All health workers should be trained to deal with women who have suffered violent attacks, campaigners claimed today.

All health workers should be trained to deal with women who have suffered violent attacks, campaigners claimed today.

EVERY year more women in Europe die or are seriously injured because of domestic violence than from cancer.

Being in debt is a major cause of ill-health among women in Ireland, a study launched today has claimed.

LEADING Irish professional and public health organisations, policy makers and politicians have pledged to tackle Ireland’s biggest killer — cardiovascular disease (CVD).

A major health plan aimed at combating heart disease across Europe is to be launched in Ireland today.

CANCER sufferers living in disadvantaged areas are not doing as well in the health care system as those from more affluent areas, Minister for Health Mary Harney has confirmed.

The urgent roll-out of national screening programmes was called for today after a study revealed the cancer death rate among Irish women is higher than in most other European countries.

AROUND 74,000 malignant cancers in women will be diagnosed this year, up over 25% on 1994 figures, a startling new report published today shows.

WOMEN’S needs are being overlooked in national policies, despite a Government commitment to address gender imbalance, two new reports have found.