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Edwin Poots to meet Slievemore families
The health minister has bowed to sustained pressure to meet relatives of dementia patients campaigning to retain the Slievemore Nursing unit in Londonderry.
Retirement is bad for your health, claims study
Retirement can cause a drastic decline in health, according to a study released yesterday.
Study links epilepsy and autism
A link between epilepsy and autism has been discovered for the first time.
Depressed people live in parallel time zone, scientists find
People with severe depression have a disrupted “biological clock” that makes it seem as if they are living in a different time zone to the rest of the healthy population living alongside them, a study has found.
Brad Pitt’s pride at wife Angelina Jolie’s reaction to painful breast cancer inheritance
Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie has explained in the New York Times, that she inherited a “faulty” gene which dramatically increased her risk of breast and ovarian cancers.
Absence of dad linked to depression in teen girls
Girls who are left by their fathers before the age of five are more likely to develop depression as teenagers, according to a new study.
'Magic bullet' for lung patients
A new medicine hailed as a magic bullet could revolutionise the treatment of intensive care patients with lung disorders, scientists claim.
Edwin Poots ‘ignored’ commissioner’s warning on the effects of badly managing care home closures
The older people's commissioner warned Health Minister Edwin Poots about closing residential care homes a year ago, it has been revealed.
Study links obesity to dementia
Rising levels of obesity in middle age could cause a major rise in the number of dementia sufferers, researchers have warned. The risk of having dementia almost doubles with midlife obesity, the UK Health Forum said.
Edible nicotine in peppers could lower Parkinson's risk
Edible nicotine in peppers, tomatoes and potatoes may protect against Parkinson's disease, a study suggests.
Traffic fumes linked to diabetes
Exposure to traffic fumes can set children on the road to diabetes, a study has shown.
Health chiefs meet on heart surgery plans
Health chiefs on both sides of the border are examining the possibility of keeping some children's cardiac surgery in Northern Ireland, it has emerged.
Man discovers 'runny nose' is actually his leaking brain
Joe Nagy thought the runny nose he’d suffered for a year and a half was the result of allergies, has discovered the problem was in fact caused by leaking brain fluid.
Sun may reduce blood pressure
The benefits of sun exposure in reducing blood pressure may outweigh the risks of developing skin cancer, scientific research has found.
Heart disease death toll halved
The number of deaths from heart disease in Northern Ireland has halved in three decades, it has been revealed.
Debate piles pressure on Edwin Poots to keep children's coronary ops in Belfast
The Health Minister is coming under pressure to scrap recommendations to move children's heart surgery out of Belfast.
Northern Ireland's care homes fight goes on
Elderly people, their families and care staff have vowed to keep fighting any potential closures of residential care homes under radical health reforms.
Prostate cancer linked to insomnia
Insomnia can double the risk of prostate cancer, a study has claimed.
Hospital bug Clostridium difficile linked to the use of Prozac
Taking the antidepressant Prozac increases the risk of infection by a hospital bug, a study has shown.
Inactivity is world's fourth-biggest killer
A quarter of British adults now walk for less than nine minutes a day – including time spent getting to the car, work and the shops.
Madeleine McCann: New suspects identified by UK police
North West 200: Live pictures plus race schedule
In Pictures: Balmoral Show
Nice-but-dull Kate's annoying baby bump pose
FHM's sexiest women - Kunis knocks Tulisa off her perch
Latest News
Scores hurt as car hits US parade
Up to 60 people were injured when a driver described by witnesses as an elderly man drove his car into a group of hikers marching in a parade in a small Virginia mountain town.
Pakistan politician gunned down
Gunmen on a motorcycle have shot and killed a senior member of a leading Pakistani political party.
Activists attack PM on gay marriage
Tory activists have attacked David Cameron's support for gay marriage, claiming it had made winning the next general election "virtually impossible".
Latest Sport
Clichy signs new City deal new
Gael Clichy has signed a new four-year deal at Manchester City.
Doyle downs hat-trick in Carlow success
Substitute Craig Doyle came off the bench to fire in a spectacular hat-trick as Carlow powered to a 4-17 to 2-13 victory over London in the Leinster SHC at Dr Cullen Park.
Jones to pay for damaging Whelan's car
Stoke striker Kenwyne Jones has apologised to team-mate Glenn Whelan after smashing his car windscreen in a mistaken act of retribution for a training-ground prank which went wrong.
Latest Showbiz
Wood: I couldn't punch a small lady
Victoria Wood had to have a scene written out of her new role because she was too nice to punch the other actress.
Knight: Wills will spot me on Holby
Jules Knight, Holby City's newest star, has said he is considering sending a box set of the show to old friends the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
Orla enjoying Poirot adventure
Orla Brady has revealed how filming the new series of Poirot was tricky as almost every character has a different accent.
