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The Irish Medical Times Blog: March 2008

Management-speak gone mad, or as we know it, HSE statements

Anyone who thought they were alone in being half incredulous, half severely annoyed over the language used by the HSE in their press releases and statements can relax—IMO CEO George McNeice received a round of applause today at the AGM... Read more

Nobody cares about underage smoking

Too few shops and licensed premises refuse to sell cigarettes to under-18s, a report by the Office of Tobacco Control has revealed. According to the OTC, almost one in two shop retailers and two in three licensed premises were willing... Read more

Big bellies in middle age lead to dementia: study

A new study has found that having a large belly in middle age increases the risk of developing dementia in old age. Researchers from the US and Sweden showed that overweight and obese people with large bellies have double or... Read more

A leech clinic will be opening in Foxrock in 3...2...1...

Demi Moore on the act of using blood-sucking leeches as a detox therapy: "You watch it swell up on your blood... then when it's super drunk it just kind of rolls over like it is stumbling out of the... Read more

Compassionate suicide, or murder?

Chantal Sebire, the French woman with a very rare from of cancer whose court application for an assisted suicide was rejected, has been found dead in her home. The case highlights the necessity for continued debate on euthanasia and 'mercy... Read more

East Vs West

An interesting study has been published in the The Journal of Personality and Social Psychology that examines how we know, or try and guess, what other people are feeling. Generally, if asked that question, you might answer by saying... Read more

The Colour of Alzheimer's Disease

Fantasy writer and creator of the very strange 'Discworld' series Terry Pratchett, who was diagnosed with a rare form of Alzheimer's Disease (called posterior cortical atrophy) in December, has announced he is donating $1 million for research into the condition.... Read more

US drinkers find loophole in no-smoking law

The recently introduced smoking ban in Minnesota does not apply to performers in theatrical productions. This loophole has turned bars into theatres and drinkers into actors (as if that weren't already the case), according to the BBC.... Read more

What do YOU do in your spare time?

Irish surgeon and plastic surgery maestro Mr Peter Butler, famous for spending fifteen years determinedly working towards performing the world's first full face transplant, has found time to help develop a "miracle" healing gel for plastic surgery scars. Called "Heal",... Read more

Oireachtas observations

I don't remember as many TDs and Senators attending a meeting of the Oireachtas Committee on Health, as the one that was held this week. During the three and a half hour meeting (which was interrupted only once when TDs... Read more

Doctor, have you REALLY checked my colon?

New research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) suggests that flat or depressed lesions in colons are linked to cancer. The findings not only threaten the viability of virtual colonoscopy, but will place doctors under new... Read more

A mystery, an enigma, and something else walk into a bar

Fianna Fáil TD Mary O'Rourke, reacting to news of long waiting times for cancer patients, called the HSE "a mystery wrapped up in an enigma, wrapped up in something else." The HSE isn't quite the KGB, but it ain't... Read more