedicated to managing high blood pressure (hypertension). Taking place on Wednesday, January 14, at 5.30pm, at the Croí Heart & Stroke Centre, Moyola Lane, Newcastle, Galway, this special evening is open to anyone living with or supporting someone with high blood pressure.

Scientists in Galway have taken a significant step forward in the development of lab-grown “mini brains”, a breakthrough that could accelerate research into conditions such as stroke, Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s.

Scientists in Galway have taken a significant step forward in the development of lab-grown “mini brains”, a breakthrough that could accelerate research into conditions such as stroke, Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s.