‘Draconian’ EU legislation on food supplements was the subject of an Irish petition to the EU Petitions Committee last week. Under the proposed Food Supplements Directive, sales of vitamins and minerals will be restricted to recommended daily allowance (RDA) levels. It will be illegal to sell vitamin A as in beta carotene in a dose [...]
Some 12 per cent of Irish GPs indicated that they had received a request for anabolic steroids from a coach or an athlete without medical indications, a DCU survey, reported in the Irish Medical Journal, has found. A further six per cent had received requests for other prohibited substances without medical indications. GPs were asked [...]
Ireland’s Dr Philip Dodd took part in the inaugural concert of the World Doctors Orchestra in Berlin last May, playing first violin. Dr Dodd is Clinical Senior Lecturer in the Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability at TCD and RCSI. A Consultant Psychiatrist for St Michael’s House services, the largest voluntary State-funded intellectual disability service provider in [...]
Only five primary care teams are co-located in the same building, eight years after the government’s primary care plan was announced, the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children heard yesterday. By the end of January, around 113 of the primary care teams should be in place but the majority are still operating from separate [...]
The Fitness to Practise Committee of the Medical Council found Drogheda surgeon Mr Michael Shine guilty of professional misconduct in respect of seven allegations, and embodied its findings in a report. A group representing many alleged victims of Mr Shine had called on the Medical Council to reveal the reasons why the doctor was found [...]
The government has launched a National Men’s Health Policy. The aim of the policy is to promote optimum health and well being for all men in Ireland while integrating a health promotion and preventative approach in the delivery of services. Male life expectancy is almost five years lower than female life expectancy, and men in [...]
Olympic gold medallist Ronnie Delany will receive an Honorary Fellowship of the RCSI next month as part of the College’s annual Charter Day Meetings. The Irish athlete will be joined by Dr Carlos Pellegrini, Department of Surgery at the University of Washington, USA, who will also receive an Honorary Fellowship. The 2009 Charter Day Meetings [...]
More than 50 per cent of medicines prescribed for children either have not been developed specifically for them or have not been proven to be safe and effective for use in this age group, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Currently, many medicines are only designed for adults and therefore children lack access to [...]
Ireland’s newest medical school at the University of Limerick is due to advertise the position of Professor of General Practice and Primary Care. The fledgling medical school is further strengthening its other clinical academic areas following recent advertisements for Chairs in Psychiatry, Paediatrics and Psychiatry. The deadline for applications for these positions is February 12.
Due to popular demand, a second day has been added to the annual Teddy Bear Hospital at NUI Galway, which will be visited by a record 950 children this year. The children, from 24 primary schools in the Galway region, will bring their Teddy Bears to the hospital at NUI Galway on two days (Thursday [...]
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