I started strength training in my 60s - here are the seven things I learned in one year
On the wrong side of 60, I reckoned that, in addition to walking the dog twice a day, more all-round, intense activity was needed
The moment a stroke happens, the clock starts to count down
A look inside one of Ireland’s 22 dedicated hospital stroke units informs how to recognise the signs and how best to react
New thinking on asthma management may be a game-changer
Fundamental changes in asthma management are all geared to breaking the inhalers-antibiotics-inhalers-steroids cycle
Should every midlife woman be on HRT?
Positivity abounds around hormone replacement therapy, but is it a panacea for all ageing women?
How do I spot if my baby has tongue tie and what happens next?
You may notice your baby’s tongue not lifting, but persistent feeding problems are more likely to alert you to a potential issue
‘Having matching heart attacks is the most twin thing we’ve done’
Identical twin sisters aged in their 30s experienced similar cardiac emergencies within months of each other
Inequities in care ‘shorten the lives’ of people with a lesser-known lung disease
Lung fibrosis affects about 5,000 people in Ireland, but many patients are left in limbo as higher-profile respiratory illnesses are prioritised for treatment
Palliative care: We do death well in Ireland, but what about the lead-up period?
‘A huge amount of healing comes with being heard,’ says Aedín Gillespie, whose husband Frank died in St Francis Hospice aged 51
Childhood cancer: ‘I had this thing in my head that, until somebody tells me, it’s not real’
When cancer is detected in any child, adolescent or young adult, there is a devastating impact on the entire family. Support can be precious
Graphic artist Matthew Kelly: ‘If I wasn’t ecstatic then I was depressed’
Kelly, who lost his father at a young age, has used different people’s perspectives on grief, and the love that fuels it, for his comic Porter Loves Cleo
‘Once somebody shares the fact they are thinking about suicide, there’s a connection to life’
A €2 million investment in counselling supports for men aims to help break the silence around mental health
Parents of children with Down syndrome: ‘It teaches you to be a better person’
Bernie and Crohan O’Kennedy could not conceive a baby naturally. Their daughter Pippa, ‘a long-awaited miracle’, arrived in July 2023
Fertility treatment and the workplace: ‘It’s a hugely personal thing to have to say’
Workplace issues ‘one of the biggest challenges’ for those undergoing IVF
Spinal cord recovery: Assistive technology was a liberator for me
Tadhg Paul says writing helped him embrace to life again and regain mobility after his spinal cord injury
Playing county football through the pain of epidermolysis bullosa: ‘When I’d fall it would cause abrasions and blisters’
Gaelic footballer Ellie Ward has a rare and painful genetic condition known as ‘butterfly skin’, but there is nothing delicate about her performances on the pitch