Confusion persists around HRT and the perceived link with breast cancer
Opinions on hormone replacement therapy can be conflicting. Irish experts share their advice
Why are so many children being diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders?
A child development professional believes some children are being misdiagnosed
How to eat well after cancer
A new free cookbook, Healthy Eating for Cancer Survivors, is a collection of healthy recipes for meals and snacks suitable for all the family
‘They want to know if we want the priest to come over’
‘We estimate 40 or 50 people were involved in saving our daughter’s life ’
‘Sometimes people just want to vent – he was 60, he had dementia, he was angry’
While social supports for this illness has improved, they still fall short of what is needed
‘Many eating disorders start as a healthy eating regime’
Social media gives people easy access to diet information, but also pro-anorexia websites
My Dad was taken off in the back of a squad car. His crime? Dementia
Dad was taken to a psychiatric unit because he had dementia and died six weeks later
Supports to ‘live well with dementia’ do not exist in this country
Medical experts say additional respite services and home-help hours are vital to help sufferers and their families
‘Vertigo or dizziness is not something you have to live with’
Vertigo is a symptom, not a diagnosis, says vestibular physiotherapist Sheila Barrett
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: ‘if I had cancer, I would have more support’
Misha Ffrench Molloy’s condition results in painful and restricting symptoms
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis: the invisible disease 1,200 Irish children live with
Arthritis Ireland calls for ‘long overdue’ investment in rheumatology services
‘I started self-harming at 13 . . . and became addicted to it’
‘Reaching out for help was the right thing to do, but just stopping was not a good idea’
We can not simply dismiss self-harm as attention seeking
Conference aims to help people understand the reasons behind self-harm
Lifestyle linked to huge increase in short-sightedness
The condition now affects around half of young adults in the US and Europe
Urinary incontinence: ‘Many a field I went into and many a stinging I got’
Helen had tried a number of electrotherapy devices, some of which she found very invasive, before she started treatment on the PelviPower chair