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An upcoming survey on community rehabilitation services for stroke patients is set to lead to a business plan for service development, writes Aoife Connors A survey on the provision of facilities available in each HSE area for community rehabilitation of stroke patients will be carried out over the next six months, an Oireachtas committee heard on November 30.

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Catheter-based renal denervation can safely be used to substantially reduce blood pressure in treatment-resistant hypertensive patients, new research has found.

With the season that’s in it, Ed Madden, BL, looks at how the doctrine of undue influence may impact on doctors receiving gifts from their patients There is nothing intrinsically wrong with patients bestowing gifts on their medical practitioners.

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Ruling will do little to change situation for many Irish women— bpas By Lloyd Mudiwa lloyd.

Dara Gantly gets on his bike for the perfect Christmas present, with the help of some festive medical research Growing up, I always knew what I ideally wanted for Christmas.

A case of ‘Bah, humbug?’ Dr Ruairi Hanley tries his best to keep to the spirit of the festive season but notes that turkeys are not the only creatures being stuffed this year I’ll admit that I was somewhat disappointed to learn that this column was to be the last of the year, as I was planning to really put

Dr Mick Molloy takes a forensic look at some of the things Ireland can look forward to over the next 20 years post the IMF/EU bailout – including an emerging ‘pain drain’ Twenty years of debt, or more.