Studying âpandemic babiesâ: Fewer allergies, but lower language skillsThe Floral study will give researchers more vital data onthe effect of the pandemic on the microbiome, allergies and social developmentTue Mar 18 2025 - 06:01
âYou need to not go to work tomorrowâ: The words that brought a GPâs career to an abrupt haltDr Hilton Koppe now runs workshops to help health workers to deal with traumaTue Mar 11 2025 - 06:01
Girls and sport: âYou donât really aspire to be something that you donât see. Thereâs a lot more to be doneâCamogie player Niamh McGrath reflects on keeping girls â and mothers â playing sportTue Mar 04 2025 - 06:01
Oesophageal cancer: âI was fine, there was nothing wrong with meâAs a fit 51-year-old, Justin Farrell thought cancer was something that happened to other people. He knows now how wrong he wasTue Feb 25 2025 - 06:01
âThis is a disaster waiting to happen, and it will happenâ: Irelandâs falling child vaccine ratesWhile most children in the State continue to receive vaccines, there has been significant slip in uptake since 2020. This has consequences for us all, warn medical expertsSat Feb 22 2025 - 06:00
âHaving anxiety was not debilitating.â Being ashamed of it wasConcert pianist Jonathan Biss opens up about living with anxiety that led to full-blown panic attacks in the pastTue Feb 18 2025 - 06:01
Epilepsy: âItâs like having the sword of Damocles above your headâFormer international cricketer Emma Beamish on living with the anxiety of never knowing when it might strike again, and her decision not to have childrenTue Feb 04 2025 - 05:31
Teeth grinding and clenching can have more serious effects than annoying your bedfellowBruxism can be linked to stress and anxiety and can result in headaches, broken and damaged teeth and jaw painTue Jan 28 2025 - 06:01
Protein: Are we eating enough of it? And is âhigh proteinâ branding just a fad?With more products using the âPâ word as a selling point, hereâs all you need to know before you jump on the latest nutrition bandwagonTue Jan 21 2025 - 06:01
Aoife was diagnosed with HIV in Australia in 2020: âHe was unknowingly positive. We had no ideaâNew campaign aims to tackle widespread ignorance about HIV, a treatable condition that, contrary to myths, cannot be spread by kissing or using the same utensilsTue Jan 14 2025 - 05:31
Young parents: âA lot of them would suffer social anxiety and isolationâThe Teen Parents Support Programme helps young people through pregnancy and with the practicalities of caring for their babies, often while continuing in education or finding suitable accommodationTue Jan 07 2025 - 06:01
An Irish cardiologistâs tips on how to âmake purposeful changes in your life and see them throughâProf Robert Kelly on how to make healthy heart habits stickTue Dec 31 2024 - 06:01
Ten ways to navigate grief at ChristmasFriends and family will understand the sadness of those who have lost a parent, sibling or child during the year. But sensitivity to grief that might not be so visible is also wiseTue Dec 17 2024 - 05:31
âI had let it go too far ... but I had zero painâ: We need to talk about penile cancerNew guide aims to stop men dying due to unawareness and shameTue Dec 10 2024 - 06:01
âItâs given me the motivation to say, Iâm not just a mam stuck at home with a disability who canât do stuffâ: Social enterprise Town ScientistSessions developed by engineer, scientist, writer and performer Dr Niamh Shaw inspire parents to start new conversations around the kitchen tableTue Dec 03 2024 - 05:31
Polish or Irish? âI wanted to fully integrate. But then I realised that you can be both and itâs not a problemâChildren from the â1.5 generationâ who were brought by their parents to live in another country, can struggle to belong, as documented in a new bookTue Nov 26 2024 - 06:01
From screentime to dinner time: how parents can improve family life, diet and relationshipsThe Healthy Families programme helps parents to implement gradual but significant improvements to family wellbeingTue Nov 12 2024 - 05:31
How keeping astronauts healthy can tell us what on Earth to doDr Lisa McNamee looks to space for the benefit of terrestrial medicineTue Nov 05 2024 - 06:01
Living with a brain tumour: âI knew something was wrong because the radiographers would not look at meâPeople with brain tumours get world-class medical treatment in Ireland â but after that there can be a big gapTue Oct 22 2024 - 05:31
MND: There has to be âan acceptance, a letting go and, dare I say, a surrenderâKevin Carroll, ambassador for this yearâs Walk While You Can fundraising event for the Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association, and his wife Margaret have been navigating continuing changes to their lives since Kevin was diagnosed with MNDTue Oct 15 2024 - 06:01
DNA testing: How consumer test kits can have unexpected consequencesConsumer testing can throw up surprises, positive and negative. Itâs like toothpaste coming out of a tube: âYou canât put it back inâSat Oct 12 2024 - 06:00
Assisted dying: âIf I cannot consent to my own death, who owns my life?âPolls show most of the public are in favour of access to assisted dying in certain circumstances, but many people, including individual doctors, are in two mindsTue Oct 01 2024 - 06:01
Addiction and healing: âAll of the things that you chase for happiness donât actually make you happyâSĂolta, co-founded by Hannah Bowler and Wayne Dignam, is a co-operative of wellbeing practitioners aimed at enabling growth and connectionTue Sept 24 2024 - 05:31
XL bully dogs: Is this the end for one of the most feared breeds in Ireland?From October 1st the importing, breeding, selling and rehoming of XL bullies will be prohibitedSat Sept 21 2024 - 06:00
Explaining suicide to a child: âDaddy stopped himself from livingâSafe Harbour, a picture storybook, paves the way and is possibly a world first in its comprehensiveness for this specific purposeTue Sept 17 2024 - 05:31
