Each 10g increase in dietary and cereal fibre intake reduces an individual’s risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) by about 10 per cent, but fibre from fruit and vegetables contributes little to the risk reduction, a large meta-analysis in the BMJ concluded.
Being overweight and consuming barbecued meat are two of the main factors explaining why one in 10 Australians experience regular GI reflux, a new study suggests.
By Lloyd Mudiwa. Prof Orla Hardiman, Consultant Neurologist at Beaumont Hospital and Clinical Professor (Neurology) at Trinity College Dublin, has been awarded the prestigious 2011 Forbes Norris Award by her peers.
By Dara Gantly. More than 60 GPs from across the North East have urged the Minister for Health not to impose any further cuts to GMS payments and related schemes.
By Gary Culliton. The Special Delivery Unit is to conduct a ‘diagnostic investigation’ of University College Hospital Galway, similar to the one performed at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital, Limerick, the Minister for Health has told a meeting of the Joint Oireachtas Health Committee.
By Gary Culliton. Savings of €2.5 million have already been achieved nationally from a new ‘Productive Theatre’ initiative, with savings in Cork alone reaching €500,000.
By Dara Gantly. EU Commission figures out today (Tuesday, November 15) show that Ireland has the highest-documented problem opioid use in the EU.
By Aoife Connors. The Dublin Airport Authority is currently making provisions for a medical facility at Dublin Airport, Irish Medical Times has learned.
By Lloyd Mudiwa. Pull factors are as much to blame as push factors for the current NCHD manpower shortage as conditions for trainee doctors in Ireland have improved “greatly” over the past three decades, the HSE has said.
By Dara Gantly. The HSE is not revealing the location for the new national ambulance service control centre to design teams interested in the project, merely stipulating that it will be within a 15km radius of the GPO in Dublin, Irish Medical Times has learned.
Loading ...
