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Thursday 24 September 2020
The group has called for additional resources for the diagnosis, treatment and care of people with respiratory conditions
Limbaugh told listeners he intends to carry on his radio show despite his diagnosis.
The singer said it was discovered after he suffered a fall.
The former Wales international revealed his diagnosis to the public last weekend.
The former international says he refuses to live in “fear and shame” of having HIV and wants to “break the stigma” over the virus.
The results of a major study of 3.9 million cases of cancer across seven counties were published today.
It could easily be you who needs someone to start a conversation in the future, writes Nicola Hampson.
Strict new Covid-19 measures are now in effect in the capital – here’s what they mean for you.
Over three in every four cases diagnosed in emergency departments are at an advanced stage.
Gareth O’Callaghan currently presents a radio show on 4FM.
Campaigners told TDs this week that they need a review of these conditions in Ireland so they are recognised and so that patients can access proper treatment and supports.
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in both women and men.
It’s been three weeks since I was diagnosed with stage one Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, writes Áine O’Connell.
Lisa Dalton was recently diagnosed with the condition and has found it tough to get proper support.
‘We’ve come on in leaps and bounds when it comes to conversations around mental health but we are still so ANTI antidepressants, it’s depressing,” writes Rosemary MacCabe.
Andrew Jones was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2013. He fought hard to beat it.
The independent TD said he still intends to contest the general election.
Geraldine O’Neill was diagnosed with post-polio syndrome in 2002. It’s a condition that not many people know about.
Alfie’s Army are heading for the skies to raise money for their little man.
It is hoped that as well as detecting new cases, people bring previously diagnosed patients back into care.
The former Giro champ revealed the news today.
They shared their stories with us.
Lucina Russell was diagnosed with MS in 2011. Here she explains why she is hopeful for her future.
Ford had been admitted to hospital last week.
The woman is the oldest ever first presentation of the condition in Ireland.
The man is waiting to hear if he will get mortgage insurance and fears that he may end up in financial trouble.
One child was so distressed that he talked about killing himself – now he is in a specialist language unit and more confident, his mother said.
Initial trials of the MRI scanning technique has shown similar results to PET/CT, without using a radioactive injection.
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis kills as many people as breast cancer does every year in the United States.
The United Nations report highlights a regional imbalance in the rise, as well as a link to sales drives by tobacco companies.
New tool could reduce time to diagnosis of a cardiac event – and is especially helpful in women.
Although it will be a private clinic, it will be included in a new prostate cancer research study and will contribute to a national database of treatment outcomes.
The news comes just days after actor Hugh Jackman announced that he was found to have basal cell carcinoma on his nose.
Niamh n Ruarí was diagnosed with a disease that affects one in every 200,000 people, but is determined to re-educate society on the perceptions they have of those who are physically less fortunate.
The kits, used as part of the early detection process to find out if patients have prostate cancer, were in use at the hospital between July 2012 and June this year.
The latest version of the “psychiatrists’ bible” has been published, containing new additions to the list of mental health disorders. But the influence of such biomedical classification systems in the treatment of mental health is too great, writes Derek Chambers.
New evidence suggests that many people diagnosed with depression may actually live with bipolar disorder, a misdiagnosis that can be a major problem.
The results of the study were so encouraging that a two year study, ten times larger will now take place.
Experts say that in some cases, women are diagnosed with tumours that would have remained undetected for the rest of their lives and which they would not have died from.
Breast cancer survivor Marie Ennis-O’Connor says living past cancer is more complicated than simply being disease free.
Members of an online community rallied around when one of them wanted to “bring Ireland” to his mum who has cancer.
MANY PEOPLE HAVE had to cancel holidays abroad this year as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
In July, the government published its Green List of foreign countries which allow Irish people to travel abroad to without having to restrict their movements for 14 days afterwards when they return.
While some people have hopped at the chance to pack up and travel out of the country, many others are still hesitant as Covid-19 figures have continued to rise in recent weeks.
So, today we want to know: When do you think you’ll next be able to go a foreign holiday?
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