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‘Your Calcium Is a Bit High’: The Blood Result That Often Goes Unnamed After 60

A mildly raised blood calcium after 60 is often primary hyperparathyroidism, and in a Stockholm…

Valentina Ní CríonnaOctober 3, 2026

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‘We’ll Keep an Eye on It’: Aortic Stenosis After 70 and the Advice That Changed in 2025

The 2025 European guidelines on aortic stenosis lowered the TAVI age threshold to 70 and…

Valentina Ní CríonnaOctober 3, 2026

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Four Centimetres Shorter: Spinal Fragility Fractures After 70 and the Referral Ireland Keeps Missing

Spinal fragility fractures are the commonest fracture caused by osteoporosis and the most often missed:…

Valentina Ní CríonnaOctober 2, 2026

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‘It’s Only Slightly Low’: Low Sodium After 70, the Medicines That Cause It, and the Falls That Follow

A blood sodium of 129 rarely triggers a phone call, but mild hyponatraemia is linked…

Valentina Ní CríonnaOctober 2, 2026

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Bullous Pemphigoid After 70: The Itch That Arrives Months Before the Blisters

Bullous pemphigoid is the most common autoimmune blistering disease and overwhelmingly affects people over 70.…

Valentina Ní CríonnaOctober 1, 2026

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Both Wrists, Then the Heart: Cardiac Amyloidosis After 70 in Ireland

Carpal tunnel in both hands can precede cardiac amyloidosis by a decade. The red flags,…

Valentina Ní CríonnaOctober 1, 2026

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Giant cell arteritis after 50: the headache where treatment starts before the diagnosis

Giant cell arteritis is the one headache after 50 that cannot wait. Untreated, up to…

Valentina Ní CríonnaSeptember 30, 2026

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‘He’s Always Snored’: Obstructive Sleep Apnoea After 65 and the Risk Scores That Miss Older Adults

Obstructive sleep apnoea affects 20-40% of older adults, yet standard risk scores miss them. Ireland’s…

Valentina Ní CríonnaSeptember 30, 2026

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Old Before the Pension: What Homelessness Does to Ageing in Ireland

Ireland counted 271 people aged 65+ in emergency accommodation in August 2026, and 3,394 aged…

Valentina Ní CríonnaSeptember 29, 2026

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Buttons, Coins and Keys: Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy and the Diagnosis That Takes 15 Months

Degenerative cervical myelopathy is slow spinal cord compression in the neck, and it shows up…

Valentina Ní CríonnaSeptember 29, 2026

‘Your Calcium Is a Bit High’: The Blood Result That Often Goes Unnamed After 60

‘We’ll Keep an Eye on It’: Aortic Stenosis After 70 and the Advice That Changed in 2025

Four Centimetres Shorter: Spinal Fragility Fractures After 70 and the Referral Ireland Keeps Missing

‘It’s Only Slightly Low’: Low Sodium After 70, the Medicines That Cause It, and the Falls That Follow

Bullous Pemphigoid After 70: The Itch That Arrives Months Before the Blisters

Both Wrists, Then the Heart: Cardiac Amyloidosis After 70 in Ireland

Giant cell arteritis after 50: the headache where treatment starts before the diagnosis

‘He’s Always Snored’: Obstructive Sleep Apnoea After 65 and the Risk Scores That Miss Older Adults

Old Before the Pension: What Homelessness Does to Ageing in Ireland

Buttons, Coins and Keys: Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy and the Diagnosis That Takes 15 Months

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