Alcohol or drugs have been detected in eight out of 10 suicides examined in a study of 121 cases in Cork over a six-year period.

Margaret Jennings says there is a wealth of research showing that a sedentary lifestyle with little or no exercise can lead to a higher risk of life-threatening diseases.  

Oral cancer rates in Ireland increased significantly between 1999 and 2009, driven by a sharp rise of the disease in women, a medical study has found.

A survey of third-level students has found there are four distinct type of drinkers.

Where you live can affect your chances of surviving a major health emergency, according to a study.

Almost a quarter of recent users of emergency departments and a similar proportion of the general public has said increased staffing would be the best way of improving emergency care in their area.

For every can of sugar-sweetened drink (SSDs) a child consumes per day, the increase in body weight is in the order of 1kg compared to children who abstain, research has found.

We are doing something wrong in this country as we are on course to be the fattest nation in Europe in 15 years. But what is it asks Andrea Mara

People who self-harm have been using more lethal methods since the beginning of the recession, research shows.

Ireland’s surging childhood obesity rates have reportedly ground to a halt since 2008, while adult levels have almost halved.

Two thirds of self-harm cases seen in hospital emergency departments last year involved an overdose, according to new data. 

Tens of thousands of lives could be saved every year if all smokers switched from cigarettes to e-cigarettes, British experts have said.

Tens of thousands of lives could be saved every year if all British smokers switched from cigarettes to e-cigarettes, experts have said.

Children with autism can benefit from having a specially-trained dog — and the Government should ensure that more resources go into providing them, according to the author of a new medical study.

A major study of primary schoolchildren has found that about one in 12 has high blood pressure and more than half are ingesting too much salt.

A comprehensive investigation into the diets and lifestyles of school children is being launched next week by researchers at University College Cork.

THE Government must provide substantial funding to train up to 800 extra Irish doctors a year to tackle the escalating shortage of medical staff here, the Irish Patients’ Association insisted yesterday.

THERE is a ‘hidden population’ of Irish teenagers with serious mental health problems who are slipping through the healthcare net, according to a major report launched yesterday.

WE would like to invite your readers to support the National Suicide Research Foundation’s first hillwalking trek which will take place on the Galtee Mountains on Sunday, September 21.