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Healthy body

  • Pamela Ryan discusses organ donation in Ireland, and whether the opt-out system should be changed.
  •   Becoming a vegetarian in college
  • Eating your ‘5-a-day’: When students move away to college eating fruit and vegetables are the least of their worries and are often omitted from our diets. To include more fruit and...
  • What are the symptoms of Influenza Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 infection in people? The symptoms are like those of regular seasonal flu and include: fever of sudden onset, cough, sore throat, runny nose,...
  • When it comes to their health, men are notoriously apathetic about looking after themselves. But times they are a changin' and recent research would suggest that finally men are facing up to...
  • Meningitis is an inflammation of the membranes (meninges) and cerebrospinal fluid surrounding your brain and spinal cord, usually due to the spread of an infection. Different micro-organisms tend to...
  • Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in Ireland according to statistics by the National Cancer Registry. The problem is on the increase; around 8,000 cases of non-melanoma skin cancers are...
  • Breast cancer Cancer is a disease of the body cells. In a healthy body the cells can replace or repair themselves when they become worn out or damaged but in a body with cancer, the cells just keep...
  • Living a healthy lifestyle is everyone's dream. But making it a reality is easier said than done. When you start out in college you tend to feel invincible and you probable won't be worrying...
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