Mary Anne Kenny says that Ireland must change its attitude towards binge drinking and protect the health of its young people Last week’s headlines were dominated by the news that Ireland’s financial deficit has climbed to the highest in the euro zone, but it’s not the only bad-news poll we topped. The latest Eurobarometer survey [...]
Laura Finn examines the findings of the 2009 Annual Report of the National Sexual Assault Treatment Units, which found that alcohol had been consumed in half of all reported cases Half of all people who attended sexual assault treatment units (SATUs) last year had consumed more than four units of alcohol within 12 hours prior [...]
RTÉ’s multi-platform programme Operation Transformation was a deserving winner at this year’s health literacy awards, reports Dara Gantly The RTÉ project Operation Transformation was awarded first place in the ‘Best Health Communication through Journalism’ category at this year’s Crystal Clear MSD Health Literacy Awards. The team was recognised for its pioneering approach to communicating with [...]
Dr Garrett FitzGerald examines why the solution to the accommodation problem in hospitals is to call more meetings and appoint more line managers — but never to have more beds Monastic orders live under ‘The Rule’, whether it be that of Benedict or Dominic or whoever. So too, our hospital services are governed by The [...]
Irrespective of one’s religious or political leanings, Dr Ruairi Hanley believes that the medical profession must fight for the right to practise medicine independently I am not a religious fundamentalist. I can honestly say that my recent Mass attendance has been at best infrequent. I feel the need to make this point because I am [...]
For a year’s worth of absolute exhaustion as a new mother, I took my girlfriend to Sligo for a nice weekend in a nice hotel, plus a spa treatment and massage for her. That’s an even trade, right? She has had about five full nights of sleep in 12 months. She commutes to and from [...]
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Dr Paul Heslin suggests some ways to deal with problem patients who cannot seem to differentiate between ‘yes’ and ‘no’ Men have long been getting into trouble with the little word ‘no’. This trouble can often be linked with women, who say, “Yes…yes…yes” until they suddenly say, “No!” – sometimes at the last minute. This [...]
Laura Finn reports on research which found that girls as young as five are negatively influenced by media-constructed, ultra-thin body ideals Girls as young as five years old have shown to be influenced by an unrealistic and unhealthy body-image ideal constructed by the media, according to Prof Helga Dittmar, lecturer in psychology at the University [...]
Aoife Connors speaks to Dr Conor Malone, from an organisation called Gay Doctors Ireland, about overcoming the challenges faced by LGBT doctors over the course of their careers Coming out – to identify yourself as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) – can be a very daunting experience, but may be particularly so in the [...]
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