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The Irish Medical Times Blog: October 2007

The waiting game

Don't get me wrong. We have to have value for money when we are spending public funds. But do you ever wonder how many patients suffer and health workers are disrupted while health service organisations go through the months-long rigamarole... Read more

You probably hate Michael Moore, but go see 'Sicko' anyway

Michael Moore is the most reviled, celebrated, controversial, juvenile, thought-provoking, fearless, clumsy, agitprop, savvy documentary filmmaker in America, and his new movie, Sicko, is worth seeing.... Read more

Too old to treat?

Fear not. It is not just the Health Service Executive and the Department of Health in the Republic that are confused. When it comes to contradictory statements and confusion, the health system in the Six Counties is up to the... Read more

Food police arrest Homer Simpson

In another "do they actually get paid for this?" special, researchers at Rutgers University in New Jersey, US have - shockingly - discovered that Homer Simpson is a bad health role model.... Read more

In the name of science

Did you know that viagra has the ability to aid hamsters in overcoming jetlag? That it just might be possible to extract vanilla essence from cow dung? Or, in a terrible escalation of chemical warfare, US researchers are exploring... Read more

The self-perpetuating industry of bureaucracy

Dr Fin Breatnach If you're starting to get the feeling that the growing power of standards-setting authorities is diminishing your ability to work, that's because it is. Next week, Irish Medical Times is publishing an interview with Dr Fin... Read more

Housework can damage your health

Lazy men had it right all along. They shouldn't be doing too much house cleaning, in fact nobody should. A Spanish study of over 3,500 people has found that a weekly clean of your abode, using sprays and air fresheners,... Read more

Great medical blogs

I was looking around at other medical blogs yesterday and found some good ones, mostly written by doctors trying to blow off steam while remaining anonymous. (A popular cloud of steam seems to be complaining how pharmaceutical companies are pressuring... Read more

Vodka saves man from certain death

How often have we seen the evils of alcohol condemned in the general and medical media? Do-gooders calling for all sorts of controls and regulations on the demon drink, bordering just this side of prohibition. Well I am here to... Read more

Consultants should try working in hospitals - Taoiseach

Unless you really do spend all your time on the golf course, as a doctor you ought to have heard Bertie Ahern's recent comment to the Sunday Tribune: "I really get tired of listening to these people who can earn... Read more

Use by ... The Nazi invasion of Russia

How many times have you rummaged around in your cupboards and found tins of food or bottles of condiments that went of date at the same time as mullet hairstyles or shoulder pads on dresses?... Read more