margaret Hawkins

Treatment for eczema is more than skin deep

One in 10 adults and over one in three children suffer with eczema. Now new medications and skin care regimes are making it easier to cope with this inflammatory condition, writes Margaret Hawkins.

HEALTH 11 June 2025

Treatment for eczema is more than skin deep

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‘We need inclusion and real reform on all fronts’

‘We need inclusion and real reform on all fronts’

HEALTH 30 April 2025

Let’s think outside the (chocolate) box at Easter

Let’s think outside the (chocolate) box at Easter

HEALTH 16 April 2025

Donate your ‘liquid gold’ to save lives

Donate your ‘liquid gold’ to save lives

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Prostate cancer: early detection can save lives

Prostate cancer: early detection can save lives

Prostate cancer: early detection can save lives

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Healthbytes to keep you in the picture

Healthbytes to keep you in the picture

From the current status on the ‘free’ HRT to new treatment for depression at St John of God hospital, stay informed with healthbytes.

HEALTH 15 January 2025

50 and fab: enjoy a full and fit life

50 and fab: enjoy a full and fit life

In the final part of our three-week series, we ask the experts for advice for women 50 and beyond.

HEALTH 15 January 2025

‘The sandwich years’ – how to stay healthy in your 40s

‘The sandwich years’ – how to stay healthy in your 40s

In part two of our three-week series we ask what you should do to stay healthy in that challenging decade - your 40s.

HEALTH 15 January 2025

Developing good health habits to live well later

Developing good health habits to live well later

In part one of a three-week series, we ask medical experts what your health focus should be between the ages of 20 and 39.

HEALTH 15 January 2025

Editorial: “you still have to pay the car park fee

Editorial: “you still have to pay the car park fee"

You visit a hospital and receive a diagnosis; you still have to pay the car park fee, writes Ciara Leahy.

EDITORIAL 15 January 2025

Health special: big gulf between hospital parking income and costs

Health special: big gulf between hospital parking income and costs

In 2023, hospitals took in nearly €16m in car parking fees. In part two of our series, we look into how that money was spent, writes Margaret Hawkins.

HEALTH 15 January 2025

Health Special: are hospital car park charges a tax on ill health?

Health Special: are hospital car park charges a tax on ill health?

In part one of our two-week series, figures show hospitals took almost €16m in parking fees in 2023, in what many perceive as a tax on being sick, writes Margaret Hawkins.

HEALTH 15 January 2025

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