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The Irish Medical Times Blog: April 2009

The Sisyphean struggle of keeping up to date with medical publications

A good quote from the PeerView Institute: "If physicians would read two articles per day out of the six million medical articles published annually, in one year, they would fall 82 centuries behind in their reading." (italics ours) And some... Read more

A new health strategy for heart disease: brush and floss your teeth!

Minister for Health, Mary Harney has opened a new professional dental chain, Redmond Molloy, in Dublin City Centre. From the press release: “The Redmond Molloy dental chain aims to provide a new vision for oral health in Ireland, tackling... Read more

Depressed and unemployed? Get on yer bike.

During the 1980s, following the riots in Brixton and elsewhere over mass unemployment, the Conservative politician, Employment Secretary and confidant of Margaret Thatcher, Norman Tebbit, was quoted as saying the unemployed should get on their bikes to look for... Read more

Twenty new health and fitness jobs in Ennis

The Ozone Centre in County Clare has announced 20 new jobs for Ennis: the new jobs will be created over the next six weeks at the newly opened Ozone Centre in the Quin Road Business Park. Here's the press... Read more

Kila and Ciara Considine playing gig to support autism school

The families of 24 children with autism are hosting a music night at the Village, Dublin, on Saturday, April 18, to to raise urgently needed funds for Saplings School for Children with Autism. Live acts Kíla and Ciara Considine, followed... Read more

There’s no secret ingedient for ageing well

Photo: Dr Brian Lawlor, panel speaker at the RCPI Public Meeting, ‘Ageing Well – Ageing Positively’ Dr Diarmuid O’Shea, Consultant Geriatrician, speaking ahead of the RCPI Public Meeting, ‘Ageing Well – Ageing Positively’, that there’s no secret ingredient for... Read more

For God and for Ireland! In case you missed it...

An ethics lecture in Cork on euthanasia was cancelled last week because protesters called the speaker a "murderer." At least "murderer" is what the Irish Examiner heard. The HSE has stated: "Strong vocal opposition made it impossible for the chair... Read more

Harney calls for proposals on Human Tissue Bill

Mary Harney, Minister for Health and Children, today announced the commencement of a public consultation on proposals for a Human Tissue Bill. The consultation document sets out proposals to regulate the removal, retention, storage, use and disposal of human... Read more

Felipe Contempomi, Prof John Reynolds, and Fonemenders team up to raise money for cancer

A new recycling initiative is hoping to raise half a million euro for cancer research at St James's Hospital. Fonemenders, a mobile phone repair chain in Ireland, will recycle old phone here and sell them in overseas markets. Here's... Read more

5,000 people to protest transfer of cancer service from Sligo General to UCHG

The Save Sligo's Cancer Services group is organising a demonstration for tomorrow (Good Friday) to protest the transfer of cancer services at Sligo General to an 'overcrowded UCHG'. From the group: At Least 5,000 expected at Good friday march in... Read more

BUDGET: Responses from the opposition and patients’ groups

Here is a compiled list of the responses IMT has received regarding the Supplementary Budget. They are, in the order set out below, from Fine Gael Health Spokesperson, Dr James Reilly; Jan O’Sullivan, Labour Party Spokesperson on Health; Age Action;... Read more

Check IMT.ie for coverage of the IMO pre-AGM press conference

IMT.ie and Viscera will be offering coverage of the Irish Medical Organisation's pre-AGM press conference today at noon. Check back later today for updates and analysis. The AGM will be held in Killarney from April 16 - 19.... Read more

BUDGET: ASH Ireland ‘very disappointed’ with 25 cent tobacco increase

From Action on Smoking and Health (ASH): ASH Ireland is very disappointed with the 25 cent increase in the price of tobacco announced in today’s budget statement. This approach to tobacco price runs totally contrary to the Government’s stated policy... Read more

BUDGET: Irish Heart Foundation slams small increase on cigarette tax

Michael O’Shea, Chief Executive, Irish Heart Foundation, said he is very disappointed that "the Minister for Finance has spurned a wonderful opportunity to improve the nation’s health." He continued: "Putting 25 cents on a packet of cigarettes will have minimal... Read more

New automated patient arrival system to be installed in King’s College Hospital, UK

A new system - NCR MediKiosk - is designed to reduce queuing, increase the immediacy and privacy of patient communications, cut down on paperwork and free up staff to focus on providing the highest standards of clinical care. From... Read more

GP study day to focus on skin cancer

A GP study day focusing on the early detection and prevention of skin cancer will be held at the beginning of Melanoma Awareness Month. Organised by La Roche-Posay in association with the Irish Cancer Society, it will take place on... Read more

April Budget analysis and news - updates later today and tomorrow morning

If you're looking for detailed news and analysis about the effect of the April budget on healthcare, check out IMT.ie and Viscera, the blog of IMT.ie, for coverage. Coverage and updates will begin this evening with expanded coverage on the... Read more

Mary Harney bans ‘legal e’

The Minister for Health and Children, Mary Harney, announced today that 1-benzylpiperazine (BZP) has now been declared a controlled drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 and that its possession or sale is now a criminal offence. BZP... Read more