# health - Wednesday 6 February, 2019
# Trade Union
# Trade Union
The dispute centres on a row over trade union membership.
# Health
# Health
The NAGP says 700 GPs are set to retire over the next five years.
# Opinion
# Opinion
It is difficult going through a miscarriage with all the confused emotions that brings, without being censored too, writes Darragh Quinn.
# health - Tuesday 5 February, 2019
# Industrial Dispute
# Industrial Dispute
Nurses across the country will be out on the picket lines outside hospitals and clinics today for the second day of strike action.
# health - Monday 4 February, 2019
# Strikes
# Strikes
INMO and PNA members will take part in further industrial action this week.
# Opinion
# Opinion
Smoking is one of the primary causes of lung cancer and some patients feel they are being blamed for having cancer, writes Dr Anne-Marie Baird.
# Abortion
# Abortion
The HSE is probing claims that a woman was phoned and harassed by a man who had obtained her personal information.
# health - Sunday 3 February, 2019
# Safeguarding
# Safeguarding
The bulk of reports of abuse come from either staff members at facilities of family members.
# Spinraza
# Spinraza
Parents of children with a rare genetic condition are fighting for access to a potentially life-changing drug.
# Interview
# Interview
Varadkar said the terms of reference of the review would be changed.
# health - Friday 1 February, 2019
# Our Lady Of Lourdes
# Our Lady Of Lourdes
This is at least the second time this year that people have protested outside the hospital.
# Industrial Action
# Industrial Action
Nurses and midwives held their first 24 hours of a full strike on Wednesday this week.
# health - Thursday 31 January, 2019
# Weight Loss
# Weight Loss
New research has shown that skipping breakfast might not have an adverse effect on a person’s weight.
# health - Wednesday 30 January, 2019
# Picket Lines
# Picket Lines
The dispute centres on pay, conditions and staffing levels.
# Industrial Action
# Industrial Action
The nurses have gone on strike over what they call a recruitment and retention issue in the healthcare sector.
# health - Tuesday 29 January, 2019
# Nurses Strike
# Nurses Strike
The action will begin at 8am on Wednesday and finish at 8am on Thursday.
# health - Monday 28 January, 2019
# Opinion
# Opinion
It was scary starting a drug trial for my cystic fibrosis. We didn’t know how I would react but thankfully my breathing and energy levels improved, writes Benat Broderick (15).
# health - Sunday 27 January, 2019
# Opinion
# Opinion
A white bread sandwich in the belly is better than a vegan curry in the bin, writes Mary McCarthy.
# Industrial Action
# Industrial Action
The action will begin at 8am on Wednesday and finish at 8am on Thursday.
# health - Saturday 26 January, 2019
# Health
From The Daily Edge
# health - Friday 25 January, 2019
# Department Of Health
# Department Of Health
This would be the second time in the INMO’s hundred-year history that nurses or midwives go on strike.
# Repeat Tests
# Repeat Tests
Women are having to wait an average of 22 weeks to receive their results, and thousands of tests need to be redone.
# Opinion
# Opinion
Some women simply don’t have enough money to buy sanitary products so councils are piloting a scheme to distribute them in public buildings, writes Rebecca Moynihan.
# health - Tuesday 22 January, 2019
# Health
# Health
The board will be appointed on an administrative basis until legislation has passed.
# health - Monday 21 January, 2019
# Special Offers
# Special Offers
More than one-third of supermarket products on special offer are high in fat, sugar and salt.
# health - Saturday 19 January, 2019
# Opinion
# Opinion
With the majority of Irish adults overweight and children’s tooth decay on the rise, its time to think about the real cost giving sugary gifts, writes Mary McCarthy.
# health - Thursday 17 January, 2019
# Strike
# Strike
Nurses are set to go on strike this month and next in a dispute over pay and conditions.
# Opinion
# Opinion
The experience in the US shows that the divisive abortion debate will continue, writes Larry Donnelly.
# health - Tuesday 15 January, 2019
# Vaccine
# Vaccine
Three people with the condition have died in recent weeks.
# Health
# Health
Recent data revealed that one in four lung cancer diagnoses are made in emergency departments.
# health - Monday 14 January, 2019
# CervicalCheck
# CervicalCheck
Taoiseach says women of Ireland have his commitment that changes will be made to the health service.
# Back To Work
# Back To Work
In what could be Leo Varadkar’s toughest year yet, there are a number of huge issues barrelling towards him from day one.
# health - Friday 11 January, 2019
# Opinion
# Opinion
It was incomprehensible to me that I would ever intentionally harm such a vital part of my body. I’d sooner lose a leg, writes Eric Nolan.
# health - Wednesday 9 January, 2019
# Abortion
# Abortion
The issues were raised at an extraordinary general of the institute this evening.
# health - Sunday 6 January, 2019
# Cystic Fibrosis
# Cystic Fibrosis
Luke Doherty was added to the transplant waiting list when one of his lungs collapsed.
# Your Say
# Your Say
Health Minister Simon Harris has encouraged people to give blood over the coming weeks.
# health - Saturday 5 January, 2019
# Breathing Problems
# Breathing Problems
About 500,000 people in Ireland have COPD, but half of them likely do not know they have the condition.
# health - Friday 4 January, 2019
# Swine Flu
# Swine Flu
The virus is also known as Swine Flu, and can be particularly harmful to young people and pregnant women.
# Study
# Study
Published by the RCPCH the guide consulted 109 children and young people across the UK.
# health - Thursday 3 January, 2019
# Hidden Agenda
# Hidden Agenda
The HSE’s official site My Options serves as a first point of contact for women dealing with an unplanned pregnancy.
