• School of hard knocks

  Ireland's rugby players have been educating themselves about their health, with some help from their doctors, writes Shane Hegarty. p
  

• Do your children have asthma?

  Medical Matters: Asthma is one of the commonest chronic diseases of affluent societies, affecting 10 per cent of children in the developed world and 5 per cent of people between the ages of 20 and 44. p
  

• Drained by pain

  Half of us may live with chronic pain. There's no need to suffer in silence, says Sylvia Thompson p
  

• Lifelines

  Homeopathic remedies - often used to improve the quality of life of children with asthma - are no better than placebo pills, according to new research. The findings are based on a study of 93 five- to 15-year- olds who use inhalers. p
  

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