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‘During lockdown, my 11-year-old was hospitalised with an eating disorder’
- Health & Family
- January 9, 2021, 06:00
“Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental illness.” I hear those words in St Frances Clinic at Temple Street Children’s Hospital(...)

Irish teenagers taller and heavier than 35 years ago, study finds
- Health
- November 6, 2020, 15:34
Irish teenagers have become taller and heavier in the last 35 years, according to a global study published in The Lancet. The study of child and ado(...)

'You can't postpone youth': Those least at risk from Covid pay highest price, says doctor
- Irish News
- September 24, 2020, 01:00
The senior Health Service Executive doctor who resigned from his post days after he criticised “draconian” anti-Covid-19 restrictions has insisted tha(...)

Obesity linked to hospitalisation and ICUs for Covid-19 patients
- Health
- September 23, 2020, 02:03
Extremely obese people with Covid-19 are 17 times more likely to require admission to intensive care in Ireland than cases with no underlying conditio(...)

‘Draconian’ restrictions around Covid-19 condemned by HSE doctor
- Health
- September 12, 2020, 00:50
Covid-19 is “much less severe” than the average annual flu and current “draconian” restrictions are no longer justified, according to a senior Health (...)

Charlie Daniels, country star who sang The Devil Went Down to Georgia, dies at 83
- Music
- July 7, 2020, 11:41
Charlie Daniels, the singer, songwriter and bandleader who was a force in both country and rock for decades, bringing a brash, down-home persona and b(...)

Man died from sepsis after hip replacement surgery, inquest finds
- Irish News
- January 29, 2020, 06:47
A 76-year-old man died from sepsis due to pneumonia in the lungs, which developed after he had hip replacement surgery, an inquest has found. John Br(...)

Girl who was diagnosed with anorexia at age of 11 is now critically unwell
- High Court
- October 9, 2019, 19:06
A 16-year-old girl who was aged 11 when first diagnosed with anorexia is now “critically unwell” and in an “emergency situation” in hospital, the Hig(...)

Court allows hospital take steps aimed at saving life of extremely underweight woman
- High Court
- September 27, 2019, 17:53
The Health Services Executive has secured an emergency High Court order allowing it to take steps aimed at saving the life of an extremely underweight(...)

Vegetarian or fish-based diet could reduce heart disease risk - study
- Health
- September 4, 2019, 23:30
Vegetarian and pescetarian diets may be linked to a lower risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) than diets that include meat, a new study suggests. Ho(...)