‘She was literally dying in front of our eyes’: Woman (79) died from rare, aggressive cancer related to asbestos exposure
Marie Hitchcock from Balally, Co Dublin had spent some time at an RAF base in the UK
Cancer
Dragon Hearts: Moving insight into a world where mortality meets dragon boat racing
Television: Documentary follows people with experience of cancer who have embraced the ancient sport
‘I had all the symptoms of bowel cancer but it wasn’t on their radar because of my age’
Kerrie Kennedy endured searing stomach pain. Doctors ruled out a link to her pregnancy, but it still took time to identify the real culprit
Richard Boyd Barrett on his cancer treatment: ‘It is going to be very difficult to eat. That is what worries me most’
The People Before Profit TD has been heartened by a flood of kind messages from all shades of the political spectrum
Anjelica Huston reveals cancer diagnosis: ‘It was a very serious moment for me. I managed to survive’
The 73-year-old actor diagnosed six years ago and chose to keep it private – but now speaking out to help others
Do we really need 10,000 steps a day to stay healthy?
From marketing gimmick to health benchmark: how 10,000 steps became a universal goal
Creating the best environment to stop cancer cells
Research Lives: Dr Eva Szegezdi, lecturer in biochemistry, University of Galway
Breakthrough by DCU researcher promises improved ‘chemo’ with fewer side effects
Nanotechnology drug delivery could mean faster treatments and reduced hair loss, nausea and fatigue
My son Ted is about to finish three years of leukaemia treatment. What happens now?
I’m proud of my brave, resilient child, of all he has done to heal. Still, I don’t exactly feel like celebrating
Access to new cancer drugs key focus of new patient advocacy group
United Cancer Advocates Network Ireland brings together people currently campaigning for specific cancers to address common issues
Bowel cancer screening programme extended to people aged up to 70
Galway man (59) tells of his shock when BowelScreen test found cancer, despite lack of symptoms
Nine in 10 with melanoma skin cancer survive at least five years
Men are more likely than women to die from melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancers
Will AI revolutionise healthcare?
From X-ray and cancer screening to embryology and beyond, the medical world is using AI to develop new treatments, though public trust remains an issue
Róisín Ingle: I was mortified by how much Kate Middleton’s message affected me
But I was also grateful. I am still careful about the links I click on but I am not as afraid of cancer content
Cancer: ‘It wasn’t a lump, just a difference in how it felt. When it didn’t go away, I went to see my GP’
After being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2022, Amy Carswell had a ‘difficult experience’, but she has ‘come out the other side a fit and healthy woman’
‘I don’t write a lot of personal stuff’: author Róisín Lanigan on being married, divorced and surviving cancer before her 30s
The Irish author is on the cusp of publishing her debut novel, which reflects on the realities of the housing crisis for young people
Woman was diagnosed with cancer after her earlier request for a mammogram ‘was refused’, Medical Council hears
Doctor is facing fitness-to-practise panel over allegations including poor professional performance
‘It is the biggest burden of my life’: An oncologist’s struggle to secure medicines for patients
Getting patients access to treatments they need – without which they will die – is the ‘biggest burden of my life’, says Prof Gráinne O’Kane
‘My son is getting married in the summer, and the likelihood is that I’m going to be able to see that’
A stage 4 cancer diagnosis out of the blue left Bernard Mahon reeling: then he was told a drug that could treat it was not covered by his insurer
Mobile scanners to bring lung health checks directly to communities in north Dublin and northeast
Coolock woman says if her cancer diagnosis was not caught as early as it was her prognosis would have been a lot worse
More than half of adults will be obese or overweight by 2050, study finds
Spiralling rates of people who are obese and overweight a ‘monumental societal failure’
‘I wasn’t sick enough to access life-saving cancer therapy’
Six years after a shock melanoma diagnosis, Miriam Staunton is currently free of cancer and advocating for other patients
‘If my smears had been read correctly, I would not have developed cervical cancer’
Ireland has one of the highest rates of cervical cancer in Europe but screening and early intervention are helping more women survive the disease
Is there a connection between a mobile phone and cancer?
In part 8 of our What the Science Says series, we ask if there is a connection between phone use and health outcomes
George Clooney: ‘I told Amal, I can still do everything I did when I was 30. But in 30 years, I’m 90. That’s a real number’
The actor is making his Broadway debut in a stage adaptation of his 2005 movie Good Night, and Good Luck
Oesophageal cancer: ‘I was fine, there was nothing wrong with me’
As a fit 51-year-old, Justin Farrell thought cancer was something that happened to other people. He knows now how wrong he was
I don’t celebrate when my consultant says my cancer is stable
I walk out of that door and my mind turns from the existential to the everyday
Number of Irish people who regard themselves as healthy is highest in EU
However, separate report finds Ireland had the second highest rate of new cancer diagnoses among EU countries in 2022
Apple Cider Vinegar: Why the ‘true-ish’ story of Belle Gibson needed to be told
Series is based on the rise and fall of a fraudster who faked brain cancer and claimed to have been cured by a health diet
Rising to the challenge of selling vaccines in Trumpworld
Samantha Humphreys is charged with leading MSD’s Irish business including key cancer drug and vaccine plants
Irish Cancer Society unveils free services to help patients with diets, exercise and welfare issues
Charity says it often hears from those “struggling to navigate the financial and practical issues a diagnosis brings”
‘Oh my god, there’s something in my brain’: Alannah Moran’s neurosurgery story
Alannah Moran (31) received ‘shock’ diagnosis just eight weeks after giving birth to her third child
Should the Government move to label alcohol as a cancer-causing substance?
Dr Muiris Houston: Implementing a labelling regime could help make people aware of the potential cancer risks of alcohol consumption
‘Art can bring comfort, meaning and perspective to the journey of illness and recovery’
Liza Cauldwell began photographing flowers to help process her breast cancer diagnosis and treatment as she navigates through healing
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