The children of higher professionals continue to dominate entry to medicine at Irish universities, figures from the Higher Education Authority (HEA) show. Of those starting medicine last year, 32 per cent were the children of higher professionals such as doctors, solicitors, barristers, engineers and pharmacists. When combined with those classified as lower professionals (such as [...]
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre (UPMC) has acquired majority ownership of Dublin’s independent Beacon Hospital, which has been renamed UPMC Beacon Hospital, part of UPMC’s 20-hospital network. The UPMC Beacon Cancer Centre, one of more than 40 cancer centres operated by UPMC worldwide. UPMC became the operator of the Beacon Cancer Centre in 2007. [...]
Ancient Irish skeletons could help medical researchers to learn more about the bone disorder called hereditary multiple osteochondromas (HMO). The two bodies – one around 800 years old and the other 1,100 years old – were one of over 1,000 skeletons excavated from Ballyhanna graveyard in Co Donegal. Both suffered from massive bone growths during [...]
The American Cancer Society and World Lung Foundation released the third edition of The Tobacco Atlas (www.tobaccoatlas.org), a reference book and online resource for journalists and policy-makers at the LIVESTRONG Global Cancer Summit, which was held this week in Dublin. The cancer summit is named after the American cyclist Lance Armstrong — who won the [...]
A five-week radio and TV public information campaign from the Health Service Executive costing E160,000 has hit the airwaves. The advertising campaign concerns the H1N1 virus, otherwise known as human swine flu, and is designed to let parents know what they should do for their children in advance of the school year starting in September, [...]
The use of herbal medications with the potential for serious adverse effects is high among women undergoing in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment, an Irish study has found. “People do not regard them as medicine and often do not report them to doctors. There are concerns about the possible effects,” said Dr John Loughrey, Consultant Anaesthetist at [...]
The Irish College of General Practitioners (ICGP) is recruiting a Project Director for the ICGP/National Cancer Control Programme. Applicants should be a GP with MICGP or equivalent qualification and experience in primary care. Candidates should also be interested in teaching, but formal experience is not required. The appointment will be for one year. Initially, it [...]
Shared consultant posts led to an average of two additional patients seen per clinic and shorter lengths of hospital stay (the reduction was 2.5 days on average), a new study shows. The issue of shared consultant posts is addressed by Cooke et al. in the latest issue of the Irish Medical Journal. Two consultants report [...]
A steering group reviewing eligibility criteria for medical cards is expected to report to Health Minister Mary Harney in the ‘next couple of months’, according to a spokesperson for the Department. The Department of Health said the review was taking place ‘with a view to making the system as fair and transparent as possible, taking [...]
More than eight weeks have passed since the Medical Council’s deadline for payment of the annual retention fee, yet 2,373 doctors have still not coughed up what they owe. They now run the risk of being removed from the Register of Medical Practitioners. Reminder letters will be issued shortly to those whose payment is outstanding, [...]
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