The West Australian newspaper is being asked to apologise over a cartoon depicting Irish nurses as dancing leprechauns.

Couples should be warned of the risks of home births, including the “silent tragedy” of long-term disability for their babies, experts have said.

Two Australian doctors think nuns should be offered the contraceptive pill on health grounds.

Any dieter knows that it’s hard to keep off weight you have lost.

PREGNANT women who are obese put their children at higher risk of developing asthma compared with mothers of normal weight, a study in Sweden has found.

DNA from an extinct animal has been re-activated in a laboratory for the first time.

WELCOME to period home lite, and history heavy. Reduced in size, this North Cork house up for sale has historical resonances as far away as Down Under.

Australian researchers say drinkers can avoid brain damage by adding a vitamin to alcohol.