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SUPPORT NEEDED The first specialist menopause clinic in the west is due to open in Galway before the end of the year. Guest column Lisa Chambers Women’s health is now finally a strong focus of attention for both Government and women themselves. ...

27 Oct 2022 at 10:27

Local News

Modern Ireland, why are we so afraid?

De Facto Liamy MacNally When you think about it, you wonder why the women of Ireland are not out in their thousands protesting about Cervical Check. You think a tad longer, and you wonder why all the men of Ireland are not out protesting ...

13 Aug 2019 at 14:37

Local News

Mayo’s forgotten health crusade

County View John Healy For a few short years, it had shone like a beacon across the country before fading into oblivion, written out of history. The Women’s National Health Association was formed in 1907 with the laudable objective of ...

13 Aug 2019 at 14:39

Property

HEALTH A smear could save your life

A smear could save your life This week, January 20-26 is European Cervical Cancer Prevention Week. To raise awareness of the cervical cancer in Ireland, the National Family Planning Association has teamed up with CervicalCheck – the ...

29 Jan 2013 at 14:36

Local News

HEALTH Remedies for PMT

Help keep your PMT in check Ask the pharmacist James Geraghty Up to three quarters of women are believed to suffer from some form of PMT during the run-up to their period. PMT can take in the form of mood swings, irritability, ...

17 May 2011 at 10:59

National News

Endometriosis explainer: A debilitating condition often dismissed

A condition as common as diabetes, endometriosis affects 1 in 10 women. In Ireland, it takes on average nine years to diagnose. What is endometriosis, and what are some of the symptoms of this debilitating condition? March ...

12 Mar 2024 at 15:49

Local News

Monetising the menopause

POLITICAL AWARENESS GROWING Senator Lynn Boylan at the launch of Sinn Féin’s Menopause Matters Survey in December 2021. Pic: Sinn Féin/Flickr.com/CC-by-SA/2.0 An Cailín Rua Anne-Marie Flynn In January 2014, actress Emma ...

10 Nov 2022 at 12:32

Local News

HEALTH Natural treatments for the symptoms of menopause

Keep the misery of menopause at arm’s length Ask the pharmacist James Geraghty For a massive 75 per cent of women, the menopause is associated with a number of unpleasant symptoms, such as hot flushes and night sweats, ...

03 Aug 2011 at 09:49

Local News

Go with the flow

FOUR IN ONE Depending on which phase she is in, a woman can feel irritable and restless, tired and withdrawn, extrovert and assertive, or confident and sexual. Learning to adapt to the phases of your menstrual cycle ...

03 Jul 2018 at 10:50

Local News

The facts on female-focused physiotherapy

COMMON ISSUE Many women’s health problems, including incontinence at any time in life, are directly related to weak or inactive pelvic floor muscles. Cora Langan Did you know that as many as one in three women will ...

16 Feb 2016 at 15:26

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Dramatic rise in domestic abuse reports in Mayo

Covid cited as contributory factor Edwin McGreal Domestic abuse reports in Mayo have risen by 22 percent this year. Gardaí in the county have received 862 domestic abuse reports so far this year, up until Sunday ...

14 Dec 2021 at 10:00

Local News

Mayo’s infamous Mamie

County View John Healy When a Mayo nurse was sentenced to death at the Circuit Criminal Court at the end of 1956, she became the only person in Ireland to be convicted for a maternal death as a result of an ...

07 Mar 2023 at 13:43

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