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# Heart

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The public could become life savers under a new plan to fight cardiac arrests
Ireland could free up 24,000 hospital beds by letting stroke patients out early
French doctors have carried out a second artificial heart transplant
Watching 3 hours of television every day doubles the risk that you'll die young
More transplants than ever were carried out in Ireland last year
Teenage girls sit or lie down for 19 hours a day - but what effect is it having on their heart?
Irish politicians to be taught Vinnie Jones's 'hard and fast' skills - by students
Half of stroke patients suffer depression or anxiety and most don't get help
Astronauts' hearts grow rounder in space, finds study
Risk of heart problems from antidiabetes drugs is being overlooked, experts warn
€168m in claims were paid out by Irish Life last year --- including one of over a million euro
Eating heart-shaped foods will keep your ticker in good shape
Returning Strauss moved by RDS ovation -- Heaslip
Meet the people beginning a new life in 2014 thanks to organ transplants
Study to look at feasability of defibrillators in public places
Facebook campaigns have the power to 'dramatically boost' organ donation
7 Irish stories that will warm the cockles of your heart
Newborn blood samples due for destruction 'could save lives'
What overeating does to your body
Is volunteering good for your heart?
Marriage is good for the heart: study
Lower death rates for those taking cholesterol medication and exercise - study
People more likely to take preventive medications combined in a single pill
Vitamins do not reduce men's risk of heart trouble: study
7 strangers who need your advice
7 musicians who’ve told politicians to get their ‘mitts’ off their tunes
Dermot Morgan's sons to launch Heart Month
"Broken hearts" could be healed with stem cells
Pakistan investigating heart medication deaths
Medics drop heart being rushed for transplant
Just 14 per cent of Irish people know the symptoms of heart failure
Bono spokeswoman denies report of French holiday heart scare
People urged to take heart attack symptoms seriously
Heart in a bag… and 7 other medical firsts
Sugary soft drinks linked to hypertension