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  • Giving a killer disease the needle

    Meningitis is a disease which strikes fear into parents. The high mortality rate and the sudden onset of the illness mark it out from other diseases. Added to this is a feeling of helplessness because of the lack of preventative measures they can take. p

  • Promises they couldn't keep

    Ten years ago, announcing that you were off to the osteopath, the herbalist or the reflexologist would have marked you down as a dabbler in the esoteric. Now complementary medicine is no longer seen as a fringe therapy. p

  • Lifelines

    Some 1,600 cases of breast cancer are diagnosed in Ireland each year. Of these, 20 to 30 per cent produce excess amounts of a specific protein, HER2, which stimulates uncontrollable cell growth, leading to a particularly aggressive form of the disease. Now, a new treatment (Herceptin) has been found to block the action of the protein and suppress tumour growth. Research has shown that Herceptin improves survival in HER2-positive women by 39 per cent, compared with chemotherapy alone. October is International Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Irish Cancer Society nurses will be answer questions on breast cancer in Boots chemists throughout the country. Tel: 01-6681855 and details. p
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