Burning need to soak up summer sunMEDICAL MATTERS: What to watch out for when the heat is onTue Jun 08 2010 - 01:00
Don't hold your breath over geneticsHas genetics failed to live up to its expectations?Tue Jun 01 2010 - 01:00
One in seven methadone users had taken head shop productsFOURTEEN PER cent of methadone users also test positive for substances previously sold in head shops, new research has shown.Fri May 28 2010 - 01:00
Did the WHO cry wolf over swine flu?MEDICAL MATTERS: Was the severity of the H1N1 virus overestimated?Tue May 25 2010 - 01:00
Why doctors and plumbers are differentMEDICAL MATTERS: WHEN I wrote about medical professionalism recently, it was in the context of a Prime Time report on symphysiotomies…Tue May 18 2010 - 01:00
With a prayer and a pill, how could it fail?MEDICAL MATTERS: THE PILL was 50 years old last Saturday. Or was it? No one is really sure when to celebrate its birthdayTue May 11 2010 - 01:00
Globalisation helps spread 'exotic' diseasesMEDICAL MATTERS : Infectious diseases now more common in EuropeTue May 04 2010 - 01:00
Quality suffers when budgets are butcheredMEDICAL MATTERS: ‘It’s the 1980s again, only this time, it’s worse’Tue Apr 27 2010 - 01:00
The perils of prescription painkillersMEDICAL MATTERS : Misuse can result in poisoning and deathTue Apr 13 2010 - 01:00
HSE break-up 'would fragment services'BREAKING UP the Health Service Executive (HSE) into smaller district health boards would be unwise and would risk fragmenting…Tue Apr 13 2010 - 01:00
Public-private debate at core of controversyMEDICAL MATTERS: Patient safety must be given utmost priorityTue Mar 30 2010 - 01:00
Role of stroke risk factors identified in Irish-led studyTHE IMPORTANCE of different factors putting people at risk of stroke has been identified for the first time in a major global…Tue Mar 23 2010 - 00:00
Role of stroke risk factors identified in Irish-led studyTHE IMPORTANCE of different factors putting people at risk of stroke has been identified for the first time in a major global…Tue Mar 16 2010 - 00:00
In search of a normal diagnosisMEDICAL MATTERS: Glad to hear there’s no treatment requiredTue Mar 09 2010 - 00:00
All in the name of the right drugMEDICAL MATTERS: Be careful not to end up with wrong medicineTue Mar 02 2010 - 00:00
No need to screen out the risksSCREENING FOR breast cancer is now well established in the RepublicTue Feb 16 2010 - 00:00
No RIP for fear of being buried aliveMEDICAL MATTERS: Nightmare haunts sufferers of TaphephobiaTue Feb 09 2010 - 00:00
Developmental services suffer over swine flu vaccine staffingDrop coincides with transfer of staff from immunisation clinics to mass vaccination centres for swine fluTue Feb 09 2010 - 00:00
Faking illness in its most extreme formMEDICAL MATTERS: Munchausen syndrome is difficult to diagnoseTue Feb 02 2010 - 00:00
Progress at last in lung cancer battleMEDICAL MATTERS: Research offers hope to victims of the diseaseTue Jan 26 2010 - 00:00
Progress at last in lung cancer battleMEDICAL MATTERS: Research offers hope to victims of the diseaseTue Jan 26 2010 - 00:00
Success of surgery depends on where the twins are conjoinedTHE NEWS that the conjoined twins born six weeks ago are being prepared for surgery is good news for the boys’ parents and extended…Sat Jan 16 2010 - 00:00
Success of surgery depends on where the twins are conjoinedTHE NEWS that the conjoined twins born six weeks ago are being prepared for surgery is good news for the boys’ parents and extended…Sat Jan 16 2010 - 00:00
Chemists urged to get more involved in primary carePHARMACISTS MUST consider moving away from the traditional chemists “shop” model and become more centrally involved in the primary…Tue Jan 05 2010 - 00:00
Chemists urged to get more involved in primary carePHARMACISTS MUST consider moving away from the traditional chemists “shop” model and become more centrally involved in the primary…Tue Jan 05 2010 - 00:00
Gory but gripping details of frontline medicsBOOK OF THE DAY: Medic By John Nichol and Tony Rennell Viking /Penguin, 408pp, £20: THE WAR in Afghanistan rumbles on, with …Wed Dec 30 2009 - 00:00
Weighing jokes in milli-titters and gigglebytesMEDICAL MATTERS : ’Tis still the season to be jolly, so let’s have a little light relief to see us into New YearTue Dec 29 2009 - 00:00
