Health Month

Is it possible to change your personality?

What the Science Says, part 3: The evidence indicates that people can change their personalities, alter their characteristics and become different versions of themselves

Will exercising my brain keep it in shape?

While there are likely to be positive effects when engaging in stimulating your brain, biology and genetics will play their own significant part in how we age

While a gym mat might be okay for kneeling on, a cross-training machine makes a poor altar

There’s no need for grand new year resolutions: change can be quiet, personal and profound

Aoife was diagnosed with HIV in Australia in 2020: ‘He was unknowingly positive. We had no idea’

New campaign aims to tackle widespread ignorance about HIV, a treatable condition that, contrary to myths, cannot be spread by kissing or using the same utensils

‘My 17-year-old says the panic just takes him over and sometimes he can’t go into school’

We want to support him as best as we can, but we also want him to stay in school

What is HMPV, is it in Ireland, and how worried should we be?

In China authorities say they are dealing with an outbreak of human metapneumovirus – but it is not something to be alarmed about

Conor Pope: What if dry January turned into dry forever? Eight ways life has changed since I stopped drinking in 2022

I would not have considered myself a big drinker and, like so many Irish people, I was lying to myself

Drinking coffee can bring health benefits, but it depends on when you drink it, new study finds

Morning coffee drinkers less likely to die from cardiovascular disease, analysis suggests

‘I don’t know what I am supposed to feel, but surely life needs to have more to it than this’

Tell Me About It: ‘I have all the usual accoutrements of car, house and holidays, and no fears about future finance, but it is not enough’

Be selfish in the bedroom: sex therapists on how to reboot your love life

Six relationship resolutions for the new year from couples counsellors, sex therapists and relationship researchers

Young parents: ‘A lot of them would suffer social anxiety and isolation’

The Teen Parents Support Programme helps young people through pregnancy and with the practicalities of caring for their babies, often while continuing in education or finding suitable accommodation

Doctors share 19 tips for looking after your liver: Don’t drink alcohol every day, but do drink coffee, and lose weight

Here, doctors share their advice on how to keep the vital organ healthy all year round

‘Here I am, a grown adult, who struggles to keep my tears at bay’

Jen Hogan: No way to keep the tears in check but maybe I’ll outgrow it, yet

Regretting being a stay-at-home parent: ‘You’re sitting at home doing housework and you’re bored out of your tree’

Parenting Taboos: Admitting that you feel bored, unfulfilled, or even regret your choice to stay at home with your children is difficult but not uncommon

An Irish cardiologist’s tips on how to ‘make purposeful changes in your life and see them through’

Prof Robert Kelly on how to make healthy heart habits stick

Will Robert F Kennedy jnr ‘go wild’ on health issues in the US and how will this play out?

Dr Muiris Houston: Rocky times ahead for US healthcare, with several flagged changes set to have global repercussions

Orla Tinsley: The reality of having to fight for basic rights from all angles is exhausting

Next government needs to urgently implement a rights-based model of disability

‘Farmers are phoning me to join the fitness classes and I have a waiting list’

The central pillars of the Fit Farmers programme are diet, movement, sleep and stress management for a better work-life balance

If we really wanted to be good and healthy in 2025, we’d resolve to pester our politicians

Childhood rickets is back in Britain – and it’s not because ill-health is the logical outcome of poor choices

Irish health system report card: a year of criticisms, concerns and innovations

From rows about staffing, waiting lists and cost overruns to resignations of senior staff, heathcare was never far from the news headlines in 2024

A sound sleep: Move over white noise – there’s a rainbow of sounds to help you get a good night’s rest

Many are familiar with the static hum of white noise, but there’s a whole spectrum of coloured noises on the market that people are using to help them sleep

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