Deaths from radon-induced lung cancer could be reduced by better policies to control indoor radon, according to UK researchers. The researchers also found that six out of seven radon-related lung cancers occurred in people who smoked or who had smoked in the past. According to the researchers, about 1,100 people each year die in the [...]
Dr Muhammad Arshad and Prof Michael Fitzgerald take a close look at the prevalence and symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorder, in the first article in a two-part series ‘Help them to live’ — Hajrah, 1943-2003. Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a chronic, disabling and egodystonic disorder characterised by obsessions and/or compulsions associated with significant distress and [...]
Dr Sardar U. Khan on the relatively common complaint of hoarseness of the voice, which may be an indication of a more serious problem. Our voice is the primary means of communication for all of us, both socially and in the workplace. Hoarseness of voice is a common symptom that every human has experienced at [...]
Nutrition Day in European Hospitals takes place on January 29, when a cross-sectional audit in healthcare institutions will assess the prevalence of malnutrition at hospital admission. Mary Anne Kenny reports Ireland’s hospitals currently have no statistics available to analyse their nutrition practices and measure these figures against other comparable hospitals. Nutrition Day in European Hospitals [...]
Prof Peter Gillen and Dr Shane Killeen look at gastro-oesophageal reflux disease and examine the variety of endoscopic antireflux procedures that are currently available for the treatment of the condition. Gastro-oesophage-al reflux disease (GORD) can be defined as reflux of gastric acid into the oesophageous, leading to oesphagitis, reflux symptoms sufficient to impair quality of [...]
Alan Deeley reports on a recent meeting where attendees heard that a new Factor Xa inhibitor (rivaroxaban) represents a revolution in anticoagulant therapy following orthopaedic surgery. Orthopaedic surgeons and their medical colle-agues are on the verge of a revolution in anticoagulant therapy, attendees at the Irish launch of the direct Factor Xa inhibitor, Xarelto, have [...]
Many outside public spaces should be smoke free to help stop children becoming smokers, according to leading researchers at the University of Otago in New Zealand. The researchers argued that outdoor bans in parks, car parks, beaches and streets will reduce smoking being modelled to children as normal behaviour and thus cut the uptake of [...]
Antibacterial drug use has increased at academic medical centres between 2002 and 2006, driven by greater use of broad-spectrum agents and the antibiotic vancomycin, according to a new US report. The report followed a study that measured antibiotic use from hospitals between 2002 and 2006. In 2006/07, pharmacists or physicians specialising in infectious diseases at [...]
An analysis of previous studies indicates that smoking is significantly associated with an increased risk for colorectal cancer and death from the disease. Italian researchers conducted a meta-analysis to review and summarise published data examining the link between smoking and colorectal cancer (CRC) and death. The researchers identified 106 observational studies, and the meta-analysis was [...]
Acinetobacter baumannii (A baumannii) is dangerously increasing its profile as a healthcare-associated infection, according to leading Greek specialists. According to the specialists, resistance rates to some antibiotics are rising and multiple mechanisms of resistance constitute a growing public-health problem, especially for healthcare facilities. Strict hygiene compliance and more thorough research into drug choice, especially those [...]
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