In Ireland today, 1 in 6 couples are infertile, 1 in 4 pregnancies ends in miscarriage, 1 baby in 17 is malformed and 1 baby in 4 has learning difficulties
Health service cuts of up to €65m will have to be imposed between now and the end of the year in the west -- despite major savings being achieved in recent months.
The number of women with possible symptoms of breast cancer in need of urgent assessment who are seen within a two-week deadline is now as high as 95.6pc, according to new figures.
When the levy for supermarket plastic bags was first mooted it provoked the inevitable outrage and predictions of revolt by shoppers. But now it is a matter of habit for most of us to have our own stock of bags to use and recycle.
A REVOLUTIONARY way of screening the entire human genome for the genetic signposts of disease has produced its latest success -- the first inherited link to the common migraine.
SOMETIMES you can't make it on your own. Ireland's most famous singer has enlisted the help of Ireland's most accomplished physical therapist to ease his pain.
The eight-year-old boy at the centre of the tragic surgical blunder in Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin had a poorly functioning right kidney in the spring of 2008. His left kidney was healthy but this was incorrectly removed. He is now left with the diseased kidney and faces an uncertain future.
A DOCTOR yesterday admitted he and a leading hospital failed a child after the wrong kidney was removed from the boy due to human error -- despite his parents' concerns before the operation.
Brain training games, crosswords and puzzles help maintain a healthy mind in the elderly but can eventually speed up dementia late on in life, new study claims.
THE HEALTH benefits of eating extra fruits and vegetables are well established: for years, children have been told that an apple a day will keep the doctor away.
You don't have to be playing tennis to get tennis elbow, a condition that occurs as a result of the overuse of muscles and tendons of the forearm and around the elbow joint.
A NUMBER of Irish patients among 3,500 who received potentially faulty hip implants in the last six years have already undergone new operations, it was confirmed yesterday.
A DEPARTMENT of Health advisory group which was asked to examine the introduction of a no-fault compensation scheme for brain- damaged babies has yet to produce a report -- nine years after it was set up, it was confirmed yesterday.
