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Heart disease

Mary McFarland looking to the camera and smiling. She has shoulder-length, wavy blonde hair and blue eyes. She is wearing a navy cardigan over a white v-neck top.

My 'textbook' heart attack symptoms were ignored

A patient speaks out as a charity warns of record levels of heart disease in Northern Ireland.

Northern Ireland

A man with grey hair and a dark blue t-shirt looks at the camera

'Too many people are dealing with heart failure'

Craig Murray, 59, from Glasgow, lost his son, Chris, and wife, Linda, to a heart condition.

A man and a woman taking a selfie together. The sea is in the background.

Widow encourages people to get their heart checked

Widow Joanna Clark, from Guildford, says people should "ask for help before it's too late".

Josephine Feeney inside the Your Heart Matters truck looking at the camera

Pop-up clinic checks for 'subtle' heart disease

Hundreds of people are tested for the signs of heart valve disease, which often gets missed.

A woman sits at a table in a Parisian outdoor cafe and smiles for the camera. She is suurounded by people seated at other tables. She has curly brown hear and wears a black sleeveless top and a gold pendant around her neck.

Family in heart screening drive after sudden death

A mother wants to screen 100 young people in a single day in memory of her daughter Josephine.

Summer Paley for York City Ladies team is pictured on a football pitch kicking a ball, which is out of shot.

Team heart checks after player's pitch collapse

Summer Paley, 18, was playing for York City Ladies FC in October when she collapsed during a match.

North Yorkshire

A mother rests in a hospital bed while gently holding her newborn baby.

Anaemia may boost heart disease in newborns - study

University of Oxford researchers analysed data from 16,500 mothers as part of the study.

The cardiac investigation unit standing with the new echocardiogram machine. The first three people from the left are wearing blue scrubs and the two men on the right are wearing regular clothes. The machine is in the centre of the photo showing a scan of a heart in black and white.

Medical equipment helps thousands of extra patients

The new machine was funded by the Stars Appeal from donations and gifts given by local people.

A woman wearing a purple sweatshirt and blue leggings is lifting weights.
She is looking towards the left of the picture.

'Fit and healthy' woman survives rare aortic tear

Marie Anne August became ill during an exercise session with a life-threatening aortic tear.