I wore a glucose monitor for 30 days. This is what I learned about my diet and exercise
‘My levels were still rising and were now approaching the threshold of the diabetic range’
Health & Wellness
Profiling inspiring innovations from the Health & Wellness sector of our Innovators to Watch series
My partner is obsessed with ‘health optimisation’ culture – it’s taken the joy out of our life
Tell Me About It: What happened to spending half the day in bed, eating chocolate, wine and olives?
‘Heart disease is a woman’s disease’: Here are the risk factors to look out for
One reason for the increase in heart disease in younger women is that some of the drivers have become increasingly common at younger ages
What ‘smart’ watches get wrong and right when tracking the quality of your sleep
With millions of people now using wearables, there is a market for improved accuracy
Want to live a longer, happier life? Take up gardening
‘Life in Full Bloom’ is the theme for this year’s Connected with Nature events as part of Nursing Homes Week, celebrating the harvest season with events catered for residents’ wellbeing
How doughnuts helped an Irish founder break into the US healthcare system
Aaron Cullen’s start-up Mendelia uses AI to automate one of the most time-consuming administrative tasks facing US healthcare providers
Great Care Co-op: ‘We make the care plans for each client individually’
Worker-owned enterprise provides free healthcare training to migrant women, team meetings and opportunities to join board of directors
Health in midlife: Nine tips from experts that can make a big difference
Incorporating these small habits can help move the needle on your longevity
Which oat is the goat? Research into 95 types aims to find out
Research Lives: Daniela Freitas is a research fellow at Teagasc
I work in a hospital. How could I not know I was having a heart attack?
Symptoms show up differently in women – here’s what more women should know
People with eating disorders are often overlooked
Recovery is rarely a simple process, nor does it always mean complete symptom resolution
How Berlin’s ‘Hot Boys’ are taking on the manosphere
From forest walks to tearful group sessions, a new community is offering young men an alternative to toxic online influencers
The best and worst diet and lifestyle habits for your liver
It’s often possible to prevent liver disease, or even reverse it, with diet and lifestyle changes alone
Roz Purcell: ‘When I was younger I was fine with people looking at me. But I have grown to hate it’
The Tipperary broadcaster and author knows how to captivate an audience. Just married and settling into her radio role on 2FM, she’s figuring out which new challenges to tackle
Weight-loss drugs linked to increased risk of hair loss, researchers say
People on GLP-1 agonist drugs such as Mounjaro, Ozempic and Wegovy have been reporting hair loss
The impact omega-3 supplements have on your brain
Studies show that people with higher levels of omega-3s in their blood have better cognition and healthier looking brains. But do supplements actually work?
Migraines: What causes them and how to find relief
Our understanding of what causes these neurological disorders has progressed enormously, alongside the options for treating them
Anorexia after 40: She would say, ‘I’m no good. You don’t deserve a mother like me’
Eating disorders among older people are less documented and less visible, with fewer support structures in place
How can new parents be better prepared for the impact of sleep deprivation?
Sleepless nights are a harsh lesson in how parents’ lives have to adapt to their baby’s needs
Medical cannabis may help agitation in dementia, study suggests
Patients with advanced dementia near the end of their lives experienced an easing of symptoms after receiving THC/CBD treatment
How new parents can improve wellbeing and reduce tiredness
Couples may see bed-sharing as sacrosanct, but some nights apart could save their sanity
HRT, testosterone, melatonin and more: Everything you need to know about hormones
Experts have their say on common horomone myths, from testosterone making people aggressive to HRT being harmful
The new Gen Z dating rules: ‘Why am I advertising myself for love?’
