48 h. ago Margaret Atwood opens up about heart condition and medication that turns her ‘blue’

‘My heart would stop for up to 10 seconds,’ author writes in her new memoir

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4 d. ago Hundreds screened for possible heart conditions at Ayrshire event

A team of experienced medical and nursing staff provided free screening at Girvan Community Hospital.

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9 d. ago Here's EXACTLY how to tell if your snoring is caused by potentially deadly sleep apnoea

Millions of Britons with an undiagnosed sleep condition which dramatically raises the risk of heart attacks and strokes could soon benefit from a revolutionary gadget.

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9 d. ago The tasty spice that could slash cholesterol and blood pressure

A spice that's commonly found in many dishes could help lower your risk of some heart condition

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9 d. ago Acid reflux increases risk of heart attack by nearly a third, new study reveals

Scientists in Philadelphia analysed the medical data of more than 1.3 million patients and found those with GERD had a 27 percent higher risk of heart attack than those without the condition.

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1 week ago ‘My son’s heart was the size of a walnut when he was rushed into surgery at 10 days old – I was terrified’

Eddison Watts’s rare congenital heart defect affects approximately one in every 3,600 births in the UK

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1 week ago Ryan Reynolds shows true colours as Wrexham owner’s actions branded ‘insane’

Wrexham owner Ryan Reynolds has donated £10,000 to help save the life of a seriously ill baby born with an ultra-rare heart condition as his terrified mother plans to take him for life-saving treatment in America

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2 w. ago I didn’t plan on a sausage dog but McKenzie nudged me back to hope | Debbie Elkind

First-time dog owner Debbie Elkind was worried how she’d fare with her new dachshund. Then she fell in love with her ‘ridiculous, beautiful’ animalI wasn’t looking for a long dog. I knew little about dachshunds, that odd-shaped breed with short legs and suspicious eyes. But during pandemic lockdowns I began scrolling PetRescue the way friends were swiping Tinder, and with just as little luck.So when I spotted her, I prepared for disappointment. I had recently been ghosted by an elderly chap with a heart condition. I had visions of giving him his golden senior years; he had better prospects. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Ronan Keating pays tribute to late Boyzone star Stephen Gately 16 years after death

Boyzone star Stephen Gately died at the age of 33 at his holiday home in Majorca due to an undiagnosed heart condition

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3 w. ago AD FEATURE: Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland celebrates 30 years of its Advice Line

Since its launch, it has handled over 100,000 calls from people with chest, heart and stroke conditions and Long Covid

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3 w. ago I Swear review – biopic of pioneering Tourette syndrome activist is funny, fierce and full of heart

Kirk Jones’s moving film about of John Davidson, the man who taught Britain about Tourette, offers compassion and catharsis Feelgood true-life heart-warmers about courageous people overcoming medical conditions are common enough. But not when that condition zaps and jabs and stabs at the genre itself, piercing the carapace of sentimentality while surreally commenting on the form and on the demure niceties of polite society, in which we all keep our thoughts to ourselves.Kirk Jones’s terrifically warm, generous film is about real-life activist John Davidson, who is from Galashiels in the Scottish Borders and has Tourette syndrome, with its tics, compulsive behaviour patterns and random obscene shouts. He was awarded an MBE in 2019 for his work educating the nation about the condition since he first exhibited its symptoms as a teenager in 1989, as captured in the BBC’s sensational documentary John’s Not Mad. I Swear contains a great performance from Robert Aramayo, full of intelligenc...

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3 w. ago My mother hugged me and knew instantly I had a heart condition. This is the tell

Neeta, a trained GP, drew her daughter in for a hug and instant noticed an anomaly that would end up saving her daughter's life.

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