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The male carers: ‘It’s not in a man’s nature to do this’Sat, May 26, 2012“The immediate response you get from people when you say you’re a carer is, ‘What company do you work for?’ ” says Pat O’Mahony. Since 1998, the 53-year-old has been caring full time for his wife, Margaret, who has post-polio syndrome. He is sitting around a table with seven other local men at the Carers Association’s Cork centre, talking about the assumptions they have faced over many years.
'I feel a bit of a fraud. My life isn't hard. It's Bernard has the hard life'Sat, May 26, 2012Octogenarian Peter Riordan has been nominated for next week’s Carer of the Year award, for looking after his sons, writes ROSITA BOLAND
Taking the pain out of dental complaintsTue, May 22, 2012A new service aims to give dental patients a way to resolve complaints without referring to the Dental Council or the courts, writes FIONA REDDAN
Potential for growth?Tue, May 22, 2012Proper nutrition in the womb and in the first two years of a baby’s life is the foundation of a healthy life, writes RONAN McGREEVY
Picking up the pieces with graceTue, May 22, 2012Grace Harper – the only pupil in her school who uses a wheelchair – is a popular little girl with a very full life, writes MICHELLE McDONAGH
My quality of life has been totally destroyedTue, May 22, 2012 MY HEALTH EXPERIENCE: With degenerative disc disease ‘my health is ruined’ relates WILLIAM TRENT
Why is the apoe4 gene linked with Alzheimer's risk?Tue, May 22, 2012 THAT’S THE WHY: WHEN IT comes to genes and the risk of developing a disease, the relationships are seldom clear-cut. But it does seem that carrying a particular type of apolipoprotein E (ApoE) gene is linked with an increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease.
To pastures new for the funeral tradeTue, May 22, 2012The funeral industry may be deeply conservative but it is changing to adapt to society’s changing needs, writes CAROL RYAN
Health boardTue, May 22, 2012The campaigning group, Mental Health Reform, is holding a public meeting today from 2.30pm-4.30pm in Portlaoise, Co Laois to explain its Agenda for Action towards implementing the mental health services policy document, A Vision for Change. The meeting will be held in the National Learning Network Centre, Dublin Road, Portlaoise. Tel: 01 6121422 or rsvp@mentalhealthreform.ie for more details.
Health scan lifestyle Q&ATue, May 22, 2012Mary Murray-Burke, Crystal Swing
Health gemTue, May 22, 2012If you do one thing this week . . . offer water to drink with vegetables
A survivor's guide to successful snoringTue, May 15, 2012Following in my father’s footsteps, whose snoring was like a hog trying to swallow a suitcase, I’ve annoyed many with my savage sleeping sounds
Sign up for shared learningTue, May 15, 2012ASK ANY parent of a deaf child about what they’ve learnt since they first found out their child was deaf, and you will be guaranteed a deluge of stories, information, advice and even jokes.
Role playing adds a touch of realityTue, May 15, 2012THE SCENE looks for all the world like any modern hospital ward. Some cubicles have curtains drawn across them as patients and medical staff consult on courses of treatment and progress to date. There is a nurses’ station in one corner, bedside lockers next to each patient and charts hanging from some of the beds.
My daughter falls asleep all the timeTue, May 15, 2012 OUR HEALTH EXPERIENCE: TESSA WATSON AND JESSICA HAND: MY DAUGHTER Jessica has narcolepsy. She falls asleep all the time – after school; after dinner; in the car; at school; in the supermarket; on the couch. She gets weak, loses control of her muscles and collapses. At night, her sleep is interrupted by bad dreams and panic attacks. She is lovely, quiet, nearly 16, happy in herself and never in trouble. But this condition is causing her, and our family, enormous trouble.
Pilates: a fix for incontinence?Tue, May 15, 2012BY DEFINITION, it happens at the most inopportune of times. Urinary incontinence, the unexpected, uncontrolled passing of urine, can be annoying and embarrassing in equal measure. Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) occurs when sneezing, laughing, coughing, exercising, lifting or doing other similar activities.
The Irish GPTue, May 15, 2012EVERY DAY of the week, some 50,000 people consult a doctor in Ireland; that’s one million a month, according to Prof Tom O’Dowd, mastermind of a new exhibition, General Practice, in Dublin’s Gallery of Photography, highlighting the work of Irish GPs across the State.
Urges that drain the brainTue, May 15, 2012DYING FOR a smoke but trying to give them up? Battling with the urge must be hard work for the brain as it uses 20 per cent of the body’s energy despite weighing only 2.5 per cent of our total weight.
Why is our skin waterproof?Tue, May 15, 2012 THAT’S THE WHY: It’s an everyday occurrence: you wash your hands, have a shower or go for a swim, and your skin doesn’t let all that water through. Having waterproof skin is pretty useful for protecting what lies within, and also for stopping our bodies from drying out like prunes.
All aboard for hangover debateTue, May 15, 2012IT’S PROBABLY every badly hungover person’s fantasy: you wake up feeling like death on a bad day and just want something – anything – to take the pain away. Imagine if a trained doctor could come to your bedside and administer some intravenous fluids, some anti-nausea medicine, some anti-inflammatory medicine and a bunch of vitamins. That would make life a whole lot easier.

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