A double hip replacement: âI was afraid of my life but I have no pain whatsoever nowâRecovery after joint replacement is often quicker than patients anticipate, new research showsMon Sept 02 2024 - 06:01
Childhood cancer: âAs soon as the ultrasound was turned on, they could see the tumour â it was largeâEven the end of treatment does not spell the end of parental anxiety, and a new peer-support network is being launched to help parents cope with what comes nextMon Sept 02 2024 - 06:00
The âinpatientsâ at home on a virtual ward: âThe nurse was on to me in jig time: âHave you died or what?ââSince its launch earlier this summer, the new service offering hospital care in the comfort of patientsâ homes has been used by over 100 peopleTue Aug 27 2024 - 06:01
Young-onset dementia: âNobody can tell us which day Wayneâs going to wake up and not know meâCouple share their story of living with young-onset dementia, a condition that affects almost one in 10 cases of dementia in IrelandThu Aug 22 2024 - 06:01
Nearly half of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by addressing â14 modifiable risk factorsâThings you can do to try to maintain good brain health include exercise and getting your vision and hearing checkedThu Aug 22 2024 - 05:31
IBD: âIâve known people who have been nervous to leave their houseâDespite more than 40,000 people in Ireland living with inflammatory bowel disease, it is still not widely spoken aboutTue Aug 13 2024 - 06:01
Down syndrome: âSarah regards herself as a businesswoman... sheâs certainly breaking the stereotypeâSarah Casey, who was born with Down syndrome 21 years ago, is turning her âbun truckâ into a thriving businessTue Jul 30 2024 - 06:01
13 ways to boost the health benefits of a holidayâIf youâre bringing small children, youâre not going on a holiday, youâre going on a tripâMon Jul 22 2024 - 09:30
How a new system of medication management for homeless patients can improve insights - and add empowermentStreamlining and safeguarding of treatment of homeless patients upon their discharge into the community among projects funded for innovations in urban healthcareTue Jul 16 2024 - 06:01
Intergenerational learning: When the wisdom of age meets the wonder of childhoodAn innovative pedagogic move brings the young and old together in a win-win for everyoneTue Jul 02 2024 - 05:31
Where comic books meet healthcare: âWe recognise that we need to communicate in different waysâA conference in Athlone will highlight how comics can be a powerful way to explain and understand illness and cureTue Jun 25 2024 - 06:01
How to spot if your child has a tick bite and what to doMost tick bites cause nothing more than skin irritation, but small percentage carry bacteria that can cause Lyme diseaseMon Jun 10 2024 - 06:01
After headaches, fatigue, brain fog, insomnia and sore throat, âit dawned on me â could it be the tick?âWhen Ann Marie Elliottâs son first fell ill, she presumed it was the flu. She recounts the âhard roadâ she faced in getting him diagnosed with Lyme diseaseMon Jun 10 2024 - 05:31
Divorce in Ireland: âWe did all our fighting at the separation stageâWhether hostile or amicable, rapid or attritional, divorce in Ireland has become complicated by the financial realities of the housing crisisSat Jun 08 2024 - 07:08
Eleven ways to let teenagers take healthy, positive risks this summerFrom encouraging them to use public transport to sending them on errands, here is what experts adviseTue Jun 04 2024 - 05:31
âHow do we grow if we donât take chances?â: Letting children take risks is terrifying but beneficialSummer holidays are an ideal opportunity to let tweens and teens test themselves, experts sayTue Jun 04 2024 - 05:01
Patricia Carey: âIâve had good experiences of being adopted, but that does not mean that adoption is not difficultâThe newly appointed special advocate for survivors of institutional abuse brings an unshowy sense of determination to her missionTue May 21 2024 - 06:01
How Ireland drinks now: Teetotallers, wine-oâclockers and ex-drinkersMore people in Ireland are consuming alcohol at home, fewer are drinking in pubs and many arenât drinking at allSat May 18 2024 - 06:00
âItâs great to be able to do kidney dialysis in my sleep . . . I can live my life with thisâHome treatment delivers distinct benefits for both patients and the health serviceMon May 13 2024 - 06:01
âI bet you didnât worry about your bills because all you cared about was whether you were safeâWomen with Altitude encourages participants to challenge themselves in hiking and climbingTue May 07 2024 - 06:01
Twelve points to consider if your child seems to be academically or socially out of stepMove away from the stereotypes of learning difficulties, says author who has both personal and professional experience of themTue Apr 30 2024 - 05:31
âMajor vulnerabilitiesâ in Temple Street neonatal critical care, doctors warn managementDublin hospital is âfailing to meet the specific needsâ of newborns requiring intensive care, doctors sayTue Apr 23 2024 - 06:00
Neonatal project allowed âto slip into abeyance . . . not by an active decision but through neglect and apathyâDr Ann Hickey this month told management of Childrenâs Health Ireland she could no longer continue as neonatology lead due to inaction on outdated systems of careTue Apr 23 2024 - 05:31
What toddlers can teach the rest of us about wellbeingWe should stop calling this phase of life the âterrible twosâ, as many toddlersâ traits are a formula for grown-up happinessTue Apr 16 2024 - 05:31
The husband and wife medics working to spread reliable parenting truths to counter the online noiseIt is time to push back against judging over breastfeeding and birthing, say medical coupleTue Apr 02 2024 - 05:31
