A lack of psychological and social therapies for people with mental health difficulties is partly to blame for high prescribing rates for antidepressants. That’s according to doctors addressing the Oireachtas joint health committee on foot of recent media reports on overuse of prescription drugs.

New findings challenge asthma treatment, reports Arlene Harris.

THE internet is a wonder enabling us to discover everything at the touch of a button, but we are guilty of relying too much on it.