The number of Irish women forced to undergo chemotherapy treatment for early stage breast cancer more than halved over an 18-month period, following the HSE’s approval of a new genetic test.

The number of Irish women opting for breast reconstruction surgery after a mastectomy has doubled in the past year, according to a leading plastic surgeon. 

GYPSY skirts have sparked a frightening new trend in burns’ injuries, a medical expert warned yesterday.

STUDENTS at Dublin’s Institute of Education on Lower Leeson Street emerged from the Leaving Certificate maths exam pleased with the papers.