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The Irish Medical Times Blog: October 2009

British hypnotherapists challenge BNP leader Nick Griffin to seek a 'cure' for racism

The National Council for Hypnotherapy in the UK has challenged BNP leader Nick Griffin to see if hypnotherapy can 'cure' his 'racism'. A press release from the Council states: The ongoing furore over the appearance by British National Party leader... Read more

Rather than going into shops to buy cigarettes, I might have been hit by a bus

A British man offers his perspective on the warning labels you find on cigarette packs. Beware: you are about to see a man who has dressed himself up as a Confederate soldier. My favorite line: "Most of the oldest people... Read more

'It feels sometimes like the entire world has cancer'

Read an engrossing feature article, from the New York Times, about the world's largest standalone cancer hospital - MD Anderson in Houston, Texas. Some quotes: “If you have a rare tumor, you need to go where tumors are not rare.”... Read more

IHCA Pre-Budget submission: the press release

The IHCA has mailed around the press release for its pre-Budget submission. You can read it in its entirety below: In its detailed submission for the 2010 Budget, the Irish Hospital Consultants Association has said that funding for the health... Read more

A lecture about the quest for a cure for arthritis

The Annual Lecture of Arthritis Ireland and the Ankylosing Spondilitis Association of Ireland takes place Thursday, October 29. It's called: Within Our Reach: A Lecture on Advances Towards Finding a Cure for Arthritis. The lecture takes place at the Citywest... Read more

Photographs of some of the winners of the Irish Healthcare Awards are up in the IMT Gallery

Some photographs of the winners at the recent Irish Healthcare Awards, which took place in the Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin, are available in the IMT Gallery. More to follow soon.... Read more

H1N1, MMR, overcrowding: Do journalists have a duty to tell the truth?

The blog of the BMJ's Journal of Medical Ethics is always worth checking into - complex treatments of apparently simple problems. In the latest entry on the handling, by the press, of the H1N1 virus, the author questions the role... Read more

Is chronic fatigue syndrome caused by a virus?

A study in Science suggests there may be a link between chronic fatigue syndrome and a recently discovered virus, the New York Times reports. The new suspect is a xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus, or XMRV, which probably descended from... Read more

Lidl (the supermarket chain) donates €100,000 to the Irish Heart Foundation

The recession has hit the Irish Heart Foundation (www.irishheart.ie), which has been faced with cutting vital programmes for people and their families affected by heart disease and stroke. So, a supermarket to the rescue? Under Lidl's charity scheme, the... Read more

UCC hosts Nursing and Midwifery Research Conference

A conference on research in nursing and midwifery takes plans October 9 at the Catherine McAuley School of Nursing and Midwifery. Topics include: Postnatal depression in first-time mothers; The use of information technology to improve patient care; Self-neglect of older... Read more