In the second of our series on cross-cultural psychiatry, Dr Faraz Jabbar, Dr Brendan Kelly and Prof Patricia Casey describe the various clinical disorders discussed in cultural-bound syndromes. Culture-bound syndromes are specific mental disorders which mainly occur within specific cultures. This is an interesting field of study and research, but it is important to realise [...]
The 16th Endo Club Nord congress next month gives endoscopy a symposium where experts come together to learn new techniques from colleagues and international lecturers. Each year, the Endo Club Nord congress, the International Endoscopy Forum, is open to medical professionals from all over the world who wish to exchange views on news from the [...]
It is hard to believe that the internet search engine Google is just ten years old this year, it feels like it has been around forever. For many who have come to depend on its seemingly infinite stream of information, life without the relative youngster would certainly be a lot more challenging. Proof that the [...]
Optical Express, the leading provider of laser eye surgery in Europe, may not face the complexity of services doctors face every day in acute hospitals or GP surgeries, yet its priorities as a healthcare business have, according to the chief medical director, put the company in a position to lead the industry globally in standards [...]
At a recent meeting in Dublin, GPs heard about the best ways to treat osteoporosis and learned about the huge cost of the condition — in terms of quality of life and of health service resources. A staggering 25,000 osteo-porotic fractures occur every year in the Irish population, GPs at the recent BMJ Masterclass heard. [...]
In our new bi-monthly series, Irish Medical Times — in association with MSD Science Centre — has asked general practitioners to submit questions for consultants to answer. Here, Prof JB Walsh responds to GPs’ questions on bone disorders h4. 1. Is a DXA scan essential for the diagnosis of osteoporosis? Answer: A DXA scan (usually [...]
Dr Conor O’Toole and Crean Salley Architects Director Declan Doyle on the perspectives involved in building a functioning clinic for a medical prctice. Established in the centre of Stillorgan in 1987 by Dr Paul Carson and Dr Conor O’Toole, the medical practice in question provided primary medical care to the local community, employing a receptionist [...]
In the third article of Irish Medical Times’ monthly series on general science, Laurence O’Dwyer writes that research in developmental biology is helping us to understand how and why certain cells develop into different parts of the body. Developmental biology is concerned with mechanisms that sculpt a complex organism from a single fertilised egg cell. [...]
Dr Muhammad Rizwan Uddin, Consultant in Internal Medicine, outlines the main types of headache and describes how best to diagnose and treat each different type. Headache characterises the most common neurological condition presenting to physicians and neurologists. Primary headache syndromes are identified according to duration and regularity of attacks, and depend on precise history-taking, with [...]
Use of a fan appears to be associated with a lower risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) in rooms with inadequate ventilation, according to a new report. The report followed a study in which doctors analysed information from interviews of mothers of 185 infants who had died from SIDS and mothers of 312 randomly [...]
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