In Ireland an estimated 50 percent of glaucoma cases are undiagnosed, the Irish College of Opthamologists (ICO) annual conference heard today, April 28. At the conference, over 100 delegates from the Irish and international ophthalmic and scientific community gathered at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) to hear about the latest developments in [...]
Young people who listen to personal music players for several hours a day at high volume could be putting their hearing at risk, a leading expert has warned. According to Prof Peter Rabinowitz of the Yale University School of Medicine, personal music devices such as MP3 players can generate levels of sound at the ear [...]
Deaf children who receive cochlear implants appear more likely to fail early grades in school, but they ultimately achieve educational and employment levels similar to their normal-hearing peers, according to a new report from France. Doctors interviewed the parents of 100 children who were deaf before they began to speak, received cochlear implants before the [...]
Among women consuming a usual diet, physical activity was associated with less weight gain over 13 years only among women of normal weight, according to a new study. The researchers also found that women successful in maintaining normal weight averaged approximately 60 minutes a day of moderate-intensity activity throughout the study. Doctors examined weight changes [...]
Cases of foreign bodies obstructing the airways of young children occur infrequently, but the death rate from such events is high, according to a new study from the United States. In the study, doctors analysed data from a national database of children’s hospitalisations in 2003 to identify national trends in the management of foreign bodies [...]
Ireland will not meet the World Health Organization’s (WHO) European goal of eliminating measles and rubella by 2010 because of continuing outbreaks of measles here. Measles cases are increasing in Ireland, with 320 cases notified since August 2009. Almost two-thirds of these cases were unvaccinated, according to Eurosurveillance, Europe’s journal on infectious disease epidemiology, prevention [...]
Newly elected President of the Irish Pharmacy Union (IPU), Darragh O’Loughlin, has said that pharmacists fear ‘further shocks’ in the industry having lost trust in the Minister for Health and the HSE. With as many as 1,600 jobs lost in the retail pharmacy sector and a 38 percent loss in the net profits of the [...]
The National Council for the Blind of Ireland (NCBI) has asked the Minister for Health to confirm that the diabetic retinopathy screening programme planned for the west of the country will be rolled out this year. The programme was approved by the Department of Health in 2007, with a commitment that it would be rolled [...]
An estimated 300,000 children in Ireland are overweight or obese, with a projected increase of 10,000 annually, according to the National Taskforce on Obesity. The daily trip to school was highlighted as the most universal opportunity for young people to get regular, sustained physical activity through walking or cycling, according a report called ‘Building Young [...]
Standardised levels of encryption should be included in new guidelines on how sensitive medical information is handled, the IMO NCHD Chairman has recommended. Proposing a motion calling on the Minister for Justice and the Medical Council to engage with the IMO in order to review data protection legislation, Dr Matthew Sadlier said dealing with hard-copy [...]
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