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The Irish Medical Times Blog: August 2008

Dr Death shows off world's most stylish comb-over

There's no excuse for cheapshots about comb-overs, unless you're talking about a man who's allegedly preyed on the insecurities of thousands of women by promising to make them beautiful at a discount for 14 years, and who's been being charged... Read more

California wine bar offers botox injections

What the rest of the world calls pathetic, California calls sophisticated fun: here's a video of people hanging out together in a wine bar on a nondescript suburban street in California, getting cosmetic touch-ups like botox and eyebrow-waxing.... Read more

The story that keeps going and going...1,800 jobs to go in hospital sector

The Irish Times is now getting in on the act of reporting the story about the 1,800 jobs to be shed in the hospital sector in Ireland. The chronology of this story is interesting: it was first reported in the... Read more

What does it feel like to be old?

A training program called Xtreme Aging is helping people empathise with the elderly. Participants wear: distorting glasses to blur her vision; stuffed cotton balls in her ears to reduce her hearing, and in her nose to dampen her sense of... Read more

Many courses drop CAO point total — except medicine

The Irish Times is reporting today that the points required by Leaving Certificate students for many University courses has fallen — especially those course related to construction and property. Medicine, however, still requires a near-perfect Leaving Certificate and the points... Read more

1,800 lost jobs aren't news anymore, they're history

The Irish Medical News is reporting today that 1,800 jobs are to go in the Irish hospital sector — according to the 'latest' figures from the Health Service Executive. Of course,this isn't news to anyone else in the health sector... Read more

Rebecca O'Malley responds to HSE plan

Rebecca O'Malley, the woman who was given a false all-clear for breast cancer and subsequently had to have a mastectomy, has responded to the HSE's plan to implement recommendations arising from the HIQA report into her case. In a press... Read more

Researchers say woman may hold key to AIDS vaccine

An "elite suppressor" from Baltimore, USA, may reveal the secret to an AIDS vaccine, scientists have reported in the Journal of Virology. The woman, who was infected by her husband (who acquired HIV through IV drug use), naturally suppresses the... Read more

‘A promising student who fails to deliver’ - Reilly's assessment of Harney

Fine Gael Health Spokesperson, Dr James Reilly, who is not at all known for hyperbole, has delivered some rather severe marks to on the health service, and, it seems, general aptitude. These are direct quotes from a press release we... Read more

'Women on the pill are in a state of chemical castration'

The pill reduces women to mere instrument for the satisfaction of male desires; it can, directly or indirectly, be a cause of infertility, which can cause much heartache especially to women. The pill can also cause congenital abnormalities, including Down's... Read more

The one question everybody's asking about the Beijing Olympics

It's not whether Michael Phelps represents an "intermediate form" between today's human being and tomorrow's, though if he gets eight golds - which will give him 14 total - we might as well show him to the Creationists as proof... Read more

Top ten films to watch on a sick day

This is a pretty good list from Kaboose.com - exactly the kind of films you can watch when you don't have the strength to get off the couch. Seems to me that sick and hangover are interchangeable, though Viscera does... Read more

You're too sick to go to work, but you're a doctor, so you go anyway

Dr Jane Doe from Two Weeks on a Trolley is feeling sick. She's got two options - go in and make everybody else sick, or stay home and fall out with hospital management. There's got to be a better way,... Read more

Video game helps young cancer patients adhere to meds - research

Research published in this month's Paediatrics has found that playing a video game can help young people keep up with medications. You can download the game, Re-Mission, for free.... Read more

Prostate cancer body recommends against screening for men over 75

The US Preventive Services Task Force could not find adequate proof that early detection via PSA screening in men over 75 leads to fewer dying of the disease. They've recommended against routine screening. There's still a big debate in Ireland... Read more

RCSI Library blog adds IMT news feed

The RCSI Library has started a blog to "post information about new developments from the Library and to regularly update you on how to get the best use of healthcare resources, for example how to use PubMed more effectively, how... Read more