http://www.ireland.com The Irish Times' Health Top Stories en-ie Copyright 2008, ireland.com. The Irish Times 2008-05-06T12:15:05+00:00 daily 2 2008-05-06T12:15:05+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/ http://www.ireland.com/feeds/rss/rss_logo.gif Search for articles on ireland.com QUERY00 http://www.ireland.com/cgi-bin/dialogserver http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/health/2008/0506/1209989941021.html POPULAR PRE-PACKAGED foods on the Irish market have low levels of trans fats but high levels of saturated fats, according to a study published today by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI). Health 2008-05-06T12:15:05+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/health/2008/0506/1209989941028.html THE PLANNED new national paediatric hospital could cost between €800 million and €1 billion to construct, according to internal documents produced by the board established by the Government to develop the facility. Health 2008-05-06T12:15:05+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/health/2008/0506/1209989940801.html THE FINANCIAL position of the Health Service Executive (HSE) has continued to deteriorate and it is now €95 million over budget for the first four months of the year, according to new official figures. Health News 2008-05-06T12:15:05+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/health/2008/0506/1209989940799.html UNCERTAINTY ABOUT the future of cancer services at Sligo General Hospital is causing added stress for patients, according to both a local hospital consultant and a cancer support group. Health News 2008-05-06T12:15:05+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/health/2008/0506/1209989940768.html PREGNANT WOMEN who are obese run a two- to three-fold risk of delivery by emergency Caesarean section, a new study by medical experts in Galway has found. Health News 2008-05-06T12:15:05+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/health/2008/0506/1209989940782.html THE HEALTH SERVICE Executive (HSE) West has said that it does not believe a shortage of ambulance cover was an issue in relation to the death of a woman in Co Galway two years ago. Health News 2008-05-06T12:15:05+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/health/2008/0506/1209989940766.html THE TRAGIC death of a 17-year-old student last September has prompted a Midlands school to raise awareness of Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD). Health News 2008-05-06T12:15:05+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/health/2008/0506/1209989940777.html Other health stories in brief Health News 2008-05-06T12:15:05+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/health/2008/0506/1209989940810.html William Darcy is a full-time carer and an unlikely victim of health service cutbacks. For the past 10 years, the 64-year-old has done everything possible to save the State money by insisting on caring for his seriously ill wife at their home in Lusk, Co Dublin. News Focus 2008-05-06T12:15:05+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/health/2008/0506/1209989940791.html The new director of One in Four, Maeve Lewis, aims to address the extent of abuse within families, writes Sylvia Thompson News Focus 2008-05-06T12:15:05+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/health/2008/0506/1209989940795.html MAURICE NELIGAN HEART BEATTHE INCREASING problem of hospital-acquired infection was highlighted recently on a BBC Panorama programme. It dealt mainly with the problems posed by the organism Clostridium difficile, known to the dogs in the street as C.difficile. News Focus 2008-05-06T12:15:05+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/health/2008/0506/1209989943203.html Why are we so worried about trans fats - and are the other options any better for us? Fiona Tyrrell reports Your Health 2008-05-06T12:15:05+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/health/2008/0506/1209989943220.html The presence of hydrogenated oil on an ingredient list is no longer an indication that the product contains trans fats, according to a survey of 100 pre-packaged foods on Irish supermarket shelves. Your Health 2008-05-06T12:15:05+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/health/2008/0506/1209989943211.html MEDICAL MATTERSMusicians are like performance athletes - an injury can set back, or even end, their career trajectory Your Health 2008-05-06T12:15:05+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/health/2008/0506/1209989940919.html IT HAPPENED TO MEJoan Bradley contracted polio when she was four years old and battled hard to learn how to walk again - 20 years later, post-polio syndrome set in and she lost much of her hard-won mobility. This is her story, as told to Fiona Tyrrell My Health Experience 2008-05-06T12:15:05+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/health/2008/0506/1209989940912.html Polio is caused by a virus that attacks the human gastrointestinal tract. It mainly affects children and young adults. My Health Experience 2008-05-06T12:15:05+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/health/2008/0506/1209989940930.html The new programme, Designer Breastfeeding, addresses gaps in the information women currently receive about breastfeeding, writes Claire O'Connell Parenting 2008-05-06T12:15:05+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/health/2008/0506/1209989943068.html