Health Month

We asked nutrition experts about misconceptions they’d like to see disappear for ever

Jane Reilly didn’t realise the depth of her addiction at first. Then she got help. After six years clean, she’s helping others find a way through drug problems

Government needs to urgently respond to distressing report by ring-fencing an increased budget for child and adolescent services

Tell Me About It: I feel we have lost our lovely child during Covid

After years of abdominal pain, I underwent an abdominal hysterectomy, but it took its physical and psychological toll

Q&A: How should I approach bullying issues with the school and what sort of action can I expect?

‘The online abuse went on and it went on and it went on,’ Aisling says about her son Kieran’s experience. ‘I actually feel sick even recalling it’

Jen Hogan: I’m going to break my habit of spending Friday nights on the couch. It’s my carpe diem attitude to 2023

Junk food tastes too good, and is too cheap, too available, too efficient and too convenient, to resist. But it has uniquely harmful effects

The therapy room is not always a safe haven, especially when it echoes the unconscious biases of our society

Women are more likely to feel their symptoms are not being taken seriously. Why?

It can affect your libido, but menopause doesn’t have to mark the end of a satisfying sex life

An extract from Geraldine Walsh’s book on motherhood, postnatal depression and a hefty side order of postnatal anxiety

A lack of understanding about obsessive-compulsive disorder leads to stigmatisation. Dr Padraic Gibson busts five OCD myths

Most comprehensive research to-date shows the benefit of combining multiple healthy lifestyle choices

Tell Me About It: ‘I do not want to tell my husband that I find his altered body to be vile. I spoke with a female friend, and she said I was just being selfish’

Part five: I am in the middle of a family crisis. Not to take a drink requires a discipline I would compare to the training of Olympian athletes

Skillsets of advice and screening in your local pharmacist can be part of the front line of defence in the health system

Metastatic cancer is a complex challenge for bench-to-bedside research

Ask the Expert: We have started trying to restrain him to stop him hitting us, and sending him to his room, but he just plays happily there on his own

American football’s Damar Hamlin suffered commotio cordis, the second leading cause of sudden cardiac death among athletes

Mary Jennings: There is a lot we can do without great technical knowledge to reduce our chances of picking up an injury while running

Improve agility, speed and performance in many sports and reduce your risk of injury

We don’t talk about bladder issues, but we should, says chartered physiotherapist Sylvia Farrell

Tell Me About It: ‘My cousins point out that I also inherited my parents’ estate, and as my family were significantly wealthier than theirs, it seemed very unfair’

Neil Fox began the process at 32 but left the seminary four years later. He explains why here

Readers share their own, and their children’s, experiences of feeling isolated at school

If you feel you have more control over your stress levels, then the risk of stroke is reduced, new research shows

Jen Hogan: It’s perfectly normal, though not necessarily laudable, for mums to use expletives while ordering their children not to

Underlying fear of first wave of Covid-19 is replaced by weary resignation among patients and professionals

TU Dublin students are blanching, braising, fermenting, pickling, curing, baking and stewing their way to glory

The heart, brain and gut are affected by a sudden, explosive or sustained episode of anger

From guided kayaking trips for all the family, to Ironman events for the most hard-core fitness enthusiasts, these countrywide events will keep you fit and focused

Persistent pain can and does ease, and has the potential to stop, says pain-management physiotherapist Dr Maria Galve

Three-quarters of women may experience sexual pain at some point, but pain during intercourse is not normal

Some 2,300 people died in an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2018. In 2021, a similar outbreak claimed just 11 lives thanks to swift action

Tell Me About It: ‘I like this person but feel like I’m betraying my independence’

As we emerge from the pandemic, many people will suffer psychological problems for years to come

The Active Healthy Me programme aims to inspire 20,000 users of adult day services around Ireland

Mary Jennings: From sports bras and shoes to periods to personal safety, there’s a lot that’s worth thinking about before you hit the road