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By Claire O'ConnellDr Kate Irving, Elevator project lead, Prof Brian MacCraith, President of DCU and and Kathleen Lynch TD at the Dementia Elevator launch.An initiative is “walking the lives” of people with dementia to assess their needs and to increase public awareness of how to…

By Richard EisenbergMaybe you recall these Crosby Stills and Nash lyrics, as I do:We can change the worldRearrange the worldIt’s dying — to get better Let me tell you about seven inspiring older Americans — six women and one man — who are, in fact, changing…

BY MARY-ANNE GONTSANA"We demand accountable leadership", "Failure to resolve stock-outs = human rights violation", "Limpopo Department of Health - Failed promises" read placards at the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) march in solidarity with provinces that continue to be plagued by finding essential medicines are out…

By Sara R Phillips, Transgender Equality Network Ireland (TENI)Today, I am a woman -- plainly and simply female. My passport says so; my driver's license says so; my bank details say so. My children, my parents, work colleagues, neighbours and friends, all leave me in…

The next mayor of New York City should quickly establish an inter-agency initiative, in collaboration with the courts, to significantly reduce suspensions, summonses, and arrests of public school students while shifting to positive approaches to discipline, according to this report from the New York City…

LAST week, nearly 40 people were killed in a complex cocktail of political, economic and social distress. The fact that there was little leadership making an effort to resolve what was clearly becoming an uncontrollable tragedy waiting to happen, shows the weakness of our government,…

As a major international conference on philanthropy comes to Belfast this week, bringing with it speakers and delegates charged with distributing billions of pounds, Sam Goodwin talks to John R Healy, chairman of Philanthropy Ireland, about what difference giving has made to Northern Ireland WHEN a conference…

Gail Reed, MEDICC's co-founder, speaks at TEDMED about the unique mission of Cuba's Latin American Medical School. Dr. Castillo examines a young patient. Photo: C. Gorry, MEDICC After graduating from Cuba's Latin American Medical School (ELAM) in 2005, Dr. Luther Castillo, a young Honduran of Garifuna…

By Tami AbdollahL.A. Unified plans to begin collecting data on suspension rates at the individual classroom and teacher level starting this summer as part of its effort to improve its schools, a district official said today. "It starts at the classroom level," said Isabel Villalobos,…

More people in Ireland have dementia than cancer or heart disease yet it has been a largely invisible and underfunded health issue, according to a new report by Suzanne Cahill and Maria Pierce from the School of Social Work and Social Policy, Trinity College, Dublin;…