SOS cancer hotline making ‘a real, tangible difference in the lives of people going through chemotherapy’
Phone triage and support service is designed to keep vulnerable cancer patients from having to go to hospital emergency departments
An Irish cardiologist on how your VO₂ can impact how long you live and your future health
Measuring aerobic capacity is not just for athletes, it is an indicator of your likely health span
Waiting for an organ donor: ‘It was the beginning of the hardest chapter in our family’s life’
To mark Organ Donor Awareness Week, families share stories of what it means to to wait years for a donor, and how it feels to give up a beloved family member’s organs
Ireland’s Community First Responders: Making the difference between life and death
The network of more than 4,000 volunteers is trained in at least basic life support and the use of defibrillators
Supporting new mothers: ‘Crises should not be the trigger for postnatal care’
New campaign Year of Care aims to highlight the particular needs that arise in the first year of motherhood
Hyrox, the soaring fitness trend: ‘You meet so many different people, all shapes, all sizes’
Hyrox coaches and enthusiasts on what the fitness event involves
Alzheimer’s: ‘I’ve lost my friend and my companion,’ says Úna Crawford O’Brien of fellow Fair City actor Bryan Murray
As veteran actor’s condition declines, the Fair City couple continue to use their public profile to raise awareness of the disease
Dr John Travers: ‘You don’t know what’s going to walk in the door every 15 minutes’
Author and former corporate executive was inspired to change career after a stint in a home for the dying in India
Wearable tech: ‘It’s like having a personal health coach in your pocket. I live a healthier, better life because I have this’
Developments in health technology allow us to take more personal responsibility for our wellbeing, which may have significant consequences for the future
Studying ‘pandemic babies’: Fewer allergies, but lower language skills
The Floral study will give researchers more vital data onthe effect of the pandemic on the microbiome, allergies and social development
‘You need to not go to work tomorrow’: The words that brought a GP’s career to an abrupt halt
Dr Hilton Koppe now runs workshops to help health workers to deal with trauma
Girls and sport: ‘You don’t really aspire to be something that you don’t see. There’s a lot more to be done’
Camogie player Niamh McGrath reflects on keeping girls – and mothers – playing sport
Oesophageal cancer: ‘I was fine, there was nothing wrong with me’
As a fit 51-year-old, Justin Farrell thought cancer was something that happened to other people. He knows now how wrong he was
‘This is a disaster waiting to happen, and it will happen’: Ireland’s falling child vaccine rates
While most children in the State continue to receive vaccines, there has been significant slip in uptake since 2020. This has consequences for us all, warn medical experts
‘Having anxiety was not debilitating.’ Being ashamed of it was
Concert pianist Jonathan Biss opens up about living with anxiety that led to full-blown panic attacks in the past