UNFPA to Promote Health and Rights of Women and Young People at UN General Assembly Events - 19 September 2012

Sir, – What is so strange about the Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI poll (Front page, February 11th) is that the questions asked do not reflect the core medical truths revealed in the hearings before the Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children. Dr Rhona Mahon

What makes letter writer George Linker think that women do not realize that death is a very real possibility of combat? Does he feel the need to explain this to the men who enlist or attend officer training in the various military branches? Or is it only

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Young people aren't stupid: It is no secret that young voters tilt left on social issues like immigration and gay rights. But these students, and dozens of other young people interviewed here last week, give voice to a trend that is surprising pollsters

Women who have high blood pressure during pregnancy may later face a higher risk of developing heart disease, kidney disease and diabetes, according to a study. Researchers followed women who had babies for 40 years. They calculated the risk of heart, ki

When we find medical tests like mammograms being performed more often than is necessary or wise, we must reduce the frequency. Paying for health care practices that help is expensive enough. Paying for ones that don't help, and even do harm, is a cost we