Health & Fitness

Irish women tweet details of their periods to PM in abortion row

Irish women tweet details of their periods to PM in abortion row

Irish women are tweeting details of their periods to Prime Minister Enda Kenny to help publicize a campaign to repeal…
Association demands govt address processed meat cancer risks

Association demands govt address processed meat cancer risks

The Quality Control Association has demanded that the prime minister address the increasing cancer cases resulting from eating processed meat,…
Doctors’ Syndicate calls for strike until infection prevention drugs are available

Doctors’ Syndicate calls for strike until infection prevention drugs are available

The Doctors' Syndicate has called for a strike until infection prevention drugs are available.
Supermarket coupons, sales could promote healthier foods

Supermarket coupons, sales could promote healthier foods

Grocery stores use sale circulars to draw shoppers into the store, but the featured foods generally don’t rate high for…
Hypertension in pregnancy linked to future heart disease

Hypertension in pregnancy linked to future heart disease

Women who develop high blood pressure or gestational diabetes during pregnancy may face a greater risk of having these conditions…
Cholera spreads from Iraq to Syria, Kuwait, Bahrain: UNICEF

Cholera spreads from Iraq to Syria, Kuwait, Bahrain: UNICEF

A cholera outbreak in Iraq has spread to neighboring Syria, Kuwait and Bahrain, and risks turning into a region-wide epidemic…
Alzheimer’s is a young(er) person’s disease — so get to work

Alzheimer’s is a young(er) person’s disease — so get to work

While he couldn't possibly have known, Sandy Halperin was likely around 35 years old when his brain began slowly accumulating…
Just a few hours of shut-eye is better than an interrupted nights sleep

Just a few hours of shut-eye is better than an interrupted nights sleep

If you want to be alert and ready to face the day, it's better to have an uninterrupted night's sleep,…
Can exercise, physical relaxation help with social anxiety?

Can exercise, physical relaxation help with social anxiety?

Researchers at Queens University in Canada challenged the common association of yoga and other exercise-based relaxation activities with relief from…
Police seize 1,500 liters of banned Israeli pesticide

Police seize 1,500 liters of banned Israeli pesticide

Security authorities seized 1,500 liters of the outlawed Israeli pesticide Redoumal in the Sharqiya governorate, at dawn on Monday, before…
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