In the third and final article in this series on cross-cultural psychiatry, Dr Faraz Jabbar, Dr Brendan Kelly and Prof Patricia Casey discuss issues such as diagnosis, assessment, treatment options, ethical issues and the benefits of awareness Medical care of the cultural-bound syndromes is a complicated and rarely discussed aspect of the physician-patient relationship. It [...]
The rewards of adherence to schizophrenia medication are considerable, as those who attended a recent psychiatry meeting in Cork were told. In schizophrenia, perhaps more than any other disease area, the consequences of not taking medication can be disastrous and can lead to relapse. And yet, the rewards of adherence to medication are considerable and [...]
Dr Gavin Harewood on the major developments in colon cancer treatment in recent decades and how challenges might be met in the future. When the past fifty years of gastroenterology are reviewed, perhaps the greatest achievement of specialists in this field will have been their ability to reduce the incidence of colorectal cancer. Through utilising [...]
Mr David Chin-Shong, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon with the Hermitage Medical Clinic, writes about the challenges of diagnosing and treating facial pain. Facial pain is certainly a challenging diagnosis. It is also a relatively common presentation for both general medical practitioner and dental practitioner alike. A detailed discussion on the aetiology diagnosis and management of [...]
Entries are now being accepted for the 2008 Roche/Irish Medical Times lung cancer bursary, which is open to physicians and nurses working in the field of lung cancer. In recognition of Lung Cancer Awareness Month in November, Roche Products (Ireland) Limited, in association with Irish Medical Times, is running a medical bursary for the third [...]
High-dose vitamin B supplementation for patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease (AD) does not slow the rate of cognitive decline, according to a new study. Evidence of homocysteine elevation in Alzheimer’s disease and the involvement of homocysteine in neuropathological mechanisms suggest that reduction of homocysteine may offer an approach to altering the disease. B [...]
Employees who take long spells of sick leave more than once in three years are at a higher risk of death than their colleagues who take no such absence, particularly if their absence is due to circulatory or psychiatric problems or for surgery, a new study has found. Previous research shows that medically certified sickness [...]
The drug ranolazine is a safe and effective treatment for chronic stable angina and adds to the treatment options for patients with this condition, according to leading United State doctors. Drs Stephen Nash and David Nash, of Syracuse Preventive Medicine, in the State of New York, noted that ranolazine has been assessed in randomised controlled [...]
Use of the influenza vaccine is not associated with preventing hospitalisations or reducing physician visits for the flu in children aged five or younger during two recent seasons, perhaps because the strains of virus in the vaccine did not match circulating strains, according to a new report. The report recounted how doctors studied 414 children [...]
Dr Malcolm Carruthers writes that testosterone deficiency is the most common endocrine disorder in the adult male, yet is the least commonly diagnosed and treated of these disorders. This millennium has seen rapidly growing awareness of the important role that testosterone plays in maintaining men’s health and quality of later life. Testosterone deficiency syndrome (TDS) [...]
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