By Gary Culliton.

By Pat Kelly.

By Pat Kelly.

With Christmas often being a time for reflection, one single-handed rural GP tells his story, so that you won’t ignore certain symptoms and perhaps — just maybe — it won’t happen to you.

While some recession-proof wine connoisseurs can spend a small fortune on fine wines, Giovanni Morelli believes Christmas is still a time when we can spoil ourselves with some inexpensive festive treats.

Continuing his trawl through some old ‘Letters from America’ from a long-lost relative, Dr Garrett FitzGerald learns of more malapropian misadventures.

Dr Dermot J Ward believes the tragic killing of a 75-year-old man in Bristol shone a much-needed light and TV camera on the issue of violence and its connections with certain mental illnesses.

The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services’ third Annual Report shows a significant decrease in waiting-list numbers, reports Aoife Connors.

By Gary Culliton.

By Aoife Connors.