Health

Author Annmarie O' Connor talks about how being grateful can help your anxiety and how keeping a gratitude journal should be your new resolution. 

Counselling Psychologist and Clinical Lead on laya healthcare's 24/7 Mental Wellbeing Support Programme Dr Sarah O’Neill gives some advice on how to support a family member through a tough time.

World Heart Day is this September 29th, helping to raise awareness of the importance of your heart and just what you can do to be heart healthy. It’s so crucial, especially in Ireland where we have such a high prevalence of cardiovascular disease. There is so much that you can do to help your heart according to Karl Henry, who shares his Top 5 Tips for Heart Health.

Our research indicates that 75pc of people believe that stigma still exists around mental wellbeing. In order to dispel some myths, we enlisted the help of Counselling Psychologist and Clinical Lead on Laya Healthcare's 24/7 Mental Wellbeing Support Programme, Dr Sarah O’Neill. Here she explains what really happens in a counselling session. 

Self-harm and suicide are major public health problems. We asked Professor Ella Arensman, Research Professor at the school of Public Health, University College Cork and a Chief Scientist at the National Suicide Research Foundation, to share her knowledge so that our readers can learn more about the causes of suicide and self-harm in Ireland. You can also download a document with further information and help at the end of this article.

Orla Dolan from Breakthrough Cancer Research talks about bowel cancer symtons and signs. 

Did you know that smoking is linked to 1 in every 3 cancers in Ireland? And that 1 in every 2 smokers will die of a tobacco related disease? Read on for more information on why quitting smoking will be the best decision you ever make.

When we think of cancer, we often think of it as a big disease on which we can have little impact.  But that is not the case. Here Orla Dolan CEO of Breakthrough Cancer research talks about how what we actually do can have the power to lower our risk of getting different types of cancers.

As another New Year rolls around, millions of us worldwide will make a New Year’s resolution to improve our lives. Many of these resolutions will commit us to making changes that promote a healthier lifestyle. Aside from making New Year’s resolutions, keeping them is equally as important. Orla O' Callaghan, our Occupational Health Advisor, suggests 10 long-term habit changes that could help you to become healthier and stay healthy in 2018.