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  • Separated people at higher risk of suicide

    Separated men and women have high suicide rates, far higher than married people, according to new figures published last night. The figures also show that unemployed men are four times more likely to take their own lives than men in employment. p

  • Biobanks a necessity, says cancer expert

    Ireland will miss out on a chance to boost cancer research and possibly even lose out economically unless we set up linked biobanks to store tumour tissue for research. That's according to a leading cancer expert, who addressed a public meeting on biobanking in Dublin last night. p

  • Honey proves natural winner in cough study

    Is a night-time cough keeping you and your child awake? Have different cough bottles not improved the nightly hack? A natural remedy is the answer to this perennial source of parental anxiety, US paediatricians have found. p
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  • Behaviour hinges on nutrition, says expert

    The Irish and British governments need to think about rolling out a programme to educate and train the public and those involved in the care of children in diet and nutrition, a conference in Galway has been told. p

  • Guidelines issued to help inform parents of disability

    New national guidelines have been issued for the first time for how families should be informed that their child has a disability. p

  • Half farm injuries in northwest caused by animals

    Farmers in the northwest are more likely to be injured by animals than by tractors or heavy machinery, new research shows. p

  • Lash out against violence

    That's men for you - Padraig O'Morain's guide to men's health: Some years ago I met a group of people with physical disabilities and, in the course of conversation, I asked if all of them had been born with their disabilities. p

  • Urgent vacancy at Holles Street

    Health jobs: The National Maternity Hospital at Holles Street in Dublin has an urgent vacancy for a staff nurse in colposcopy services. This is a part-time, fixed-term contract for six months, working six to eight hours per week. Gynaecological experience is desirable. p

  • InShort

    A round-up of today's other stories in brief p

  • Reader response

    Re: Oxfam report "Investing for Life", Health Supplement, November, 27th p
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  • Rising tide of fake pills

    Among the issues on the agenda of an international summit in Dublin tomorrow is ways of cutting the supply of illegal medicines. David Labanyi reports p

  • Cancer research centre opens at Queen's

    A £25 million research centre puts Queen's at the front line in the battle against cancer, writes Dan Keenan , Northern News Editor p

  • Heads that won't roll

    Heart Beat: "Who would write, who had anything better to do" - Byron p
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  • Is this the best we can do?

    Why should we compromise our health by eating unhealthy, unimaginative food Monday to Friday because we are too busy working, asks John McKenna p

  • Catering managers awarded for healthy menus

    The Irish Heart Foundation awards staff canteens for their healthy cooking practices and food choices, writes Sylvia Thompson p

  • Coping with stigma

    Medical Matters: "At the centre of the human heart is a longing for the absolute good" - Simone Weil, Swiss philosopher. p
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  • Nordic treatment for life

    Tommie Gorman talks about his experiences of carcinoid cancer treatment in Sweden and about the many people he knows who are surviving carcinoid cancer and similar conditions p

  • Blowing the whistle

    Mind Moves: Whistleblowing is a derogatory term for courageous ethical enactment of professional principles by employees who are prepared to call wrongdoing when they see it. It is recognising what is wrong and disclosing it so that it cannot continue. It is identifying the potential casualties or victims of organisational practices that are deceptive, negligent, criminal, unjust or that endanger the health and safety of any person or group. p
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  • A life dedicated to change

    John Brierley, promoter of business sabbaticals and author of guidebooks, believes we should all take mid-career breaks to reflect on our lives. Sylvia Thompson reports p

  • Well coached

    The Bigger Picture: I recently picked up a glossy magazine to read the "top tips" from a life coach, only to be reminded of how inaccurate a picture we can get of this work in the media. This may be because there's simply some bad coaching out there, finding its way into magazines.   p

  • Check-up

    When I experienced a sudden and severe headache around my temples I wasn't too worried until I started to have blurring of my vision. I got such a fright I went straight into A&E where I was told it was most likely temporal arteritis. Can you tell me what this is? p
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  • Eyeing up a music career

    A New Life: From ophthalmologist to musician, Lisa Hake makes an eye-opening career move, writes Tony Clayton-Lea p

  • On the Couch

    Jeannette Brazel, Chairwoman of the Irish Eczema Society. p

  • In a class of her own

    My Working Day: Time is of the essence for Prof Geraldine McCarthy , who heads up the Catherine McAuley School of Nursing and Midwifery at University College Cork p

  • Carnival success

    RadioScope:  The Tubridy Show, RTÉ Radio One, Friday, 9am p

  • Lifelines

    REMEMBERING VICTIMS OF SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH: Christmas memorial services to remember young people who have died from sudden cardiac death take place in Monkstown Church of Ireland church on Monkstown Road, Dublin and in St Mary's Church, Carrigtwohill, Co Cork on Saturday at 4pm. The services are organised by the Sudden Cardiac Death (in the young) Support Group. Contact Monica Martin on tel: 086-2043932 for more details. p
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