A new study in the British Journal of Psychiatry has found that no significant link between diminishment in cognitive function or memory in pregnant women. The authors have suggested that a preoccupation with memory loss, or the expectation of it in women, is the cause for reporting memory loss.
From an Irish Heart Foundation press release on a 10K run for charity (and possibly a date) on February 13: Join Cupid’s Dash 10k Fun Run in aid of the Irish Heart Foundation which is taking place in Dublin’s Phoenix Park on Saturday, 13th February. With less than four weeks to go, walkers and runners [...]
If you suddenly see a bunch of men walking around with moustaches this month, it might be because this November is actually Movember. What is Movember? Here’s what they have to say for themselves: Movember is an annual, month-long celebration of the moustache, highlighting men’s health issues, specifically prostate cancer. During Movember, each Mo Bro [...]
The recession has hit the Irish Heart Foundation (www.irishheart.ie), which has been faced with cutting vital programmes for people and their families affected by heart disease and stroke. So, a supermarket to the rescue? Under Lidl’s charity scheme, the business donated 10 per cent of fruit and vegetable purchases of €10 or more to the [...]
A study of irish people by the Gaviscon Heartburn and Indigestion Network – Gaviscon makes over-the-counter heartburn medication – has revealed a 10 per cent rise in heartburn and indigestion cases, and that 1 in 6 people admit they are “stressed” and are generally “unhealthy.” From the press release: 2.5 million Irish people (60% of [...]
The Irish Examiner reported (no link) this week that a 41-year-old man from Dublin died after inhaling nitrites as a sexual stimulant. His death was attributed to cardiac arrhythmia, which is a toxic effect of inhaling nitrites, especially in combination with alcohol. The man inhaled an aroma called Boiler House Aroma. The manager of the [...]
People with asthma and allergies who are attending Electric Picnic this weekend have been advised to be aware of the large number of triggers at outdoor music events that may affect them. Possible asthma triggers at festivals include weather changes, dust, pollen, moulds, air pollutants such as cigarette smoke, aerosols and dry ice, as well [...]
An interesting article in the New York Times about the investment pharmaceutical companies are pouring into cancer research, because the high prices the drugs can command make a good drug worth the gamble. Money has lured the companies into cancer research, the article states, but it’s a war of inches. But for all the industry’s [...]
Become a motorcycle god while making money for Temple Street Children’s Hospital, or just simply donate some money to a good cause – that’s the message from the “Irish 66ers” – a motorcycle good-stuff gang who journeys down the mother of all roads every two years. They’ve raised €1.5 million euro on our four previous [...]
Newcross Healthcare Solutions have developed a game called Emergency Surgery. It’s a rather silly time waster that has absolutely no benefit to anyone who is not excessively bored. Yet, Newcross has done something rather deviant and made it an effective social networking information gathering drone. They’ve made it a Facebook app. Deviant is the wrong [...]
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