Health Insurance Comparisons Blog

Heart disease is actually more common than you think. A third of Irish people die each year from heart disease, yet it’s avoidable. The foundations of the disease are laid down in our early years and studies show that 80 per cent of it is preventable. “Cardiovascular...

As parents, we tend to put the needs of our children first, often running ourselves ragged in the process. But is this the right approach or should we be focusing a little bit more on ourselves – in order to care for our kids in the best possible way? It may sound...

Whether you’ve had it yourself or know someone who has, few of us have not been touched by cancer in some form or other. It’s a traumatic experience and one which has a knock-on effect on every aspect of people’s lives. Returning to work after recovery is one aspect...

It’s not uncommon these days to go to the gym on your lunchbreak. In fact, your employer may even encourage it. Some companies in Sweden are pushing the idea even further by making it compulsory for office workers to workout on company time. A city water company  and...

We tend to think of running as a solitary experience. Yet for many running not only provides physical, emotional and mental benefits, it has also helped to improve their social life. This was the case for Ann Battersby, one of the original members of the Waterstown...

Maybe it’s the weekend, or you’re on holidays or you simply can’t get out of bed to leave the house. We all have periods when we’re ill and, for whatever reason, can’t visit a doctor. Yet we badly need to.  It’s at times like these that Irish Life Health’s Digital...