Valentina Ní Críonna

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Healthy Ageing Workplace

Raynaud’s After 50: When Cold Hands Are a Symptom, Not a Quirk

Fingers that turn white, then blue, then red are not just cold. Raynaud's starting after…

Valentina Ní CríonnaSeptember 15, 2026

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Healthy Ageing

Pelvic Organ Prolapse After 50: The Symptom Irish Women Rarely Mention

Heaviness, a dragging feeling or a bulge: pelvic organ prolapse is common after menopause and…

Valentina Ní CríonnaSeptember 14, 2026

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Healthy Ageing Irish Resources

‘It’s Only Piles’: Rectal Bleeding After 50 and Why That Assumption Is the Risk

Piles are common and usually harmless, but “it’s only piles” is an assumption, not a…

Valentina Ní CríonnaSeptember 14, 2026

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Irish Resources

No Enduring Power of Attorney? What Happens in Ireland When Capacity Is Lost

Ireland ended adult wardship in 2023. What happens when capacity is lost without an EPA:…

Valentina Ní CríonnaSeptember 13, 2026

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Healthy Ageing Irish Resources

Sudden Facial Weakness After 50: Bell’s Palsy, Stroke and the 72-Hour Window

Half your face stops working overnight. It is not always a stroke, but it is…

Valentina Ní CríonnaSeptember 13, 2026

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Healthy Ageing Irish Resources

Skin Cancer After 60: The Mole Rule That Misses Ireland’s Most Dangerous Melanoma

The ABCDE mole rule was built for one kind of melanoma. Nodular melanoma passes it.…

Valentina Ní CríonnaSeptember 12, 2026

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Healthy Ageing Mental Wellbeing

It Might Not Be SAD: Winter Light, Your Body Clock and Mood After 60 in Ireland

Ireland loses over five hours of daylight by the solstice, and the ageing eye lets…

Valentina Ní CríonnaSeptember 12, 2026

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Healthy Ageing

When the BreastCheck Letters Stop: Breast Cancer After 70 in Ireland

BreastCheck stops inviting women at 69, yet around 43% of breast cancers are diagnosed after…

Valentina Ní CríonnaSeptember 11, 2026

Healthy Ageing Irish Resources

Post-polio syndrome: Ireland’s polio survivors are getting weaker, and it isn’t just age

Decades after recovery, polio survivors in Ireland are developing new weakness and fatigue. What post-polio…

Valentina Ní CríonnaSeptember 11, 2026

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Healthy Ageing Irish Resources

Norovirus After 60: Getting Ahead of Ireland’s Winter Vomiting Season

Alcohol hand gel does not kill norovirus. A practical Irish guide to the winter vomiting…

Valentina Ní CríonnaSeptember 10, 2026

Raynaud’s After 50: When Cold Hands Are a Symptom, Not a Quirk

Pelvic Organ Prolapse After 50: The Symptom Irish Women Rarely Mention

‘It’s Only Piles’: Rectal Bleeding After 50 and Why That Assumption Is the Risk

No Enduring Power of Attorney? What Happens in Ireland When Capacity Is Lost

Sudden Facial Weakness After 50: Bell’s Palsy, Stroke and the 72-Hour Window

Skin Cancer After 60: The Mole Rule That Misses Ireland’s Most Dangerous Melanoma

It Might Not Be SAD: Winter Light, Your Body Clock and Mood After 60 in Ireland

When the BreastCheck Letters Stop: Breast Cancer After 70 in Ireland

Post-polio syndrome: Ireland’s polio survivors are getting weaker, and it isn’t just age

Norovirus After 60: Getting Ahead of Ireland’s Winter Vomiting Season

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