Dr Aisling Hogan recently received the Young Investigator Award at the 43rd Congress of the European Society of Surgical Research, IMT reports. There was success for Ireland at the recent 2008 Congress of the European Society of Surgical Research in Warsaw, Poland, with Dr Aisling Hogan receiving the Young Investigator Award. The work represented part [...]
Psoriasis is a very common disease and has been known since Biblical times. In the Old Testament, Naaman had a scaly eruption which was labelled leprosy, but some dermatologists believe it might have been psoriasis. The leper complex attached to people with skin disease, and perhaps particularly in the case of psoriasis, can cause them [...]
When stressed-out parents present yet again in the GP practice with an infant that is described as ‘inconsolable’, is allergy one of the first possibilities that comes to mind? Quite often, by the time a parent asks for help, they have tried numerous feed changes – to no avail. The classical history of a wheezy [...]
Emerging data suggests that combination therapy is the future in the medical management of benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH), north Dublin GPs attending a recent clinical meeting on the condition were told. Mr Kiaran O’Malley, Consultant Urologist at the Mater Hospital in Dublin, gave a highly informative talk entitled ‘Latest Advances in Medical Management of BPH-Combination [...]
Each year in Ireland, there are approximately 10,000 cerebro-vascular accidents (CVAs) or strokes, with 2,029 deaths from stroke in 2005. This accounts for seven per cent of all deaths in Ireland. The incidence of transient ischaemic attack (TIA) is more difficult to obtain, but extrapolation from UK figures would suggest there are about 2,500 TIAs [...]
Mild memory impairment may be associated with central auditory processing dysfunction, or difficulty hearing in complex situations with competing noise, such as hearing a single conversation amid several other conversations, according to a new report. According to the authors of the report, previous studies have shown that central auditory processing is impaired in individuals with [...]
Sticking to a full Mediterranean diet provides substantial protection against major chronic diseases including heart disease, cancer and Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases, according to a new study. A ‘score’ based on adherence to the Mediterranean diet could be used as an effective preventive tool for reducing the risk of premature death in the general population, [...]
Nearly one-quarter of women surveyed, and more than one-third of older women, report at least one pelvic-floor disorder, which includes urinary and faecal incontinence and the shifting of a pelvic organ, according to a new study. In the study, doctors surveyed 1,961 non-pregnant women. Women were interviewed in their homes and then underwent standardised physical [...]
Rhinoplasty (Greek: rhinos: nose and plastikos: to mould) is surgery to correct the shape of the nose in congenital disproportion and acquired deformity (trauma or surgery). The goal of rhinoplasty is a satisfied patient, with a functioning nose that appears natural and unoperated, in keeping with the other facial features. Essentially, a good nose is [...]
Derbhile Dromey reports on a study that shows that glaucoma filtration surgeries have dropped sharply since 1998. The use of surgery to treat glaucoma has declined sharply, despite the strong increase in glaucoma cases in recent years. This is the central conclusion from a study carried out by ophthalmologists at Waterford Regional Hospital (WRH), which [...]
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