Consultant calls for all pregnant women to be tested for gestational diabetesStudy conducted in the west of Ireland found roughly one in eight were prone to the conditionTue Nov 16 2021 - 06:01
Pandemic leads to welcome innovation for women with gestational diabetesGenerally the diagnosis is made after pregnant women identified with risk factors take a glucose tolerance test at 24 weeksTue Nov 16 2021 - 06:01
The modern Irish father: Daddy’s home, but does that make him a better parent?New research looks at what difference a dad makes in his children’s happinessSat Nov 13 2021 - 06:00
The family firm: How to survive and thrive when mixing business and familyFrom separating from personal feelings to planning succession, family can be a tricky businessTue Nov 09 2021 - 06:01
How to raise a creative child – who’s also happy, empathetic and imaginativeSmall children may seem innately creative, but adults can help or hinder this impulseMon Nov 01 2021 - 06:01
‘A lot of people don’t know neonatology exists – until they get a small baby who is sick’Over the decades, Prof John Murphy has seen many advances in the care of newbornsTue Oct 26 2021 - 06:01
How do I spot if my child has . . . an anxiety disorder?Anxiety is a normal emotion but can become problematic. Here is what to look out forTue Oct 19 2021 - 06:01
DLD: The most common childhood disorder you’ve probably never heard of?Irish study aims to improve diagnosis of developmental language disorder using an appThu Oct 14 2021 - 06:01
‘In both these photos I had cancer. I just didn’t know it yet’Breast Cancer Awareness: One in nine women will develop breast cancerTue Oct 05 2021 - 06:01
‘Slush has gone to everything with Saoirse. He even came back from her biopsy with a bandage’The comforter – the special item that makes a child feel secure – is the focus of #IBelongTooTue Sept 28 2021 - 06:01
Managing asthma: ‘Once I got it controlled I could pretty much do anything’Ingrid McLoughlin ended up in A&E several times before her condition was managedTue Sept 21 2021 - 06:01
How do I spot if my child has . . . asthma?‘There is still a degree of underappreciation and underdiagnosis of asthma,’ says specialistTue Sept 21 2021 - 06:01
Ireland’s children’s hospice: From making memories to family counsellingDr Joanne Balfe of LauraLynn has been with hospice since before it opened its doors in 2011Tue Sept 14 2021 - 06:01
10 years of putting living into children’s dyingAoife Shiels can testify to just how important LauraLynn is to families like hersTue Sept 14 2021 - 06:01
‘With cancer, you have a kind of camaraderie. It is very sociable’One family’s experience of palliative care and keeping life as ‘normal’ as possibleTue Sept 07 2021 - 06:01
Why it’s best not to say ‘don’t be shy’ to your quiet childYour child’s reluctance at the school gates is not cause for concern – they may simply be an introvertTue Aug 31 2021 - 06:01
Why are children with mental health problems ending up in A&E?While some need treatment for a physical problem, most are in the wrong placeTue Aug 24 2021 - 06:00
Type 1 diabetes: ‘It is sometimes very hard to accept’Beautician Leah Cheung has been living with type 1 diabetes since her diagnosis at age 12Tue Aug 17 2021 - 06:01
How do I spot if my child has . . . diabetes?A delay of just a few days can affect the level of medical intervention neededTue Aug 17 2021 - 06:01
Gay Byrne’s perfect family summer: ‘We have such fond memories of going out in the boat with Dad’Crona Byrne, Dáithí Ó Sé and others on finding a home from home to pass through the generationsWed Aug 11 2021 - 06:01
Young people hooked by a healthy new hobby that can last a lifetimeAngling initiative reveals the benefits available to families at the end of a fishing lineTue Jul 27 2021 - 06:01
How do I spot if my child has . . . heat exhaustion?There is a spectrum from heat stress at the mild end to heat stroke at the extreme endSun Jul 18 2021 - 06:01
‘Everything in your cupboards is basically a poison’When Martha was diagnosed with coeliac disease, the whole family went on a gluten-free dietTue Jul 13 2021 - 06:01
How do I spot if my child has . . . coeliac disease?A coeliac diagnosis is more serious than a gluten intolerance; it causes internal damageTue Jul 13 2021 - 06:01
Child protection workers ‘don’t shrug it off in the car on the way home’Paul Harrison’s new memoir reflects on his 40 years doing society’s ‘dirty job’Wed Jun 30 2021 - 06:01
