Lifesaving Cardiac Rehabilitation Service in crisis
The Cardiac Rehabilitation service in Ireland is in “absolute crisis,” Dr Angie Brown, the Medical Director of the Irish Heart Foundation has said.
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Travel Insurance for Cardiac Patients
The Irish Heart Foundation have published some very useful information on their website regarding Travel Insurance for Cardiac Patients.
IACR Conference 2019
Conference attendees enjoyed a very informative conference at Palmerstown House Estate on 16 th February 2019.
National Review of Specialist Cardiac Services
IACR has welcomed a comprehensive review of specialist cardiac services in Ireland. The Irish Heart Foundation has made a submission highlighting deficiencies in care provision for cardiac patients.
Childhood Obesity Website
A team of five students at NUI Galway have developed a new website aimed at tackling childhood obesity. The PrimaryFit website features easy to access meal and exercise plans with a designated discussion forum for teachers and parents [...]
IHF Sitting Campaign
The Irish Heart Foundation will be launching a campaign in September to focus on the detrimental impact to health caused by prolonged periods of sitting. The September ‘Heart Month’ campaign will focus on heart health and how it is impacted [...]
New report on Heart Health and Alcohol
The HSE and IHF have produced a document on the relationship between alcohol and heart health.
IACR Conference 2018
The 2018 Annual conference and AGM of the IACR was held in the prestigious Palmerstown House Hotel and was attended by 115 members with guests, speakers and sponsors. Speakers included Dr Siobhan Jennings, HSE, Prof Niall Moyna, DCU and cardiologists Dr Susan Connolly and Dr Jonathon Lyne.
Irish Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation announces Bursary for Members
Irish Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation (IACR) is proud to offer a bursary to members to attend international or national conferences [...]
IACR publish results of the 2017 Data Collection Project at the 2018 IACR Annual Conference
IACR published results of the 2017 Data Collection Project at the 2018 IACR Annual Conference The Data Protection Document for IACR contains pertinent and important information relating to the collection, storage and dissemination [...]
Irish Cardiac Society Conference 2017
This year the ICS Conference took place in the Millennium Forum in Derry on 5th & 6th October. We were delighted that this year the Irish Cardiac Society have been supportive of the IACR in allowing us to have a stand at the conference to continue to promote cardiac rehabilitation.