Posts Tagged ‘Health’

November 16th, 2008

Irish girls denied cancer vaccine

45 Comments, Health, Ireland, by Donncha.

I haven’t been listening to the news much of late. I’m not sure when that started but even if the…

December 5th, 2007

The end of Homeopothy

10 Comments, Donncha's Links, by Donncha.

The end of homeopathy? – a very lengthy and critical article looking at the alternative medicine of homeopathy. 456 comments…

October 8th, 2007

How narcissistic are you?

12 Comments, Health, by Donncha.

nar·cis·sism /ˈnɑrsəˌsɪzɛm/ Pronunciation Key – [nahr-suh-siz-em] – noun

inordinate fascination with oneself; excessive self-love; vanity.
Psychoanalysis. erotic…

October 4th, 2007

When columnists go bad

5 Comments, Food, Health, Humour, by Donncha.

It’s a wonder sometimes why some bloggers hold journalists to such high standards. Quite often what appears in our newspapers…

It was a dark and stormy night. Thunder rolled over the land and lightning shot from the sky incinerating trees,…

It’s about time for this to happen. Food companies have been claiming X, Y and Z about their products for…

We spent over 2 hours this morning at Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH). Little had changed since last week. Appointments…

The Minister for Health, Mary Harney, has a lot to answer for. Nurses, midwives, consultants and other staff in the…

February 18th, 2007

Self diagnose with Google

7 Comments, Health, Humour, by Donncha.

Everybody and anybody who has an illness, a pain in the leg, a hurt somewhere, will use Google to find…

Yawn. The mundane things in life are top of my agenda today. We’re looking for a new mattress and considering…


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