How the digital world has given some people voices – and taken others’ awayFor people with special needs, digital communication is a force for both exclusion and inclusionTue Jun 22 2021 - 06:01
Mental illness: Where should family involvement begin and end when a parent needs treatment?New study underlines need for a ‘think family’ policy in mental health treatmentTue Jun 15 2021 - 06:01
Helping parents to pick up the pieces after the shattering loss of a childFirstLight provides therapy for what can be complicated grief after the death of a childWed Jun 09 2021 - 06:01
A father’s grief: ‘I was sidelined, there is no doubt about that’There is still societal pressure on men to “keep it together” after a child’s deathWed Jun 09 2021 - 06:01
Coping with loss: Widowed at 41 with 12 childrenOrlagh Walker was 28 weeks pregnant when her husband Fergus Green collapsed at workWed Jun 02 2021 - 06:01
‘Worth the wait’: The families getting help from the Cancer Fund for ChildrenThe Belfast-based organisation hopes to roll out its services across all of Ireland’s 32 countiesWed May 26 2021 - 06:01
Q&A: Are Covid-19 vaccines on the way for teenagers and children in Ireland?Inoculating children and younger teenagers may be key to living with virus long termMon May 17 2021 - 06:01
Q&A: What is asthma and how is it diagnosed in children?Cause of disorder in children seems to be a combination of genetics and environmentTue May 11 2021 - 06:01
‘It wasn’t “just asthma” – it was fatal asthma in the end’Eleven-year-old Conor Callaghan had coped with the disorder, and it seemed to be under controlTue May 11 2021 - 06:01
Ireland’s midwives: ‘It is scary. The pandemic is not the nicest time to be having a baby’On International Day of the Midwife, we get a glimpse of what it has been like during lockdownWed May 05 2021 - 06:01
Professional and personal lives collide in pandemic pregnancySarah O’Callaghan has been on both the giving and the receiving ends of lockdown maternity careWed May 05 2021 - 06:01
Deaf children ‘lose out’ in disability services geared towards a hearing worldAdditional needs are not being heardWed Apr 28 2021 - 06:01
New generation of children benefiting from newborn hearing screeningNicole Rooney (4) was diagnosed with a permanent hearing impairment at birthWed Apr 28 2021 - 06:01
If the vaccine clot risk is tiny, why is it scaring people?We face a far higher risk from Covid-19 than from very rare clots after vaccinationSat Apr 24 2021 - 06:00
Irish hospital doctors on long Covid: Athletic people are ‘inordinately affected’‘They really find it hard that they were sick and it’s going to take time to get better’Tue Apr 13 2021 - 06:01
Maria Walsh MEP on long Covid: ‘Extremely tired, fierce migraines, blurry eyes’The 33-year-old's post-Covid-19 syndrome fits a pattern of higher risk for young womenMon Apr 12 2021 - 06:01
‘To see my painting in a gallery was unbelievable’: An incognito charity fundraiserIdentities of artists taking part in Jack & Jill sale not revealed until afterwardsTue Apr 06 2021 - 06:01
‘Everything was wiped and it was like taking a different child home’Extra year of Jack & Jill home nursing care a huge relief for familiesTue Apr 06 2021 - 06:01
Children ‘should have right’ to know donor parents from age of 12Domestic surrogacy should be ‘incentivised’ over foreign, Government advisedWed Mar 31 2021 - 14:27
The controlling parent is having a good CovidLockdown is tough on teens and those in their early 20s; they’re wilting as we speakWed Mar 31 2021 - 06:01
Trading adolescents’ autonomy for safety is an exchange that needs balanceAlthough boundaries constrain freedom, involving teens in negotiation of those boundaries helps to give them a sense of autonomyWed Mar 31 2021 - 06:01
Child development checks in a time of pandemicCancellation and delay of benchmark tests a source of worry for locked-down parentsWed Mar 24 2021 - 06:01
Speech acquisition: Key development stages for childrenMonitor your child as they start to talk as hearing and other difficulties may be foundWed Mar 24 2021 - 06:01
‘Cancer was once a death sentence but thankfully not any more’Mary Tobin from Lucan, Dublin, has been diagnosed with cancer six times since 1994Tue Mar 16 2021 - 06:01
‘Maybe it’s the optimist in me. Dying never came into my mind’Cancer patients share their stories to raise awareness ahead of Daffodil DayTue Mar 16 2021 - 06:01
