An increasing number of Irish couples are having difficulty conceiving a second or subsequent child, according to a Dublin fertility specialist. Dr Ahmed Omar said this condition, known as secondary infertility, is actually more common than not being able to conceive at all, and is estimated to acc... Read more →
Hundreds of British couples are travelling to specialist clinics in America to choose the gender of their child in an act of 'family balancing'. Leading American specialist Dr. Daniel Potter, who runs a large clinic in California, revealed that the number of couples seeking treatment to engineer th... Read more →
Doctors thought Audrey Frost was having a breakdown when, in reality, she was suffering from a rare, life-threatening condition called Guillain-Barré syndrome. ‘I was in a lot of pain but it’s nothing compared to what my mam and dad went through,” says Audrey Frost with a sh... Read more →
Blood donations fell by just over 4% last year, according to the Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS). According to the IBTS 2013 annual report, last year, 82,697 donors gave 135,547 donations. This compares to 85,762 donors giving 141,350 donations in 2012. The IBTS has reported a decline in th... Read more →
Findings have potential to kickstart development of new treatments. An international scientific collaboration has found 108 locations in the human genome associated with schizophrenia. Trinity College Dublin was a significant contributor to that effort along with 3,500 Irish participants in the stu... Read more →
It will be an offence to allow a person under 18 years of age use a sunbed. A ban on under-18s using sunbeds will come into place next Monday, Minister for Health Leo Varadkar has confirmed. Under the Public Health (Sunbeds) Act, it will be an offence for a sunbed business to sell or hire a sunbed ... Read more →
Don't let your hard work go to waste with expert advice on keeping your exercise routine going throughout your trip. With the exodus for holidays on at the moment, trying to keep momentum going with your training can be difficult — especially with no access to a gym or your favourite piece of ... Read more →
Varadkar says issuing of cards based on ‘hierarchy of illnesses’ may not be realistic. New Minister for Health Leo Varadkar has indicated he may walk away from the Government’s plan to start issuing medical cards on the grounds of medical condition. In the first clear expression o... Read more →
Health and disability organisations to share €1.3m funding after ministerial U-turn. Minister for the Environment Alan Kelly has restored funding to 23 health and disability organisations whose grants were controversially axed by his predecessor Phil Hogan. Mr Kelly said he was making bridging... Read more →
New Health Minister Leo Varadkar is facing a major challenge to manage the growing waiting list crisis, with the numbers waiting for public hospital outpatient and inpatient/daycase care continuing to spiral. Just over 23,000 more people are waiting over 12 months for an outpatient appointment than... Read more →
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