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Malahide GazetteThursday, 18th November 2010 The Mater Foundation has announced that Ireland is the first country in the world to set up an annual reporting programme for Irish Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD) among the young. The report has been produced over the last two years by two of the Mater Hospital’s Cardiac Specialist Registrars, Andy

Killarney AdvertiserFriday 29th October, 2010-11-10 New nationally representative research reveals that almost seven out of ten people (69 per cent) in Munster are concerned about the health of their heart.The data was released to mark the start of an awareness drive around Atrial Fibriliation (AF), and the Irish Heart Foundation’s publication of a new information

Evening Echo 28th October 2010 A group of Cork based musicians have joined forces to record an album in memory of a Bandon teenager. Le Gra do Chiara was recorded at the weekend in Mr Bradley’s Bar on Barrack Street as part of the Fireside Sessions in aid of CRY – Cardiac Risk in the

Metro Herald 18th October 2010 Members of the public should not give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation unless they are fully trained, according to new guidelines just published today. Instead those lacking full skills should give chest compressions only – the best chance of saving a life. Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) involves chest compressions and ‘rescue’ breaths, with the