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Number of women seeking treatment for cocaine use increases almost seven-fold, figures show
Health Research Board also reports growing treatment rates for new psychoactive substances and ketamine
Unregulated dermal filler procedures pose serious threat to health, says medical group
Product can be legally administered in Ireland without a professional qualification
Why are women still treated as a statistical anomaly in health research?
I remember a doctor discussing the “challenging” recovery that follows a Caesarean, as though launching a human skull through the birth canal was mere lady stuff
Alcohol-abuse treatment figures highest in over a decade, study finds
Cocaine was the most common additional drug used alongside alcohol, the Health Research Board reports
Twenty new beds to tackle 33% rise in eating disorder referrals
There were 894 referrals for eating disorder treatment in 2024, up one third on the previous year
Ireland is becoming a country of moderate drinkers and voracious cocaine users
Ireland is the joint-fourth highest consumer of cocaine globally, and it’s primarily a youth problem
Cocaine cited as main drug in almost two-fifths of cases needing treatment
Decrease in the number of instances where opioids were the main drug, down to a quarter of all cases
‘I will lose 30% of the beers in my fridge, the same with wine and spirits’: traders voice fears over alcohol health-warning labels
Small batch and artisan wines, beers and spirits may disappear from shelves as producers baulk at labelling every single bottle
Gambling linked to 23 deaths by suicide over six-year period
Research analysed 3,625 deaths by probable suicide recorded by coroners between 2015 and 2020
Eating disorders now main reason behind children’s admission for psychiatric care
Prevalence among under-18s ‘extremely concerning’ says mental health expert
Cocaine-related deaths rising but most fatal overdoses involve prescription drugs
Overall number of drug-poisoning deaths decreased, according to newly published data
We are falling out of love with booze: Why Ireland is drinking less
Alcohol consumption in Ireland has fallen by almost one-third so far this century, driven by more health-conscious young people with less disposable income
Alcohol use: Numbers seeking treatment for ‘harmful’, ‘hazardous’ drinking at highest level in decade
Report finds most common drugs used with alcohol were cocaine and cannabis
Cocaine and Irish women: ‘I’m a wife. I’m a mother. I have a career. I’m a user’
With the Health Research Board reporting a sharp increase in cocaine use among women, three women describe their use of the drug
Huge increase in cocaine use, particularly among women, research shows
Record number of drug treatment cases, according to the Health Research Board
Irish spending more on alcohol at home than in pubs as consumption drops, report finds
New law proposed by Government is in conflict with legislation introduced in 2018 to drive down drinking, particularly among young people, review says
Study shows declining wellbeing and high rates of self-harm among teens
Young people who suffered adversity are substantially more at risk of self-harm, University of Galway study shows
Does sparkling water damage teeth? Is beetroot juice good for blood pressure? Do vapes damage our health?
Debunking healthcare myths – researchers at University of Galway answer questions from the public about health claims
Medicinal cannabis ‘significantly benefits’ treatment of MS and diabetes, Health Research Board says
Review finds no conclusive evidence of effectiveness of medicinal cannabis in treating anxiety or pain in cancer
Medically supervised drug injection facility to open in Dublin
Merchant’s Quay Ireland says location will be safer, and will remove some open drug use and litter from streets
‘In Ireland, people struggle more to understand when someone does not drink rather than if they drink to excess’
As 15 per cent of the population in Ireland has an alcohol use disorder, it’s time we recognise the problem and its effects, and get the right support
Average of 10 homeless people died each month during 2020
Figure of 121 deaths was up from 92 fatalities in 2019, according to latest statistics taken from coroners’ files
Adult hospital admissions for eating disorders at highest level in a decade
New figures show 210 hospital admissions for conditions in 2022, with vast majority being women
People with alcohol problems increasingly combining drink and cocaine, HRB says
Cocaine surpasses cannabis as the most common additional drug among problem drinkers
Cocaine overtakes heroin to become Ireland’s most common problem drug
Last year cocaine accounted for one in three of the 12,009 cases treated for problem drug-use, according to a Health Research Board report
Seven homeless people died on average every month during 2019 - Health Research Board
The median age of those who died was 40, with over half dying from drug or alcohol overdoses, the first study of its kind has found
Robert Watt undergoes committee grilling but what did we learn?
Department of Health secretary general disputed many key findings of report into botched secondment of former chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan to TCD
Families with parents from ‘sexual minorities’ fare as well as traditional families, study finds
Sexual orientation of parents not an important determinant of children’s development, researchers say
Baggot Street Georgian on extensive site primed for development at €3m
73 Lower Baggot Street sits on a 0.8-acre plot with potential for three-storey residential or commercial mews
Dry January numbers grow as sales of ‘zero’ beers rise all year round
Drinkers still swallowed the equivalent of 40 bottles of vodka in 2019 says Health Research Board
Three-fold rise in psychiatric admissions of young people with eating disorders, report finds
Young women account for 96 per cent of admissions with this diagnosis, according to HRB
PhD researchers pushed further ‘below minimum wage’ by inflation
Call to restore urgently payments to thousands of specialists reduced in wake of financial crash
Patrick Freyne: Psychedelic research could hold key to treatment-resistant depression
Latest data is ‘promising’, says psychiatrist and clinical senior lecturer at Trinity and Tallaght University Hospital and an investigator with the new trial
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