Things have changed since you were a child - it's time to think about new ways of bringing up your own children, writes Sheila Wayman Parenting 2008-05-06T12:15:05+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/health/2008/0506/1209989943074.html 1.Respect, as human beings in their own right. Parenting 2008-05-06T12:15:05+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/health/2008/0506/1209989943061.html Children may respond well to rewards and punishments – but, in the long run, you are doing them no favours Parenting 2008-05-06T12:15:05+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/health/2008/0506/1209989943059.html MARIE MURRAY HEALTH PLUSTO BE TREATED gently is to be treated with love. It is to be invited into the calmness of another person's regard. It is to be treated with dignity. Parenting 2008-05-06T12:15:05+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/health/2008/0506/1209989941014.html DAVID COLEMAN ASK THE EXPERTUnwanted advice can undermine a new mother's confidence in her own abilities Parenting 2008-05-06T12:15:05+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/health/2008/0506/1209989941002.html IT'S A DAD'S LIFETheir sights may be set on a pony, but until then, the snails will have to do, writes Adam Brophy Parenting 2008-05-06T12:15:05+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/health/2008/0506/1209989943018.html The Tril project aims to identify older people at risk of falls, memory loss and social isolation, writes Sylvia Thompson YourLifestyle 2008-05-06T12:15:05+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/health/2008/0506/1209989943005.html More than two dozen older people are set to take part in a two-week dance and music project at the National Concert Hall, writes Genevieve Carbery YourLifestyle 2008-05-06T12:15:05+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/health/2008/0506/1209989943022.html MARION KERR CHECK-UPI'M DUE to go into hospital soon but am getting more and more nervous about it - not because of what's involved in the test but in case I pick up an infection such as MRSA. What exactly is this? YourLifestyle 2008-05-06T12:15:05+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/health/2008/0506/1209989942998.html TONY BATES MIND MOVES"He did not know how long he sat there or what was happening to him, but at last he moved as if he were awakening and he stood up slowly and stood on the moss carpet, drawing a long deep breath and wondering at himself. Something seemed to have been unbound and released in him, very quietly. "What is it?" he said, almost in a whisper, and he passed his hand over his forehead. "I almost feel as if - I were alive!"(Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden) YourLifestyle 2008-05-06T12:15:05+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/health/2008/0506/1209989943011.html Information about guide dog trainingThe Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind is holding an information event from noon tomorrow at its National Headquarters and Training Centre, Model Farm Road, Cork. YourLifestyle 2008-05-06T12:15:05+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/health/2008/0506/1210018512051.html More men now suffer from eating disorders - but the stigma attached means many suffer in silence, writes Ciarán Brennan Men's Health 2008-05-06T12:15:05+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/health/2008/0506/1210018512065.html Weight loss should be gradual and crash diets should be avoided, writes Dr Giles Warrington Men's Health 2008-05-06T12:15:05+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/health/2008/0506/1209989946111.html MEN'S HEALTH MATTERSUnless symptoms are associated with food, then food allergy is very unlikely, writes Thomas Lynch Men's Health 2008-05-06T12:15:05+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/health/2008/0506/1210018512097.html THAT'S MENThe availability of men's make-up begs the question: who's buying it, writes Padraig O'Morain Men's Health 2008-05-06T12:15:05+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/health/2008/0506/1209989941039.html Enneagram - a valuable tool for better communication or a limiting view of personalities?, asks Sylvia Thompson HolisticHealth 2008-05-06T12:15:05+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/health/2008/0506/1209989941032.html The perfectionist: Critical of themselves and others, they are highly sensitive to mistakes. Convinced there is one right way, they feel morally superior to others. They maintain high standards and are highly responsible. HolisticHealth 2008-05-06T12:15:05+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/health/2008/0506/1209989941048.html DÓNAL O'MATHÁNA DOES IT WORKMUSHROOMS HAVE a long history as medicinal agents. Reishi mushrooms have been recommended as a general tonic in traditional Chinese medicine for thousands of years. HolisticHealth 2008-05-06T12:15:05+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/health/2008/0506/1209989942216.html A NEW LIFEOwen O'Brien made millions, then went back to university to find out how, writes Michaelle McDonagh TheBackPage 2008-05-06T12:15:05+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/health/2008/0506/1209989942225.html ON THE COUCHCormac Rennick is chairman of the Irish Autism Association TheBackPage 2008-05-06T12:15:05+00:00