New chief of HSE must be recruited from abroadWhoever takes up the reins at the HSE must have a remit to ignore the sacred cows in our health systemTue Dec 22 2009 - 00:00
Just one in five migrant nurses planning to stayJUST ONE IN five migrant nurses working in the Republic plans to stay here, with many planning to move to Canada or Australia…Tue Dec 15 2009 - 00:00
Giving your consent for students to get intimateMEDICAL MATTERS: Medical students need to learn how to carry out thorough but speedy examinations of real body systemsTue Dec 08 2009 - 00:00
Disabled 'not receiving adequate medical care'ADULTS WITH learning disabilities may not be adequately treated when they experience illnesses the rest of the population take…Tue Dec 08 2009 - 00:00
Four in 10 women drink excessivelyMORE THAN 50 per cent of Irish people are drinking alcohol harmfully, with older people and women especially at risk, research…Tue Dec 01 2009 - 00:00
A sporting chance with depressionMEDICAL MATTERS: Professional athletes are no different from the rest of us when it comes to mental illnessTue Dec 01 2009 - 00:00
Withdrawal of nursing cover puts lives at risk, doctor warnsTHE LIVES of islanders and visitors could be placed in danger following the withdrawal of 24-hour nursing cover on Inis Mór, …Sat Nov 21 2009 - 00:00
ICGP has more to celebrate than its 25 yearsMEDICAL MATTERS: As the Irish College of General Practitioners (ICGP) celebrates its 25th birthday, its achievements for both…Tue Nov 10 2009 - 00:00
There's more to ultrasound than baby picturesIt can be use to detect all sorts of ailments in a non-invasive wayTue Nov 03 2009 - 00:00
Should God be available on prescription?MEDICAL MATTERS: Should our medicine be influenced by religious beliefs, either our own or those of our doctors?Tue Oct 13 2009 - 01:00
Finding time to be a patient is the hard partMEDICAL MATTERS: Increasingly, the burden of managing chronic illness is falling on patients and their familiesTue Sept 29 2009 - 01:00
HSE letter claims extra barriers to recruitmentTHE DEPARTMENT of Finance is placing additional barriers to the recruitment of frontline staff by the Health Service Executive…Tue Sept 22 2009 - 01:00
Spreading the stigma about infectionsMEDICAL MATTERS: Are we triggering a blame culture around swine flu, serving as a short cut to stigma?Tue Sept 15 2009 - 01:00
An innovative forum for gender disparityMEDICAL MATTERS: We men badly need a vociferous advocacy group to fight for us, writes MURIS HOUSTON.Tue Jun 23 2009 - 01:00
A new chapter in the healing ways of the brainMEDICAL MATTERS: Dr Harry Barry’s second book concentrates on how various treatments affect the brainTue Jun 16 2009 - 01:00
Aspiring to use aspirin properly in heart casesMEDICAL MATTERS: The blanket treatment of heart problems with aspirin needs to be considered carefullyTue Jun 02 2009 - 01:00
Cancer deaths 4% lower in North than Republic - reportDEATH RATES from cancer are 4 per cent lower in Northern Ireland compared with the Republic, a major report published today has…Fri Apr 24 2009 - 01:00
Ennis report cuts to heart of deficiencies in small unitsANALYSIS : The implications of the damning report into Ennis Hospital go beyond the midwest; similar small hospitals elsewhere…Fri Apr 10 2009 - 01:00
Broken heart syndrome is no fairy taleMEDICAL MATTERS: We all know couples who have died within weeks of each other – and now we know whyTue Mar 31 2009 - 01:00
Medical Council scarred by first public inquiryANALYSIS: The tabloid farce of the ‘rumpy pumpy’ case and general media shyness inspire little confidenceThu Mar 19 2009 - 00:00
Herbal remedies can interact with other drugsMEDICAL MATTERS: Herbal treatments can interact with medication with unintended resultsTue Mar 10 2009 - 00:00
All not well in the psyche of the baby gloomersMEDICAL MATTERS: When a nation is under collective stress, it can lead to some odd occurrences writes MUIRIS HOUSTONTue Mar 03 2009 - 00:00
Working to stay happy while unemployedHard Times: MEDICAL MATTERS: Being out of work can be damaging to physical and psychological health but a good frame of mind…Tue Feb 17 2009 - 00:00
