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Neurological services hit by new funding cuts Some organisations dealing with chronic pain and services to the elderly may close
Eleven neurological organisations receiving support for vital community services in areas such as motor neurone disease, stroke and dementia have lost funding under a Department of the Environment scheme for voluntary organisations. The Neurological Alliance of Ireland, which represents 31 organisa... Read more →
Battle of the mind - Virginia Kerr on cancer support
Psychotherapist and opera star, Virginia Kerr, explains how cancer sufferers and their families need emotional support, as grieving the loss of health and taking time out are crucial to a full recovery. Cancer is not just a physical illness that requires radical medical intervention. It can also... Read more →
Work-life balance: Between a clock and a hard pace
In a world that never switches off, our work-life balance has become dangerously disrupted, says Aine O'Connor. Henry Ford was not very popular with his fellow manufacturers in 1914. It was no whim that inspired him to double his workers' pay and cut their shifts from nine hours to eight. It wa... Read more →
Urgent need for new Alzheimer drugs
Despite the increasing prevalence of Alzheimer's disease, the number of potential new drugs being developed is ‘relatively small' and the rate of success of clinical trials in this area is ‘limited', scientists have warned. Alzheimer's disease affects an estimated 44 million people worl... Read more →
Baby boom on the wane as country's birth rate slows down
THE baby boom is continuing to wane with some maternity units seeing a substantial fall in births in the first four months of the year, new figures show. There were 21,587 births in the first four months of the year, a drop of more than 240 compared to the same period in 2012 when the trend was als... Read more →
Rare disease plan aims to provide better patient care
Patients face long waiting times for diagnoses and problems accessing treatment, Reilly says. A new plan for the treatment of rare disease in Ireland should lead to faster diagnoses, improved access to care and better support for patients and their families, Minister for Health James Reilly has sai... Read more →
Junk food common in kids' TV
While regulations are now in place to limit the television advertising of unhealthy food and drinks to children, it appears that these products still have a starring role in TV programmes aimed at young people, a new Irish study has found. According to the findings, unhealthy food and drink product... Read more →
Advice for long, hot days is not to be sneezed at. Eight things you can do to help control your hay fever.
For the 20pc of us who suffer with varying degrees of hay fever, summer can be a time of sheer misery. The pollen released by plants, trees and grasses around this time of year triggers an allergic reaction in hay fever sufferers. Sneezing, itchy and running noses, streaming eyes and even headaches ... Read more →
Dáil to debate deaf advocacy service cut. Irish Deaf Society say withdrawal of funding will leave ‘gaping hole’ in supports for deaf
A decision by the Department of Environment to stop funding an advocacy service for deaf people is to be debated in the Dáil today. Fianna Fail TD John Browne is to raise the matter, and its implications for other voluntary bodies, under topical issues in the Dáil this afternoon. ... Read more →
Detailed guidelines on legal abortion released. Termination permitted when there is ‘real and substantial threat’ to woman’s life.
Detailed guidance on the circumstances in which a woman may legally have an abortion – when there is a real and substantial threat to her life – have been circulated to some health professionals. The guidelines, on implementing the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act, were drawn up ... Read more →
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