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  • Natural labours are better for babies

    Birth studies: It is more beneficial to the immune system of babies to be born by a normal labour than as a result of a Caesarean section, new research suggests. p
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  • Urgent need for foster parents

    Foster appeal An urgent appeal for foster parents in north Dublin city and county has been issued this week due to a serious shortage of foster homes in the area. p

  • NUI doctor studies HIV survivors for gene link

    AIDS research The discovery by an NUI Maynooth researcher of a group of HIV survivors who have led healthy lives for up to 20 years without drugs may provide important information for drug and vaccine development. p

  • Ireland's first AIDS foundation

    Campaign One world, two scenarios: sub-Saharan Africa where 28 million people with HIV face death due to lack of anti-HIV medicines; the rest of the world where 34 million people with the same infection have the chance of living healthy productive lives thanks to life-saving treatment and expensive medicines. p

  • Survey highlights pharmacist role in diabetes, asthma care

    Patient care A new study has highlighted the key role played by pharmacists in supporting the day-to-day management of asthma and diabetes and suggests pharmacist care may be saving up to €17 million in diabetic healthcare costs. p

  • Doctor nears goal of first Irish woman on summit

    Weather permitting, the Irish expedition hopes to reach the summit of Everest very soon, writes Lorna Siggins p

  • Showing the poetic way to older people

    New Zealand-born poet Fleur Adcock tells Sylvia Thompson of the joy in celebrating creativity in older age p

  • Helping Galway to grow more accustomed to the mentally ill

    One of Galway's leading gardeners is happy to confirm a transformation in attitudes towards the mentally ill, writes Michelle McDonagh p

  • My Kind of Exercise

    Terry Prone tells Patricia Weston there is nothing she does not know about diets p
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  • Screening is making a healthy profit

    More and more people are trying to safeguard their health by undergoing extensive tests. But is such costly action necessary and are the results worth it? Susan Calnan reports p

  • Scientists confirm effectiveness of DIY food intolerance testing

    Food intolerance testing is proving to be a significant part of health screening. Regina Daly reports p

  • Striking a balance

    EXTREME CUISINE Haydn Shaughnessy The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in Britain might seem a strange place to start a discussion about food but in the days when marching, rather than fighting, was a popular way for crowds to behave, the politics of food was a topic of conversation up there with the really significant debates: Vietnam, equality, the Bomb, yoghurt. p
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  • Time to make your life work

    Poet and corporate consultant David Whyte tells Sylvia Thompson of the need for creativity and an end to old workplace hierarchies p

  • Combat cancer with disease-fighting food

    SOUNDBITES Paula Mee Every time a cell in our body divides, it must copy the DNA it contains as accurately as possible. However, we're only human and mistakes are made - mistakes that can lead to the uncontrolled growth of cancerous cells. p

  • Foods that can save your life

    Eat at least five servings of fruit and vegetables a day: Many studies say vegetarians have less cancer than others. p

  • Get your smile white

    MEDICAL MATTERS Dr Muiris Houston The Irish Dental Association held its annual scientific conference in Limerick recently. One of the topics discussed was the issue of dental bleaching: the practice of chemically treating teeth to make them whiter. p
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  • Calls for the radical treatment

    Irish people with multiple sclerosis are caught in a dilemma - a new treatment is being widely used in the US but is not licensed here. Martin Barry reports p

  • Government under pressure to fund neurosurgery unit at UCHG

    Campaign The Department of Health is to be put under renewed pressure from the people of Galway and the West to fund a neurosurgery unit at University College Hospital Galway. p

  • Check-up

    Basal Cell Carcinoma Early last year I noticed a couple of dry, rough spots on my forehead. As they did not go away I went to a dermatologist who diagnosed "basal" skin cancer. He said I got them from the sun but as I'm not one for sunbathing I wonder how I got them. p

  • Promises and failures

    HEART BEAT Maurice Neligan One of the nicest things about my retirement from active surgical practice is that the phone seldom rings at night. These calls usually told of possible heart transplant or emergency or sheer calamity. p
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  • Keeping track of all our charitable donations

    They are probably the best fundraisers in the business, but are Irish health-related charities accountable? Elaine Edwards reports p

  • Ahern plans to reform charity law

    There is no clear definition of what a charity is in Irish law. Research into reform of the sector has been carried out, but no new charity legislation has been enacted for over 40 years. p

  • New book on domestic abuse lets men have the last word

    Domestic violence A new book recounting the experiences of male victims of domestic abuse perpetrated by a spouse or partner, is due to be published by the support group, Abused Men (AMEN), later this month. p

  • Why we have affairs

    MIND MOVES Marie Murray The Chinese poet Chuo Wen-Chun is quoted as saying "Why should marriage bring only tears? All I wanted was a man with a single heart and we would stay together as our hair turned white, not somebody always wriggling after fish with his big bamboo rod." p
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  • Starting another new chapter

    A New Life Writer Denise Deegan has plenty of experience to draw on for her novels - five careers to date. She tells  Anne Dempsey what keeps her moving p

  • Soprano shrink talks tough

    TV Scope The Sopranos, Network 2, Tuesdays 9.30 p.m. The Sopranos is a lot more than a series with a Mafia angle catering for our preoccupation with the criminal and violent underbelly of society. There is of course plenty of both, but it is the internal moral conflict of Tony Soprano, the head of the mob family, which makes this series superior to others of its kind. p

  • My Working Day

    Colm O'Reilly: health food store proprietor in Ballinamore, Co Leitrim p

  • On the Couch

    Tim O'Malley Occupation: Pharmacist, and Minister of State with Special Responsibility for Mental Health, Disability Services and Food Safety. p

  • Lifelines

    WHY RISK IT? is the theme and title of a food safety conference to be held in University College Cork on June 3rd. Organised by Safefood, the food safety promotion board, the aim of the conference is to look at the best strategies to prevent avoidable risks to human health and safety. p
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