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Research carried out at NUI Galway may advance the quest for new therapeutic approaches to the treatment of pain.

Do you or someone you know suffer from glossophobia – the fear of public speaking? Does the thought of making a speech fill you with fear? Are you worried about an upcoming event where you are required to speak? A new TV programme, The Secret Speech, may hold the secret to overcoming your fears.

Sometimes I feel quite anxious for no particular reason, can this be helped by good nutrition?

Dr David Finn of NUI Galway has been awarded the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland’s Doctor Award for best paper published in an indexed journal in 2012 in the Pain/Anaesthesia category.

Now that we have settled into 2013 many of us will have taken a long, hard look at the year gone past and how it impacted on our lives.

Performance anxiety is a very debilitating issue, many people struggle with this issue. Performance anxiety can come under a lot of headings: social—groups, relationships, new people; sport—performance and media anxiety; artistic—stage, media performance anxiety; college, university, career performance anxiety.

Children with anxiety problems may or may not act like anxious adults.

Many of us carry fears within us. Fear of the dark, fear of failure, fear of losing our jobs, our homes, our lifestyle, our loved ones.

As thousands of students around the country get ready to sit the Leaving and Junior Cert Exams experts at St Patrick’s University Hospital warns parents to be mindful of their children’s anxiety at exam time.

The best prepared presentation can go desperately wrong when the presenter has “stage fright”. Having to make a presentation in front of a group can be nerve wracking, no matter how big or small the group or how familiar they may be. It requires a high level of confidence and preparation.