New Partnership Aims To Transform Stroke Treatment
Tuesday 6 July 2004

A unique partnership between the Eastern Health Board, the Big Lottery Fund and the Northern Ireland Chest, Heart and Stroke Association will bring a new level of care for stroke sufferers in the Board's area. more »

Achievements, But Room For Improvement In Waiting Lists
Thursday 3 June 2004

The Irish Cardiac Society and the NI Chest Heart & Stroke Association have noted with pleasure the 10% reduction in waiting lists and the 46% reduction in excess waiters in the last year. more »

Call For Total Smoking Ban In Workplaces
Wednesday 2 June 2004

The Northern Ireland Chest Heart & Stroke Association has appealed to the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for Health to implement a smoking ban in all work places in the UK. This follows the successful implementation of a smoking ban in the Republic of Ireland, which has met with widespread approval. more »

Best To Avoid Animal Experiments
Monday 24 May 2004

The Northern Ireland Chest Heart & Stroke Association is most reluctant to fund research which involves the use of animals. It has welcomed the Government’s initiative today. However, NICHSA feels that the monitoring of animal experiments should not be undertaken by the Medical Research Council. “It has a vested interest and could not be perceived to be completely objective in this regard”, said Andrew Dougal, Chief Executive of the NICHSA. more »

Belfast Researchers Tackle Child Lung Mystery
Tuesday 4 May 2004

Doctors in Belfast are working to develop a new test to help children with a disease that causes chronic breathing problems and can threaten their lives. more »

Heart Disease Shock For Northern Ireland Women
Wednesday 21 April 2004

One in four women in Northern Ireland will die from heart disease, yet many still regard it as a man’s illness.

The death toll in recent years has been greater than all the cancers combined, according to the Northern Ireland Chest, Heart and Stroke Association. In some areas, the figure is as high as one in three. more »

Hypnotist Hugh Says: You Will Give Up Smoking
Monday 8 March 2004

Top hypnotist Hugh McCorry is offering smokers a free chance to beat the habit on No Smoking Day, March 10. more »

Waiting Lists – Good And Bad News
Thursday 4 March 2004

The NI Chest Heart & Stroke Association has congratulated all the doctors and nurses and other staff in the Health Service for the reduction by one third in the number of people waiting for treatment for more than 12 months. “This is a very considerable achievement”, said Andrew Dougal, Chief Executive of NICHSA. “However, I must point out that 25% of those waiting for treatment in cardiology have to wait more than 12 months. This is totally unacceptable. The Minister must let the public know what she is going to do to rectify this situation. more »

Silent Killer On Your Dinner Table
Wednesday 28 January 2004

Northern Ireland's top heart charity is warning that around a thousand people will die unnecessarily here in the coming year because they have eaten too much salt. Another 34,000 will die for the same reason in the rest of the UK. more »

Heart Breakthrough In Northern Ireland
Tuesday 9 December 2003

Northern Ireland has become one of the leading centres in Europe for tests to identify a condition that condemns whole families to developing heart disease or stroke.
Familial hypercholesterolaemia, or FH, affects around one in 500 people. That means that three and a half thousand in Northern Ireland suffer from it, and 10 million worldwide. more »