Search Results for 'stroke'

People in Galway have been urged to take small steps to reduce their risk of heart disease and stroke.

Listed by Forbes magazine as the exercise of the 21st century with the greatest all-round benefits for the human body, Tai Chi, often referred to as “meditation in motion,” is a mind-body practice combining slow, spiral rotational movements with deep breathing and mindfulness. Originating as a martial art in China 400 years ago, Tai Chi has evolved into one of the world's most popular exercises for promoting physical and mental wellbeing.

Galway 3-25 Kilkenny 1-16

What is the leading cause of women’s deaths worldwide? Many would mistakenly say breast cancer.

You will have more fun, feel happier, make friends easier, achieve more, and generally, have a much better time if you drink. That is what the alcohol advertisements want us to believe.

Galway-based medical device company Ceroflo has announced the appointment of Galway’s Mairsíl Claffey as its new Chief Clinical and Regulatory Officer.

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.