Dara Gantly exclusively reveals the details of a worrying diagnosis for our primary care teams.
Monthly Archives: September 2011
Time to bury the hatchet
Now that Cabinet has approved the drafting of a Bill to remove restrictions on doctors from treating all medical card patients, Dr Ruairi Hanley says it’s time GPs put their differences aside.
New frontiers in palliative care
Due to chair a public symposium on palliative care next month, Dr Muiris Houston wonders if it’s time for access to palliative care to become an international human right.
Private practice and the public good
Dr Dermot Walsh, former Inspector of Mental Hospitals, reflects on the relationship between private and public psychiatric care in Ireland and the prospects for future change.
Supplementation and MTX
The JUN Pathway is activated by methotrexate (MTX) in vivo and may contribute to the efficacy of MTX in inflammatory disease, new research shows.
Council forewarned HSE over NCHDs
By Lloyd Mudiwa.
OGTT screening reduces risk
Population screening with an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) identifies a significant burden of modifiable CVD risk, especially within south Asian groups, a new study shows.
Large ACHD prevalence
The prevalence of geriatric congenital heart disease (ACHD) is substantial, although severe lesions remain uncommon, new research shows.
Desperate plight of new NCHD recruits
Dear Editor, I want to draw attention to what I see as the autocracy of the HSE.
Apnoea ‘worsens stroke’
Worse outcomes after stroke have been observed in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA).