Health News
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Convenient breast cancer treatment: how it’s improving the care pathway
New ways of administering breast cancer treatment can enhance women’s quality of life while alleviating hospital capacity issues. For years, it was typical for breast cancer patients to sit for multiple hours in busy infusion suites to receive their treatment intravenously. This time-consuming treatment could be disruptive to the lives of patients, making it difficult...
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Healthcare for a safe and satisfying sex life
People have sex for different reasons and enjoy different kinds of sexual experiences. Sex is about pleasure, desire, passion, and intimacy. It can involve genital to genital contact, vaginal or anal penetration, oral to genital or anal contact, and the sharing of sex toys. Whatever kind of sex you like, there is a risk of...
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Healthy meal delivery service can help women struggling to make time for themselves
Customised, healthy gourmet meal deliveries can help individuals boost their health and wellbeing. It allows them to take a step back from meal prep and still incorporate a healthy diet every day. Incorporating a healthy diet into our daily lives has a positive impact. The opposite is also true as running on empty by not...
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Making journeys easier for women after cancer treatment
The Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) began in 2020 as a project aiming to improve overall health and wellbeing for women following a cancer diagnosis. A first-of-its-kind project for Ireland supported by the Irish Cancer Society, the WHI is based across three locations nationwide in Dublin (Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, St Vincent’s University Hospital and the...
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Living better with metastatic breast cancer: how to find a supportive community
Metastatic breast cancer (also known as secondary, advanced or stage 4 breast cancer) is cancer that has spread to another part of the body. Metastatic breast cancer (MBC) can be advanced at first diagnosis; known as ‘de novo’ cancer. It can also come back sometime after the initial diagnosis; known as ‘recurrence.’ Breast cancer can...
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Three ways to support someone who is going through menopause
Despite menopause being an inevitable biological process, there is little menopause support and a lack of understanding of the physical and mental health challenges women face. Similar to society’s approach to talking about menstruation (AKA the ‘curse’ or ‘that time of the month’), the female experience of menopause has historically been shrouded in secrecy, misinformation...
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Delivering better quality of life during and after gynaecological cancer
Women are urged to be aware of the subtle signs and symptoms of ovarian cancer and treatment side effects, so they can seek medical advice at the earliest opportunity. The Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) aims to improve overall health and wellbeing for women following a cancer diagnosis by providing evidence-based survivorship services. It also works...
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Prepared to bring the next generation of breakthrough therapies to cancer patients
One way or another, cancer touches all our lives. Globally, approximately one in five people will receive a diagnosis of cancer within their lifetime. At Pfizer, we are driven by our purpose to deliver breakthroughs that change patients’ lives and our belief that, ultimately, science will win against the greatest health challenges of our lifetime....
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One in four women die from heart disease or stroke: how to prevent it
Women need to take stock of their heart health, as their risk of heart disease and stroke rises as they move through menopause. One in four women die from heart disease or stroke, yet many women do not realise they are at risk. According to the Lancet, cardiovascular disease in women is under-researched, underdiagnosed and...
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An individualised and tailored experience for patients
Not all fertility journeys are the same, and it remains important to offer an individualised and tailored experience for all patients, allowing them to effectively plan for the future. We, at Merrion Fertility Clinic, treat couples who are experiencing infertility, a common disorder estimated to affect one in six couples in Ireland. We provide egg...