Child Health

• Premature birth risk for obese women
  Pregnant women who are overweight or...
• Moderate drinking in pregnancy ok
  Drinking up to seven glasses of...
• Research shows home births can be safer
  Women with low risk pregnancies who...
• Childhood obesity worsening
  One in three Irish seven-year-olds are...
• Sick mums-to-be at risk through drug fears
  A lack of data on whether drugs are...
• Sean, Emma-top baby names
  By Deborah Condon Having held the...
• Video games - useful in healthcare?
  While much concern has been expressed ...
• Chemicals used in toys banned
  By Deborah Condon The European...
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We are what we eat
What’s eating Ireland? It is a truism but an important one – we are what we eat. One of the best lifestyle lessons is that people should try and mix a good diet with regular exercise. For...

• Acanthosis Nigricans
• Adenoids
• ADHD
• Adoption
• AIDS
• Antibiotics
• Appendicitis
• Arthritis In Children
• Asthma In Children
• Autism
• Avoiding Hypos At School
• Bed-wetting
• Burns
• Cerebral Palsy
• Chickenpox
• Childhood Accidents
• Childhood Fever
• Childhood Immunisation Programme
• Circumcision
• Cleft Lip And Palate
• Cluttering Of Speech
• Colic
• Cushing's Syndrome
• Cytomegalovirus
• Down’s Syndrome
• Dyslexia
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• Ear Ache
• Eczema
• Epidermolysis Bullosa
• Eye Floaters
• Fainting
• Fostering A Child
• Grommets
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• Haemophilia
• Head Lice
• Head Lice - Alternative Treatments
• Hemihypertrophy
• Hernia
• How The Ear Works
• Hydrocele
• Immunisation
• Impetigo
• Lactose Intolerance
• Lazy Eye
• Leukaemia In Children
• Masturbation
• Measles
• Meningitis
• Meningitis C Immunisation
• Moles
• Molluscum Contagiosum
• Mumps

• Muscle Cramps
• Muscular Dystrophy
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• Night Terrors
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• Phobias
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• Primary Immunodeficiency
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• Roundworm
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• Slapped Cheek Disease
• Strawberry Marks
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• Tapeworms
• Teething
• Testicular Torsion
• Toilet Training
• Tonsils
• Toothbrushing In Children
• Urticaria
• Warts And Verrucas
• Warts In Children
• Weaning