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Alcohol is a factor in half of all suicides in Ireland

Nov 25, 2019 ~ - ~ 1 Comment
Read Alcohol Action Ireland’s information on the Public Health (Alcohol) Act

Michele Baldwin’s cervical cancer story

Sep 16, 2019 ~ - ~ Leave a comment

With a few months to live, Michele Baldwin paddle boarded over 700 miles down the Ganges River to help raise awareness about cervical cancer.

Thank you to Sara Fitzgibbon for posting a link to it that I spotted (@barb287)

Feel free to comment on any of the posts; and send your thoughts/news/views to Paul on oconnp12@tcd.ie.

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'Becoming A Doctor,' Lee Gutkind, editor (Norton)
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