Excessive sleepiness can cause poor concentration which can cause accidents. Dr Eddie Moloney examines OSAHS, one of the most common causes of excessive sleepiness. There are many causes of excessive sleepiness but the most common treatable medical cause is obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome (OSAHS). This syndrome can be defined as the coexistence of excessive daytime [...]
A small dose of aspirin on alternate days can cut the risk of developing asthma among women, according to a new study. The findings came from almost 40,000 female healthcare professionals, who were part of the Women’s Health Study. The women were all aged 45 years or above and had no serious illness, allergy or [...]
Dr Sinead C. Barry and Prof Michael J. Turner say that the incidence of maternal and fetal complications in pregnancy will rise, as levels of maternal obesity increase There has been a dramatic rise in the worldwide prevalence of obesity and this global epidemic has become a real problem in our maternity hospitals. Obesity is [...]
Mike Power discusses the complex processes involved in healing and suggests ways in which doctors can use these to speed up recovery times. Theory and practice are two very different things. Most of us in the medical line spend a lot of our time evaluating the latest theories and processing mounds of research information on [...]
Giving up smoking during pregnancy may boost the chances of giving birth to an easy-going child, new research has found. The findings are based on over 18,000 UK babies born between 2000 and 2002, who were taking part in the Millennium Cohort Study. Their mothers were classified as either non-smokers during pregnancy, quitters, light smokers, [...]
Rizwana Khan, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at the Hermitage Medical Clinic, looks at the causes of epiphora, or watery eye, and outlines the treatments to manage the condition. Epiphora, or watery eye, is due to overflow of tears. It may be caused by a variety of ocular disorders which can result in acute or chronic epiphora. [...]
Immunisation against angiotensin II could lower the blood pressure of patients with hypertension, improve treatment adherence and eventually replace traditional medications, according to leading researchers. That prediction follows a study in which doctors conducted phase IIa trial of 72 patients with mild-to-moderate hypertension. The patients were randomly assigned to one of three treatments: subcutaneous injections [...]
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) doubles the risk of dying from a heart attack or stroke, new research from Australia has revealed. The Australian researchers assessed the general and eye health of over 3,600 people, all of whom were aged 49 years and above in the period 1992-1994. Some 2,335 people were re-examined five years later, [...]
A leading expert in treating breast cancer has warned that three years of follow-up care after breast cancer surgery is not enough. Those comments contradict guidelines issued by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) in England and Wales, which suggest two to three years of follow-up after breast cancer surgery. The guidelines [...]
Natalya Anderson reports from a meeting in Kildare where evidence was presented on the link between methylphenidate and long-term drug addiction Use of methylphenidate in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may reduce the risk of drug abuse in these patients, and studying the course of ADHD in children should be based on multimodal [...]
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