Tag Archives: Christmas

From mulled wine to singing carols: Four ways Christmas can be good for you

Four ways Christmas can be good for you: Mulled wine for your heart, carols for your lungs and more benefits of the holiday spirit DailyMail.com reveals four hidden health benefits of the Christmas season Mulled wine has antioxidants and nutrients that can reduce risk of heart disease Giving gifts to charity activates regions of the… Read More »

Christmas Eve at 10pm is most likely time for heart attack – how to spot the signs

Watch those stress ­levels tomorrow – 10pm on Christmas Eve is the most likely time for a heart attack. Researchers trawled through details of 283,000 heart attacks between 1998 and 2013 to find out what days were most lethal. While an average of 50 heart ­attacks were recorded every day, that number climbed to 69… Read More »

Top medic says pressures at hospitals are not just for Christmas

The Clinical Medical Director at Cork University Hospital says it is inconceivable to think that health care staff would be granted extended leave over the Christmas period. Dr Mike O’Connor was speaking on RTE radio following comments from the Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, who called on the Health Service Executive to “properly manage and deploy” resources in… Read More »