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#health

Philips issues worldwide recall of 660,000 faulty defibrillators

Oct 24th 2018, 7:56 PM 38,844 16

#RECALL
Two cases of Irish children with polio-like disease reported this year

Oct 23rd 2018, 3:26 PM 22,836 14

#AFP
‘You’ve got everything now, you should be fine’: How youth workers are helping LGBTI+ people post-marriage referendum

Oct 20th 2018, 8:30 PM 17,788 44

#MENTAL HEALTH
Opinion: 'Children need to learn the importance of exercise from their parents'

Oct 18th 2018, 7:00 AM 14,203 11

#HEALTH
One fifth of obese 13-year-olds in Ireland believe they are just the right weight

Oct 17th 2018, 10:17 AM 15,016 31

#GROWING UP IN IRELAND
Workers who stand as well as sit 'perform better and are happier'

Oct 14th 2018, 4:00 PM 15,297 18

#STANDING DESKS
Decongestants 'should not be given' to young children with colds

Oct 13th 2018, 1:00 PM 29,277 33

#WARNING
Alcohol Bill, first published in 2015, finally passes through Oireachtas

Oct 10th 2018, 9:27 PM 15,100 41

#MINIMUM PRICING
CervicalCheck: Report author says it's 'likely' that more women are affected

Oct 10th 2018, 7:11 PM 10,071 17

#CANCER SCREENING
'It's not a coincidence': HSE expert links latest mumps outbreak to discredited study of MMR vaccine

Oct 10th 2018, 10:34 AM 24,889 52

#VACCINATIONS
Michael Harty to vote against Budget over 'uninspired' and 'inadequate' measures

Oct 9th 2018, 7:00 PM 19,137 21

#HEALTH
Superbug linked to deaths of eight patients at Limerick hospitals

Oct 9th 2018, 6:16 PM 22,166 9

#CPE
Most people want cost of cigarettes increased by fiver to fund cancer treatments

Oct 8th 2018, 11:35 PM 22,411 78

#BUDGET 2019
'Intense negotiations' ongoing between HSE and CervicalCheck labs before contracts expire

Oct 8th 2018, 5:54 PM 7,544 16

#SMEAR TESTS
'You forget your aches': Older Dubliners are taking over the Mansion House each week for a unique fitness class

Oct 7th 2018, 11:00 AM 9,815 4

#DON'T STOP
Men account for eight in 10 suicides in Ireland

Oct 4th 2018, 11:32 AM 34,030 93

#MENTAL HEALTH
Vast majority of people believe that the HSE does not place enough focus on mental health services

Oct 4th 2018, 7:51 AM 8,881 28

#MENTAL HEALTH REFORM
HSE spent €600,000 last year on debt collectors to chase patients for unpaid bills

Oct 1st 2018, 6:10 AM 15,266 37

#FINAL NOTICE
Sinn Féin proposes €400 second-home tax, 5% high-earner levy and pension hike

Oct 1st 2018, 6:05 AM 57,424 168

#BUDGET 2019
About one in three stillbirths occur before 28 weeks but are not officially recognised

Sep 27th 2018, 11:30 PM 10,604 12

#PREGNANCY
Celebrity-endorsed fad diets 'can do real damage to cancer patients'

Sep 24th 2018, 6:15 AM 13,010 41

#NUTRITION
It's not just for kids - even adults appear to benefit from a regular bedtime, study finds

Sep 23rd 2018, 8:00 PM 25,776 4

#RESEARCH
More than 5,000 requests for organ donor cards since Orla Tinsley documentary

Sep 20th 2018, 8:50 PM 17,366 13

#WARRIOR
Free sanitary products to be provided in DCC community centres and libraries

Sep 20th 2018, 7:04 PM 38,046 66

#PERIOD POVERTY
HPV test won't be rolled out until next year

Sep 19th 2018, 9:26 PM 10,462 25

#CERVICALCHECK
Irish professor's research finds failure rate of some vaginal mesh treatments 'unacceptably high'

Sep 18th 2018, 3:40 PM 6,095 2

#COMPLICATIONS
'When a sick baby with partial facial paralysis smiles, it’s golden. Especially if it’s my baby'

Sep 18th 2018, 2:17 PM 21,269 9

#ROB DELANEY
Cannabis remains most commonly used illegal drug in Ireland

Sep 14th 2018, 4:03 PM 20,806 69

#DRUG PREVALENCE
Irish pharmacists want condoms to be made VAT-free

Sep 14th 2018, 1:25 PM 12,093 44

#ROLLBACK
Anorexia patients hide batteries in sanitary pads to appear heavier while being treated in hospital

Sep 13th 2018, 4:00 PM 27,129 16

#SLIGO
Scally 'satisfied' with quality of testing in CervicalCheck labs

Updated Sep 12th 2018, 2:25 PM 10,850 17

#SMEAR TESTS
'Heartbroken at the disrespect shown': Criticism after leak of Cervical Check review

Sep 11th 2018, 8:38 AM 19,219 31

#CERVICAL CHECK
Olivia Newton-John has cancer for the third time

Sep 11th 2018, 7:29 AM 32,657 15

#GREASE
'I rubbed my eye - and suddenly the words looked muddled and distorted'

Sep 8th 2018, 7:30 PM 38,690 8

#OPINION
Fianna Fáil criticises Government after 92-year-old woman spends 25 hours on hospital chair

Sep 8th 2018, 2:58 PM 26,934 110

#TROLLEY CRISIS
Groundbreaking new cancer treatment discovered by Belfast researchers

Sep 6th 2018, 2:43 PM 29,475 24

#QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY
15,000 people to take part in largest ever study of youth mental health

Sep 5th 2018, 1:28 PM 20,643 25

#SUICIDE PREVENTION
'We can live normal lives': Life extending drug now available to hundreds of lung cancer patients

Sep 5th 2018, 6:10 AM 15,801 5

#NIVOLUMAB
Being homeless for more than six months can significantly damage children's health - study

Sep 4th 2018, 6:10 AM 12,952 30

#HOMELESSNESS
'It's one less thing to worry about': HSE grants free GP service to 14,000 carers

Sep 3rd 2018, 7:29 AM 14,591 16

#HEALTH