Health Month

In the mid 1950s, the Department of Health circulated an envelope of eight pamphlets to houses countrywide, with an accompanying letter from minister (...)

A recent survey of registered dietitians named the low-carbohydrate keto diet yet again as the most popular diet in the United States. In Ireland, it (...)

At the start of every new year, most of us grapple with the idea of doing something worthwhile in the months ahead. Many will lapse after an initial b(...)

This first meat-free week has been a whistle-stop tour of conflicted emotions. January is Health Month in The Irish Times. Throughout the m(...)

I have always felt a kindred spirit with spring flowers. My late mother discovered she was pregnant on February 1st and eight months later welcomed to(...)

Over the festive period, I came across the term “smiling depression” for the first time. A woman used it to describe the depression experienced by her(...)

Running a comfortable 5k is the goal and dream of many new runners this time of year. January is Health Month in The Irish Times. Throughou(...)

She is small, wiry and super trim, with a silhouette honed from daily fitness and dance sessions that are her life’s work and business. Jane Shortall (...)

The shadows are lengthening, the heat is dissipating, and we should have been out of this dry and dusty ravine long before now. But I can barely put o(...)

It is before dawn on one of the shortest days of the year when I discover there is a line in the sand which I will not cross and it spells the word Zu(...)