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Campaign targets childhood obesity
16.06.2008 23:30
ireland.com
MORE THAN €1.3 million is being invested in a new all-island campaign to curb obesity among children. It will strongly urge parents to be role models regarding good nutrition and healthy physical activity.
Ireland
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Family habits: the research
16.06.2008 23:30
ireland.com
New research into family habits in Ireland regarding food and exercise has shown that almost half of all parents prepare separate meals for their children.
Ireland
Health & Beauty
Textbooks not available for blind exam students
16.06.2008 23:29
ireland.com
THE MAJORITY of blind or visually impaired students sitting the Leaving Certificate this year did not have access to key textbooks, according to a report due to be published later this week.
Ireland
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Many AE patients wait over 12 hours
16.06.2008 23:29
ireland.com
MORE THAN 40 per cent of all patients in hospital accident and emergency departments who required admission had to wait longer than the official maximum period of 12 hours for a bed, according to a new report given to the board of the Health Service Executive (HSE) last Thursday.
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Banks urged to curb elder abuse
16.06.2008 23:29
ireland.com
A GALWAY DOCTOR has called on banks and financial institutions to implement new measures to deal with the abuse of seniors’ money by family members.
Ireland
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Breakthrough on dementia
16.06.2008 23:29
ireland.com
A NEW SERIES of experimental drugs are being hailed as a potentially exciting breakthrough in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.
Ireland
Health & Beauty
Driver plan may roll out across State
16.06.2008 23:29
ireland.com
A NEW PILOT scheme which involves volunteer drivers recruited by the Irish Cancer Society taking cancer patients to and from appointments at a Dublin hospital is likely to be rolled out nationally once it has been evaluated.
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Obesity set to fuel rise in number of type 2 diabetics
16.06.2008 23:29
ireland.com
THE NUMBER of adults in the State with type 2 diabetes is expected to increase by about 7,000 a year between now and 2015. Growing levels of obesity will fuel the increase in the numbers affected by 50,000 to an estimated 180,000 in seven years, a gathering of health professionals involved in diabetes care was told in Dublin yesterday. They were attending the launch of a new guide for GPs and hospital clinicians on the management and identification of type 2 diabetes in an integrated way.
Ireland
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HSE centralisation strategy criticised
16.06.2008 23:29
ireland.com
ONE OF the State’s busiest breast cancer treatment units has expressed concern at HSE’s plans to close down the unit at the end of the year and centralise breast cancer treatment services in Cork and Kerry at Cork University Hospital (CUH).
Ireland
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Keane to make a difference
16.06.2008 23:29
ireland.com
The new president of the Royal College of Surgeons, Prof Frank Keane, today will launch a WHO initiative aimed at making surgery safer, writes Theresa Judge
Ireland
Health & Beauty
Regulation is not just cosmetic
16.06.2008 23:29
ireland.com
In the unregulated sector of cosmetic surgery, people should conduct adequate research to ensure they get the best care available, writes Theresa Judge
Ireland
Health & Beauty
With recession comes reality
16.06.2008 23:28
ireland.com
HEART BEAT MAURICE NELIGANBY THE TIME anybody reads this, Lisbon will be a thing of the past. I suspect that, whatever the result, the sun will still rise and set and folk will get on with their lives with no discernible difference.
Ireland
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Caring for a fragile heart
16.06.2008 23:28
ireland.com
Mandy Beplate's 'card was marked' when she was in the womb, however she was only diagnosed with cardiomyopathy (heart muscle disease) last year and has since had a mini defibrillator inserted into her heart. This is her story, as told to Fiona Tyrrell
Ireland
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Sudden cardiac death: The risk factors and symptoms
16.06.2008 23:28
ireland.com
Some 60-80 people under the age of 35 suffer sudden cardiac death (SCD) every year in Ireland, according to Dr Deirdre Ward, director of the Centre for Cardiovascular Risk in Younger Persons at Tallaght Hospital, Dublin.
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