Congenital heart disease: ‘The surgery went well. I’ve done very well as a child into adulthood’
About 500-600 babies are born in Ireland with CHD every year, from simple to quite complex cases
The power of confidence: ‘Chronic high levels of success create high levels of influence... it can go to people’s heads’
While self-belief has many positives, too much of it can create greed, hypocrisy and narcissism, health summit hears
Chilling headlines about so-called ‘UPFs’ keep coming. What do Irish shoppers need to know?
It’s hard to avoid ultra-processed foods - and equally difficult to find clear conclusions on how we should approach them
Can exercise give cancer survivors a better quality of life and avoid a recurrence?
Increasing attention is being paid to how exercise can help post-treatment cancer survivors
Journeys in mental health: ‘It made me go, God, these are stories people don’t hear’
A new all-Ireland mental health research network drives engagement of people with lived experience
Women in stressful jobs on how they manage nutrition, exercise and more: ‘I never know what each day might bring’
For Nollaig na mBan, we asked five women in high-pressure roles how they manage self-care all year around
Can breathwork change your life for the better?
Conscious connected breathwork is a technique that can help release stress and deeply held emotions
Bringing healthcare to rough sleepers: ‘I think people feel safe with us’
A mobile GP clinic provides health services to vulnerable people on Dublin’s streets
Influencers and nutrition misinformation: ‘There’s no accountability here, and it’s a massive problem’
Dublin dietary seminar hears about the psychology of misinformation, exploring why false information sticks and is hard to counter with facts
Epilepsy and pregnancy: ‘In the delivery room, I handed her to my husband and I immediately took a seizure’
Help is now available for women with epilepsy to manage pregnancy and early motherhood
Pancreatic cancer: ‘I’ve had this niggling pain in my left side,’ said Mum
Pancreatic cancer is projected to be the second leading cause of cancer deaths by 2030, but experts say Ireland is failing patients with the disease
‘There were so many little failings’: The patients improving Ireland’s health system
Health service users’ experiences of issues such as systems and medical teams not talking to each other, never mind patients, motivates them to drive change
I started strength training in my 60s - here are the seven things I learned in one year
On the wrong side of 60, I reckoned that, in addition to walking the dog twice a day, more all-round, intense activity was needed
The moment a stroke happens, the clock starts to count down
A look inside one of Ireland’s 22 dedicated hospital stroke units informs how to recognise the signs and how best to react
New thinking on asthma management may be a game-changer
Fundamental changes in asthma management are all geared to breaking the inhalers-antibiotics-inhalers-steroids cycle