Calorie labels on online fast food menus seen as means to reduce future pressures on health serviceDepartment of Health research unit also recommends increasing hospital activity by changing the default to day case rather than inpatient treatmentMon Jul 08 2024 - 06:00
Patients in mental distress safer in community than in most specialised treatment centres, watchdog saysSome centres designed to treat people with most serious illnesses ‘unsafe’, says service inspector Prof Jim LuceyMon Jul 08 2024 - 06:00
Microplastics are in the heart, lungs, penis, breast milk. Can we keep them out of our bodies?Researchers explain how microplastics are entering almost every part of the human body and their detrimental effectsSat Jul 06 2024 - 06:00
Incidence of syphilis ‘up over 30%’ in first six months of yearSexually transmitted infections rising worldwide and State marking significant 2024 rise compared to pre-pandemicFri Jul 05 2024 - 06:00
Opposition criticises Donnelly over use of €19m earmarked for spinal surgeriesFunds not used in intended manner and waiting lists remain ‘unacceptably long’, says Minister for HealthThu Jul 04 2024 - 14:11
More healthcare workers seeking help for stress, burnout, anxiety and medicationPractitioner Health Matters Programme, which provides a confidential service to doctors, reported marked increase in useWed Jul 03 2024 - 08:55
Formal complaints about pharmacists increased by 36% last yearRegulator told of concerns about issues such as failure to supply medications, dispensing errors and behaviour or professionalismTue Jul 02 2024 - 15:21
Almost half of sunbathers in survey feel getting sunburned is worth it to get tanChanging ‘deeply ingrained cultural and social beliefs’ on tanning remains a significant challenge for skin-cancer prevention, says researcherMon Jul 01 2024 - 13:35
Taylor Swift opens to the Irish faithful: ‘Dublin... you guys are making me feel so good’The faithful throng the Aviva Stadium as the US singer brings her Eras tour to Dublin for the first of a long sold-out three-night stintFri Jun 28 2024 - 21:30
What I Read This Week: Shauna Bowers - Miriam Lord articulates what every woman in Ireland was thinkingFrom the oldest Swiftie in town to Natasha O’Brien, here are the stories that caught my attention this weekFri Jun 28 2024 - 19:44
Woman taking anti-epilepsy drug was never fully advised of the risks of it during pregnancyAll her children have been diagnosed with fetal valproate syndrome, a rare congenital disorder caused by their exposure to valproic acidWed Jun 26 2024 - 17:27
Donnelly calls for redress scheme if inquiry into use of Epilim finds ‘systemic issues’Valproate-containing medicines can cause birth defects and developmental disorders in children whose mothers take them during pregnancyWed Jun 26 2024 - 17:15
Standing height falls are the leading cause of major trauma among older people - reportSome 70 per cent of all accidents occurred at home, with limbs the most commonly injured body regionsWed Jun 26 2024 - 00:01
Adding services for older people in EDs could save €2.4 billion, research findsEarly assessment and intervention by dedicated teams of health and social care professionals could lead to shorter stays in hospitalTue Jun 25 2024 - 19:15
178 ‘suspected suicides’ last year among people using mental health servicesHead of Mental Health Commission says a number of acute inpatient centre providers, particularly the HSE, ‘are struggling to meet standards’ in areas such as staffing, care planning and risk managementTue Jun 25 2024 - 06:00
Essential skills to help you thrive in an evolving marketplaceGraduates have a unique opportunity when they enter the workforce to decide what sort of career they want to pursueTue Jun 25 2024 - 04:45
How soft skills can help graduates stand outThe value of cultivating transferable skills is often under-recognised by employees themselvesTue Jun 25 2024 - 04:45
Ten companies offering competitive benefits on their graduate programmes, from Jameson to ESBHere are some paid programmes that can take you from new graduate to seasoned professionalTue Jun 25 2024 - 01:40
Ireland will need more than 9,000 additional hospital doctors within 20 yearsReport says level of Ireland’s recruitment of doctors from overseas may breach its WHO obligationsMon Jun 24 2024 - 17:35
Pharmacists dispensing unlicensed medications due to shortagesExempt medicinal products can be legally supplied under prescription but are not assessed by the Health Products Regulatory AuthorityMon Jun 24 2024 - 01:00
No ‘suitably qualified’ candidate for chief medical officer position found during interview processOther key medical posts remains unfilledMon Jun 24 2024 - 01:00
Child with ‘profound’ disability in hospital over 100 days more than medically necessary due to lack of servicesOmbudsman highlights lack of State services to support children with disabilities to live at home with familiesSun Jun 23 2024 - 05:00
Large increase in number of fake weight-loss drugs seized by watchdog in 2024Officials warned consumers of risks from falsified versions of Ozempic and WegovyFri Jun 21 2024 - 20:41
Pink in Dublin: Pop superstar wastes no time in getting the party started in spectacular fashionThe 44-year-old exudes the same energy and enthusiasm as when she entered the music industry over two decades agoFri Jun 21 2024 - 11:52