Reliant on social media and dating apps to kindle relationships, love lives become a series of online logistics and mind games
University spin-out seeks to transform sports injury assessment
KineMo targets elite sport, healthcare and astronaut rehabilitation
How often to apply sunscreen, symptoms of heat exhaustion and safety tips for Ireland’s hot spell
From sunburn to heat exhaustion, it’s important to take care during hot weather spells
Seán McCague and dementia: he would say ‘the computer’s not working as well as it used to’
Five daughters of the former Monaghan country manager and GAA president are leading a campaign for clubs to step up for those with dementia
A Paris doctor and the controversial €7,000 procedure that changes eye colour
Medics as artists who stain those proverbial windows of the soul
I don’t care so much about Taylor Swift’s life decisions these days. I have bigger questions
I found the recent heat oppressive. A cruel summer. I could not sleep at night. I played games on my phone, distracting myself
Joanne McNally: ‘In my early 30s I quit my job, moved into my mam’s attic and cocooned at the top of the house’
The comedian, writer and podcaster recalls three-day benders, a fake origin story and the choice presented by her mental health crisis
Study finds little evidence that ‘add-ons’ boost IVF odds
Some patients pay thousands for these extra procedures on top of the high costs of IVF
Carroll MacNeill plans in-house HSE ‘agency’ staff to reduce payouts to outside companies
Health service’s expenditure on agency workers reached €903.4 million last year
Knotty issue of healthcare and the lack of capacity
Those who pay for treatment do so in pursuit of timely access to treatment
Children’s healthcare failings in Ireland laid bare by new HSE audit
Families have long raised concerns about deterioration in children awaiting procedures
Before reaching for your phone in the morning, breathe yourself into the present moment
There are some simple steps you can take to develop an enduring wellbeing and drown out the external noise
Careful nutrition can colour outcomes in eye and brain health
Prof John Nolan is Howard Chair in Human Nutrition Research at South East Technological University, Ireland
Former garda sergeant uses AI platform to protect travelling workers
Real-time travel intelligence platform keeps employees safe while travelling for work
‘It’s like an NCT for human beings’: Free annual health check gives peace of mind
Private patients missing out on benefits of public healthcare prevention programme
Marcus O’Laoire: ‘We need to talk more about male fertility’
Conversations with Parents podcast with Jen Hogan
Women are now being commanded to ‘lift heavy’ in the gym by algorithms
Nothing about floor-shaking music, other people’s sweat and alarming metal contraptions tempts me
China’s quiet reform could reshape life for hundreds of millions of migrant workers
A long-awaited easing of residency restrictions may boost consumption – and begin to level the playing field for China’s urban workforce
Should Ireland copy the UK’s generational ban on smoking?
Debate: UK move seeks to balance personal freedom and benefits to individuals’ health and the common good
Chef Eve Meehan: I had to remove gluten from my diet. Here’s how it went
Eve Meehan offers five key tips (and a cake recipe) to others seeking to successfully maintain a gluten-free lifestyle
How do I avoid becoming frail and how is it different from normal ageing?
Experts emphasise early intervention and prevention, ideally starting in midlife
I’m riddled with ADHD apparently, and medication has changed my life
It’s not all speed and roses, but with five medicated months under my belt I can tentatively say something is working
Afraid of needles? This UCD spin-out has a solution
MicroJect plans commercial rollout of its polymer-based skin-prick device by 2028, beginning with allergy skin prick tests and following with applications in biologics and vaccines
I lost 15kg and didn’t use GLP-1s: no one believes me
I’ve been bigger my entire adult life and, yes, I am still ‘bigger’ but I’m not as big. And I’m happy
Medication crushed into patient’s food without pharmacy oversight at Tipperary centre, inspection finds
Mental health facility in Tipperary among 14 centres inspected
Living with IBD: ‘It’s more than needing to go to the toilet’
It remains a taboo for many but to mark World IBD Day on Tuesday, a guide has been published to support people living with inflammatory bowel disease
‘I’m a man in my 40s and feel like I don’t have any real friendships’
Ask Roe: I always make an effort to fit in, but I worry this is now coming across as desperate
‘ADHD girls learn from an early age to mask, but it carries a cost’
Masking is exhausting and often leads to people-pleasing tendencies, low-self esteem and a loss of identity
I tried to tell the GP I was seeing things but he ‘gave me eczema cream’
Survey results suggest about half of children in Ireland live with a parent with poor mental health for at least part of childhood
‘I’m very clear on dating apps that I want love. The dates agree initially but then disappear’
Ask Roe: Much to the dismay of my nervous system, situationships seem to have become the default setting
Investors back Glanbia as a rare food company that might benefit from people eating less
Glanbia finds growth in a GLP-1 world
Expert witness at doctor’s fitness-to-practise hearing questions value of masks, lockdown
UK oncology professor said it was ‘absolutely not’ wrong for Dr William Ralph to question public health guidelines
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Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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