‘Life was busy and full, then everything stopped,’ says mum-of-four diagnosed with cancer
Clinical progress made over the past few years marks hopeful development
Cancer
Róisín Ingle: The day before the scan results, I remember I have cancer
‘I will just keep on living and occasionally wondering. Grateful to be here. Conscious that it could be different’
‘Why did my GP not think my symptoms might be cancerous?’
Fear of causing inconvenience can mean the non-diagnosis of medical issues
Can exercise give cancer survivors a better quality of life and avoid a recurrence?
Increasing attention is being paid to how exercise can help post-treatment cancer survivors
‘In Ireland, we grew up not talking about sexual pleasure, about your vagina, your vulva, your testicles’
The Fabulous Pharmacist Laura Dowling is on a mission to open up the conversation about women’s bodies
Minister intervenes in Spanish cancer patient’s European case amid concerns over impact on Irish medical negligence cases
Involvement comes due to concern court judgment could cause an increase in Irish medical negligence cases
Breast cancer advocate Ziva Cussen (24) remembered at funeral three years after diagnosis
‘Amazing work she carried out will continue to help and support people,’ service hears
St James’s Hospital apologises over unauthorised €4.7m payment for services
Chief executive Mary Day says failure to use public tender process was ‘driven by urgent patient needs’ in cancer and cardiology’
Initial breathlessness turned out to be incurable cancer: ‘My initial reaction was shock’
When Ilana Hastings first noticed symptoms in July 2024, she thought her breathlessness might be a sign of Long Covid
Lung cancer pilot programme identifies some patients before symptoms appear
Irish Cancer Society-funded pilot programme pinpoints patients early
International organisations raised concern over alcohol health warning label delay
Contact made with Government over deferral of labels for two years due to trade uncertainty caused by US tarrifs
Megadeth: Behind the Mask review – Dave Mustaine thrashes it out about cancer, Cliff Burton and Metallica
One of the frankest frontmen in metal is in contemplative if occasionally irascible mood
Cancer patient received chemo only after presenting at emergency in ‘significant pain’
Sinn Féin leader highlights disparity in chemotherapy waiting times, with patients in some regions waiting up to eight weeks
Scott Adams, Dilbert comic strip creator and conservative commentator, dies aged 68
Cartoonist revealed in May last year that he had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer
Number of ‘urgent’ colonoscopy referrals not seen on time almost triples
Health service has 28-day target for patients to be seen for urgent examination of bowel
Donald Trump shouldn’t be taking aspirin for the primary prevention of heart disease
A number of trials show aspirin is not effective compared with a placebo in primary prevention of stroke, heart attack or death from vascular disease
Bob Weir, co-founder of rock group the Grateful Dead, dies at age 78
Rhythm guitarist helped guide the legendary jam band through decades of change and success
Galway healthcare technology company Luminate to create 130 jobs
Separately, Irish medtech company OncoAssure signs collaboration with New York medical school to test prostate cancer product
I don’t need diamond rings or shiny things. Give me something broken and glued together with love
I’ve always fantasised about being the kind of woman who is given or buys herself precious things. It’s just not me, though
New Delhi’s persistent toxic air pollution poised to worsen
Residents exposed to levels 20-30 times higher than those considered safe by World Health Organisation
Nearly 100 non-urgent patients found to have cancer by service queried by spending watchdog
Hospital says it does not have enough core staff as it responds to controversy over €1.44m in spending to company owned by staff
Nicola Pierce: ‘I started to write Great Irish Wives without any idea I would be a widow by the time it went to print’
The author on losing her husband, writing two books about the Titanic, and her love of Jo March
Kate Winslet: ‘You learn to live with the changing shape of grief... I feel my mum is still around’
Kate Winslet’s directorial debut Goodbye June stars Helen Mirren, Toni Collette, Timothy Spall and more. Here, some of the cast discuss death, grief and film-making
Tackling inequities in healthcare through psychology and research
Research lives: Dr Paul D’Alton on cancer diagnosis and the major mental and emotional toll it has on individuals and their families
Sophie Kinsella, author of the Shopaholic book series, dies aged 55
Madeleine Wickham, who wrote under pen name Sophie Kinsella, was diaganosed with cancer in 2022
Ultraprocessed foods: Do they affect gut health?
These ubiquitous products have been associated with conditions such as obesity and Type 2 diabetes
Influencers and nutrition misinformation: ‘There’s no accountability here, and it’s a massive problem’
Dublin dietary seminar hears about the psychology of misinformation, exploring why false information sticks and is hard to counter with facts
Róisín Ingle: We all have a death day lurking unseen. When’s mine? When’s yours?
I became obsessed with a quote from Thomas Hardy - not due to my rereading the classics, but to seeking escape in Netflix
Is it okay to binge drink occasionally?
A doctor advises on how you can reduce the health risks of a night’s binge drinking
‘It was utterly sacred’: Manchán Magan’s widow on his final days, death and legacy
It is almost two months since Aisling Rogerson’s husband, the beloved writer and broadcaster, died of cancer
St James’s Hospital apologises to woman over ‘underreported’ cervical smear test
‘Devastated’ woman was later diagnosed with cervical cancer and underwent hysterectomy
Husband settles action over death of Army captain from cervical cancer
Edel O’Halloran, a retired Army captain, was 59 when she died of metastatic cervical cancer
Galway medtech SymPhysis Medical awarded $1.25m by US state-backed incubator
Grant will support the device-maker’s push for US regulatory clearance
Strong, consistent evidence HPV vaccines prevent cervical cancer, reviews find
Uptake in Ireland has dropped slightly despite recent success
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