Around 11,000 three-year olds in Ireland have at least one serious long-standing health condition.

There has been a drop in the number of children smoking, but retailers are still flouting the law by selling cigarettes to minors, according to a new report.

SAFEFOOD Ireland, recently commissioned a report on The Cost of Overweight and Obesity on the Island of Ireland.

The number of adults with chronic breathing problems in the North is expected to rise to 40,000 by the end of the decade, it was claimed today.

UP to 1,200 elderly people could die over the next three months as an indirect result of the freezing conditions in their homes.

SUPPORT groups dealing with the least well-off and unemployed are facing an increase in demand from men suffering recession-related health problems.

RISING petrol prices could be good for your health.

A new website is being launched today to help tackle the growing obesity problem in Ireland.

HEALTH services throughout the country are being urged to plan for significant increases in the number of people with breathing difficulties over the next decade.

The number of people in the Republic of Ireland with chronic conditions such as coronary heart disease will soar by 40% over the next decade, new research warned today.

RISING unemployment and reliance on social welfare are placing more people at risk of fuel poverty during the recession.

THE Institute of Public Health in Ireland (IPH) yesterday warned that a growing number of people face the prospect of fuel poverty.

The North's drink-driving limit could be reduced next year to even lower than the 50mg per 100ml of blood currently being proposed here by Transport Minister Noel Dempsey.

Fears were voiced today an island-wide increase in fuel poverty could lead to a rise in winter deaths.

PEOPLE living in disadvantaged areas will have to choose between feeding their family or warming them this winter, the Institute of Public Health (IPH) has warned.

IF YOU want to live a long, healthy life, get thee to Roscommon.

The Institute of Public Health in Ireland (IPH) today called for the formation of an inter-departmental group on fuel poverty to enable the development of a fuel-poverty strategy in Ireland.

The cross-border Institute of Public Health is calling on the Irish Government to take immediate action to tackle the issue of fuel poverty.

THE food we eat, the exercise we take, the houses we inhabit — with proper health impact assessments (HIAs) we can maximise the positive benefits of the world we live in, according to the Institute of Public Health (IPH).