Pensioners with long-term health conditions could be due up to £441 every month
Attendance Allowance and Pension Age Disability Payment can provide additional financial support for older people. More than 1.7…
Diabetes drugs linked to slower frailty progression in older adults
A new study shows that older adults with type 2 diabetes who start treatment with sodium–glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2)…
Thalidomide survivors secure further political support on anniversary of drug withdrawal – The Irish Times
Sandra Dunne knew she was affected by thalidomide around 1970, when she was nine years old and had…
Global experts map out the practical steps that help extend life expectancy
A global panel of scientists and community leaders shows how biology, lifestyle, and culture can work together to…
Memory and Novelty Converge for Manuela Solano, Who Adopted a New Process After Losing Her Sight — Colossal
When Manuela Solano delineates a cheekbone or shapes the chiseled torso of a cowboy standing tall, precisely placed…
Maternal obesity raises childhood epilepsy and disability risks, new study shows
A national Korean cohort study reveals that elevated pre-pregnancy BMI independently increases childhood risks of epilepsy and intellectual…
Global study reveals persistent burden of headache disorders
Headache disorders affected almost 3 billion people worldwide in 2023-nearly one in every three people, a figure unchanged since 1990-and ranked…
The patients improving Ireland’s health system – The Irish Times
The “complex acetabular fracture in bed 11” that medical staff talked about was Maureen Nolan’s beloved husband Gabriel,…
Study shows record surge in reduced kidney function worldwide
Record numbers of men and women globally are now estimated to have reduced kidney function, a new study…
Pensioners most-likely to get Attendance Allowance payments for five years
More than 1.7 million people currently receive either £73.90 or £110.40 each week through Attendance Allowance.Pension Credit –…
Resilience isn’t inspirational. It’s crawling out of a hell you never thought you’d be in – The Irish Times
On August 24th, 2017, to the day exactly two years after a surgery that rendered me paralysed down…
Full DWP list of 20 mental health conditions eligible for up to £750 a month
The Department for Work and Pensions has listed the 20 mental health conditions that could make you eligible…