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Rosacea After 50: The Curse of the Celts That Gets Blamed on the Weather

An estimated 15 per cent of people in Ireland have rosacea, and after 50 the…

Valentina Ní CríonnaSeptember 8, 2026

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Cardiac Arrest at Home: CPR, Defibrillators and What to Do in Ireland

Most cardiac arrests in Ireland happen at home. What the OHCAR figures show, how to…

Valentina Ní CríonnaSeptember 7, 2026

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Carbon Monoxide After 60: Why a Warmer Home Can Be a Riskier One

Carbon monoxide risk rises when Irish homes are sealed and retrofitted, and the symptoms are…

Valentina Ní CríonnaSeptember 6, 2026

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The Long-Term Illness Scheme: Free Medicines and a List Frozen Since 1975

Ireland's Long-Term Illness Scheme gives free medicines for 16 conditions with no means test at…

Valentina Ní CríonnaSeptember 6, 2026

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Your Thyroid Results After 50: When a Raised TSH Needs No Tablet

A slightly raised TSH after 50 is not automatically a prescription. What the reference range…

Valentina Ní CríonnaSeptember 5, 2026

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Air quality after 60: what Ireland’s clean air rules mean for you

Ireland links roughly 1,700 premature deaths a year to fine particulate pollution, mostly from home…

Valentina Ní CríonnaSeptember 5, 2026

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Oesophageal and stomach cancer after 50: the symptoms Ireland misses

Ireland has one of Europe's highest oesophageal cancer rates and no screening programme for it…

Valentina Ní CríonnaSeptember 4, 2026

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Home support in Ireland: free, not means tested, and not a right

The HSE Home Support Service is free and not means tested, but you have no…

Valentina Ní CríonnaSeptember 4, 2026

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Vaping after 50: what the evidence says and what Ireland’s new laws change

Cochrane rates nicotine e-cigarettes above patches for quitting, yet the HSE does not recommend them.…

Valentina Ní CríonnaSeptember 3, 2026

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Anticholinergic burden after 50: the everyday medicines that can fog your thinking

Bladder tablets, older antihistamines, amitriptyline and pharmacy sleep aids all block acetylcholine, and the effects…

Valentina Ní CríonnaSeptember 2, 2026

Rosacea After 50: The Curse of the Celts That Gets Blamed on the Weather

Cardiac Arrest at Home: CPR, Defibrillators and What to Do in Ireland

Carbon Monoxide After 60: Why a Warmer Home Can Be a Riskier One

The Long-Term Illness Scheme: Free Medicines and a List Frozen Since 1975

Your Thyroid Results After 50: When a Raised TSH Needs No Tablet

Air quality after 60: what Ireland’s clean air rules mean for you

Oesophageal and stomach cancer after 50: the symptoms Ireland misses

Home support in Ireland: free, not means tested, and not a right

Vaping after 50: what the evidence says and what Ireland’s new laws change

Anticholinergic burden after 50: the everyday medicines that can fog your thinking

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