Motor neuron disease: ‘It doesn’t affect just me, it affects the whole family’Using Global Awareness Day to amplify the voices of people living with MND in IrelandFri Jun 21 2024 - 06:00
Cancer patients facing delayed diagnoses and lower quality of life due to funding shortfall, says Irish Cancer SocietySociety claims cumulative loss of investment in cancer services from 2017 to 2024 is almost €180mWed Jun 19 2024 - 06:00
CervicalCheck patients have improved healthcare with their advocacy, study findsWomen affected still lack trust in the system, however, after scores were given inaccurate resultsTue Jun 18 2024 - 17:13
Up to 28,000 babies will be offered RSV vaccine under plans, says Minister for HealthThe RSV virus put significant pressure on paediatric hospital services last yearTue Jun 18 2024 - 06:00
Higher rate of obesity in children from disadvantaged areas in Ireland, conference hearsJust one in five children nationally are either overweight or obese, according to consultant endocrinologist Prof Donal O’SheaMon Jun 17 2024 - 17:11
Living with multiple sclerosis: ‘When you bring a long-term illness into a family, it’s the scariest thing ever’About half of MS sufferers say a friend or family member provides them with care, with 35% needing more than 31 hours per weekSun Jun 16 2024 - 07:00
Limerick, Dublin hospital patients to receive at-home treatment in ‘virtual wards’HSE to roll out ‘safe and efficient’ alternative as system struggles with demand for bedsFri Jun 14 2024 - 18:46
Two-thirds of patients on waiting lists for longer than target timeAt the end of last month, there were 705,237 patients on a hospital waiting listFri Jun 14 2024 - 14:14
Delayed cancer diagnosis and post-natal hospital experience among complaints made to Ombudsman Total of 839 complaints last year related to public bodies in health and social care sector compared to 790 in 2022 – a 6 per cent increaseWed Jun 12 2024 - 00:05
People living with HIV refused surgery or put last on waiting lists, research showsJust 42 per cent of healthcare workers and 27 per cent of healthcare students surveyed by RCSI said they received education on HIV stigma and discriminationTue Jun 11 2024 - 13:52
Dublin-based professor Mary Horgan named interim chief medical officerMedic, who served on served on National Public Health Emergency Team during pandemic, replaces Breda SmythTue Jun 11 2024 - 13:06
Local Elections: Louth County Council resultsIndependents perform strongly but high number of candidates potentially costs Sinn Féin extra seatsMon Jun 10 2024 - 14:27
What breakthrough in inflammatory bowel disease was discovered this week?Researchers made significant progress in identifying a cause of IBD, potentially leading to improved treatment optionsFri Jun 07 2024 - 14:20
Covid cases up more than 60% over past week, latest data showsMore than 170 people in Irish hospitals with virus but there were no deaths or admissions to intensive care last weekThu Jun 06 2024 - 14:46
Safety notice issued over two vapes containing illegal amounts of nicotineHSE sampled E-LIQUID and QST Puff Flex 2800 products which contain quantities of substance well over 20mg/ml legal limitWed Jun 05 2024 - 19:54
Forty-seven confirmed measles cases in State, latest figures findData released amid rising cases of the infectious disease across Europe and elsewhereWed Jun 05 2024 - 15:08
`I had to give about 40 pints of blood to get my iron back down to normal levels’Haemochromatosis is an inherited condition where iron levels in the body slowly build up over many yearsTue Jun 04 2024 - 07:00
Trek to Everest base camp: the impact of climate change is undeniableTrekking up the Himalayas brings with it significant challenges, but marvellous feeling of accomplishment tooMon Jun 03 2024 - 05:00
Firm building national children’s hospital set to get extra €107m in dispute resolutionConciliator recently proposed sum should be paid to BAM after firm sought further payments for project delays until last yearFri May 31 2024 - 06:00
National children’s hospital development stretches back 13 yearsDevelopment marked by missed deadlines and ballooning costsThu May 30 2024 - 21:20
National Children’s Hospital: New ‘substantial completion’ date now February 2025, TDs toldHospital will not be able to admit patients until August 2025 at the earliest, public spending watchdog hearsThu May 30 2024 - 15:22
Promise of almost 3,000 additional hospital beds is welcome – if Government deliversWith elections looming, one might think the announcement couldn’t have come at a better time for Government parties, but it is good news for patientsWed May 29 2024 - 20:28
Almost 3,000 new inpatient hospital beds to be delivered by 2031, says DonnellyShortage of beds leading to overcrowding problems experienced in hospitals such as Limerick, unions saysWed May 29 2024 - 18:08
Youth mental health services hit by lack of modern technology, HSE hearsHealth services cannot ‘speak to each other efficiently’ without an IT upgrade, officials sayWed May 29 2024 - 05:00
Ireland has fewer critical-care beds than European norm, report showsOccupancy of intensive care units regularly exceed recommended levelsWed May 29 2024 - 00:01
‘My donor was the same age as I was when he died’: Ireland’s longest-living heart transplant recipient gives thanks for second chanceAndy Kavanagh was told life expectancy post-transplant in the 1986 was normally one or two yearsTue May 28 2024 - 17:20
