{"id":566021,"date":"2026-07-24T13:56:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T13:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/566021\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T13:56:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T13:56:13","slug":"free-heart-health-checks-in-kildare-next-week-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/566021\/","title":{"rendered":"Free heart health checks in Kildare next week &#8211; News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">THE Irish Heart Foundation&#8217;s Mobile Health Unit will be in Kildare on Wednesday 29 July as part of its drive to offer free heart health checks in communities throughout Ireland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">On Wednesday, the unit will be parked at Newbridge Library, from 10am-2.45pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Members of the public have the chance to have their blood pressure and pulse checked in a bid to promote heart health and early detection of hypertension (high blood pressure), a leading cause of cardiovascular disease.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Mobile Health Unit offers up to 10,000 free blood pressure checks annually, helping to identify individuals who may be unaware of their hypertension.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Expert nurses provide lifestyle advice and information on maintaining heart health during the checks, which can help detect atrial fibrillation, an irregular heartbeat that can lead to serious health issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THE Irish Heart Foundation&#8217;s Mobile Health Unit will be in Kildare on Wednesday 29 July as part of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":566022,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[103,61,60],"class_list":["post-566021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-health","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=566021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/566022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=566021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=566021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=566021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}