# illness - Thursday 16 May, 2013
Doctors say the surgery was a success although it’s too early to say what the quality of her life will be like.
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# illness - Monday 13 May, 2013
There have been 33 confirmed cases of human infection since September last year, including 18 deaths.
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Donal, who was fighting cancer for the third time, had called on teenagers not to take their own lives.
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# illness - Monday 29 April, 2013
Today, seven judges from the Supreme Court dismissed an appeal by Marie Fleming, who had sought to be allowed an assisted suicide without the risk of prosecution for anyone who helped her, but where to next with this contentious debate, asks Dr Eimear Spain.
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# illness - Tuesday 23 April, 2013
Around 40,000 people in Ireland have bipolar disorder, but many were only diagnosed after experiencing symptoms for between 2 and 3 years.
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# illness - Monday 15 April, 2013
The HSE is currently in negotiations with the manufacturers of Pirfenidone, which has life-extending benefits for Lung Fibrosis patients.
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# illness - Monday 8 April, 2013
If passed in parliament, a new report would also see member states required to provide increased protection and training for workers.
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# illness - Saturday 6 April, 2013
Silver Linings Playbook is the latest movie to deal with issues surrounding mental health, but does cinema succeed in bringing these issues to the fore or are they more harmful than helpful, asks Darren Mooney.
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# illness - Saturday 16 March, 2013
The clichés we take for granted like “life’s not a dress rehearsal” take on renewed meaning after you have survived cancer. This second chance is one I won’t be squandering, writes Tom Molloy.
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# illness - Saturday 9 March, 2013
Bacteria on your desk at work, viruses passed on by your pets and food-borne illnesses lurking in your fridge – infection is everywhere.
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# illness - Sunday 3 March, 2013
Since its establishment in 2003, National Pyjama Day has raised over €1.73 million for children’s charities in Ireland.
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# illness - Wednesday 13 February, 2013
The Irish Heart Foundation is calling on the State to start spending more money on quit services as National No Smoking Day is marked today.
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# illness - Friday 1 February, 2013
Karen Hurley gave birth to a baby boy with a fatal illness following her failed steriliation procedure.
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# illness - Saturday 26 January, 2013
Those with mental health problems do not deserve the indignities they suffer – but they have always been the poor relation in our system.
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# illness - Wednesday 23 January, 2013
One of the busiest Emergency Departments in the country will close as it is moved to a new nearby location.
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# illness - Saturday 19 January, 2013
All of the people who died were elderly, ranging from 81 to 98 years old.
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# illness - Saturday 12 January, 2013
The legendary crossword setter Araucaria told readers that he had “18 down of the 19″ – cancer of the oesophagus.
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# illness - Wednesday 9 January, 2013
The former political editor of the UK broadcaster was hospitalised yesterday where doctors confirmed he has suffered a stroke.
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Authors of the study say results show that Ireland needs to introduce universal screening for pregnant women for GDM.
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# illness - Sunday 6 January, 2013
John Healy, maitre d of RTÉ’s The Restaurant, recalls the stress of waiting for his life-saving heart transplant operation.
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# illness - Friday 4 January, 2013
Restrictions are still place in Limerick and Cavan though the number of reported cases have significantly declined.
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# illness - Monday 31 December, 2012
The Venezuelan president has developed new complications from an infection after undergoing his latest round of cancer-related surgery.
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Doctors discovered the clot while Clinton was undergoing a routine follow-up examination after she fainted earlier this month.
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# illness - Tuesday 25 December, 2012
Coughs, colds, trips and falls are the most common injuries and illnesses around Christmas. Watch yourselves.
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# illness - Friday 7 December, 2012
The Venezuelan president said he was very happy to be back but did not elaborate on his health.
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# illness - Saturday 1 December, 2012
Although global rates of are dropping, complacency is a barrier to completely eliminating HIV, according to experts.
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# illness - Tuesday 27 November, 2012
The Cystic Fibrosis Association of Ireland has requested a review of the management of CF beds at the hospital.
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# illness - Sunday 11 November, 2012
International symposium in Cork to hear how experience of illness expressed through music, dialogue, fiction, film and other arts – as well as through social media.
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# illness - Monday 5 November, 2012
Researchers from Harvard University said that taking vitamins makes no difference when it comes to warning off stroke or cardivascular illness.
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# illness - Wednesday 31 October, 2012
The push to re-examine circumstances surrounding Arafat’s death came after a Swiss lab recently discovered traces of a deadly radioactive isotope on clothes said to be his.
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# illness - Monday 15 October, 2012
Smoking, drinking and over-eating are causing insurance policies to rise, says Caledonian Life.
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# illness - Friday 12 October, 2012
The trained rodents are going to sniff out the disease, apparently.
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# illness - Tuesday 2 October, 2012
The hospital has appealed to the public to refrain from making unnecessary visits.
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# illness - Saturday 29 September, 2012
# illness - Wednesday 26 September, 2012
A group of Senators are asking the State to put aside money for a home nursing care programme for children – but it looks unlikely to pass.
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# illness - Wednesday 19 September, 2012
Placing social welfare costs onto businesses is an additional burden on employers and will result in job losses writes Ian Martin.
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# illness - Thursday 23 August, 2012
A new study shows that the tail of the pancreas is exposed to radiation, patients are significantly more likely to be diagnosed with diabetes later in life.
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# illness - Wednesday 22 August, 2012
Nicklinson had last week lost his legal case at the High Court in the UK to be allowed to end his life.
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# illness - Monday 20 August, 2012
The boxing champion spent the day with some of her younger fans…
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