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Health

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Mental Health
Opinion: My experience of a men's group tells me it has the power to change behaviour
Stephen O'Rourke
28 Sep 2024
9.3k
vaping
New €2,000 fine for selling nicotine-inhaling products, like vapes, at children's events
23 Sep 2024
11.6k
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World Patient Safety Day
Patient Safety Act to be commenced in coming days, says Donnelly
17 Sep 2024
6.2k
26
Ploughing Championships
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17 Sep 2024
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36
disposable vapes
Justine Stafford: I felt like I was sucking on a USB filled with jam. How I quit vaping...
Justine Stafford
Updated 16 Sep 2024
16.3k
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vaping
Cabinet approves ban on sale of single-use vapes and restrictions on flavours
Updated 10 Sep 2024
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The Morning Lead
'It's a mess': Concerns raised that children won't get treatment amid physio shortage in Dublin
Staff said it was “a body blow” to find out that certain vacant roles no longer existed after the HSE lifted a recruitment embargo in July.
The physio department in Temple Street hospital is currently only providing an emergency service
There are also a number of unfilled physio vacancies at Crumlin children's hospital and in community settings
Órla Ryan
9 Sep 2024
8.3k
RELATED
Manager says HSE recruitment is 'like the Hunger Games' with jobs disappearing and panels bypassed
25 Aug 2024
Workers 'horrified' HSE roles were filled via international campaigns despite recruitment freeze
18 Aug 2024
Obesity
Cardiologist: We should welcome the new evidence that Ozempic may slow down ageing
Professor Robert Byrne
8 Sep 2024
31.1k
37
Stockholm
Toddlers should not have any screen time at all, parents in Sweden told
2 Sep 2024
20.6k
28
Health
Mpox outbreaks could be stopped in the next six months - WHO
30 Aug 2024
9.3k
29
Heart Health
Lives 'at risk' as GPs told they can't refer cardiology patients to Cavan and Monaghan Hospital
Updated 30 Aug 2024
13.6k
39
The Morning Lead
Minister contacts GP group after women eligible for free contraception report being charged for it
No women within the eligible age bracket should be charged by their GP, says Health Minister Stephen Donnelly.
Christina Finn
26 Aug 2024
15.8k
30
The Morning Lead
Manager says HSE recruitment is 'like the Hunger Games' with jobs disappearing and panels bypassed
Roles that were vacant at the end of 2023 “don’t exist anymore” despite never being filled, the manager said.
Workers on panels were ignored while managers were 'encouraged to recruit internationally instead' during recent freeze
Órla Ryan
25 Aug 2024
51.7k
budget 2024
Minister says he wants free contraception rolled out for all women and girls aged 16 and up
21 Aug 2024
12.3k
94
The Morning Lead
Workers 'horrified' HSE roles were filled via international campaigns despite recruitment freeze
A HSE recruitment freeze was in place from October to July, but certain roles were exempt.
Órla Ryan
18 Aug 2024
64.4k
mld
Call for expanded 'heel prick' test as Irish toddler dies from genetic disease
17 Aug 2024
29.1k
22
Explainer
The WHO has declared an emergency, but what exactly is Mpox and why the extra concern now?
Updated 15 Aug 2024
29.6k
32
WHO
World Health Organisation declares mpox a global public health emergency
14 Aug 2024
59.8k
latest figures
Measles: 82 confirmed cases in Ireland so far this year
13 Aug 2024
9.3k
Overcrowding
Things must improve at University Hospital Limerick, says Donnelly, as trolley numbers increase
13 Aug 2024
8.2k
Health
Department of Health recommended new drug for public scheme to tackle RSV
13 Aug 2024
12.8k
13
Health
Cold sores and thrush among conditions pharmacists should be able to prescribe for, report says
13 Aug 2024
15.9k
63
The Morning Lead
'A disgrace': Women decry efforts to charge them despite free contraception scheme
A video on TikTok prompted dozens of women to share their experiences of being overcharged.
Mairead Maguire
12 Aug 2024
35.1k
101
latest figures
Measles: 81 cases and 13 outbreaks confirmed in Ireland so far this year
8 Aug 2024
7.3k
21
Emergency Departments
Over 5,000 people died or were pronounced dead on arrival in EDs over the last five years
7 Aug 2024
11.2k
28
National Screening Programme
Health watchdog to examine lowering age threshold for BreastCheck screening to women in their 40s
5 Aug 2024
11.9k
The Morning Lead
'Vital' developmental checks not being carried out on newborns due to shortage of nurses
A number of parents have contacted the Ombudsman for Children’s Office, saying their children’s health is being put at risk.
Órla Ryan
27 Jul 2024
13.3k
Cancer
'It's good to be back': Oliver Callan returns to radio show after having skin cancer surgery
22 Jul 2024
19.4k
17
Maternity Care
Bereaved families 'extremely concerned' about scope of HSE probe into baby and mother deaths
18 Jul 2024
8.3k
London
Study of drug extending the lifespan of mice may point to possibility of human use
18 Jul 2024
8.2k
23
slushies
No slushies for children under four, says FSAI
16 Jul 2024
14.6k
Doctors
HSE to lift recruitment freeze but 'staffing ceiling' puts patients at risk, say doctors
15 Jul 2024
11.7k
Health Service
HSE chief says recruitment freeze to end tomorrow
14 Jul 2024
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32
The Morning Lead
'My baby died in my arms': A mother on the dangers of AMR
By 2050, 10 million people could die prematurely every year because of antimicrobial resistance – but what exactly is it?
AMR should be taken as seriously as Covid-19, experts say
Pernilla Rönnholm's newborn daughter died because of AMR
"Families are being destroyed, children are dying," she told us
Órla Ryan
14 Jul 2024
22.5k
Public Health
Hospitalisations and deaths linked to hot weather are set to increase due to climate change
10 Jul 2024
12.1k
96
Addiction
Drug policy is 'literally killing people' and Ireland should decriminalise use, committee hears
27 Jun 2024
10.0k
Health
There was a 60% jump in Covid-19 cases in Ireland last week
27 Jun 2024
32.3k
sodium valproate
Chairperson appointed to probe into drug that causes birth defects after almost a year's delay
26 Jun 2024
11.9k
The Morning Lead
Number of sexual assaults reported at mental health centres jumps from 12 in 2022 to 42 last year
Concerns have also been raised about the number of people being physically restrained at mental health facilities.
The average episode of physical restraint in 2023 lasted for 4.4 minutes
Sinn Féin's spokesperson for Mental Health, Mark Ward, today expressed "grave concerns" over certain findings
Órla Ryan
Updated 25 Jun 2024
26.6k
Addiction
Senator on helping woman who was likely overdosing: 'No one wanted to help, it was really horrible'
Updated 20 Jun 2024
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