THE country's only hospice for dying children yesterday made a desperate appeal for more state support as it struggles to care for growing numbers of gravely ill patients and their families.The hospice needs €1.4m in annual state funding to run its servi
HEALTH -conscious parents are "misguidedly" letting their children's teeth rot by giving them too many fruit smoothies and juice drinks, senior dentists have warned. The concerns were raised as official figures disclosed that dental problems have become
THERE is growing political momentum backing a national children's hospital on a greenfield site.Social Protection Minister Joan Burton has admitted there is an increasing preference for locating the new hospital outside of the city centre.Ms Burton was s
ONE of the country's largest hospitals has begun talks on the possibility of moving to a planned €1.2bn medical hub which would also be home to a new national children's hospital.The move comes after the Irish Independent earlier this month revealed that
THE Roman Catholic Church in the US has mounted a huge legal assault against President Barack Obama and his health reforms which require most American employers to buy contraception for their staff.Dozens of the church's largest archdioceses, universitie
A man who New York police say has confessed to choking to death a six-year-old boy in a landmark US missing-child case is expected to face his first court hearing on the 33rd anniversary of the boy's disappearance.Pedro Hernandez, 51, also was given a ps
A MASSIVE new €1.2bn medical hub with a national children's hospital and a relocated Beaumont Hospital at its core is being seriously considered by Health Minister James Reilly.The Irish Independent has learned the project -- mooted for a greenfield site
THE use of cannabis during adolescence increases the risk of developing schizophrenia, researchers at the Royal College of Surgeons have found.The findings are yet more evidence of the mental-health dangers faced by adolescents with developing brains fro
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