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Monthly Archives: September 2011

Of primary importance

Dara-Gantly-IMT2

Dara Gantly exclusively reveals the details of a worrying diagnosis for our primary care teams.

Time to bury the hatchet

Dr-Ruairi-Hanley1

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

Muiris-Houston

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

Las Colinas Women's Detention Center in Santee, California, America - 24 Oct 2006

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

research and technology

The JUN Pathway is activated by methotrexate (MTX) in vivo and may contribute to the efficacy of MTX in inflammatory disease, new research shows.

OGTT screening reduces risk

Tesco supermarket in Qingdao, Shandong province, China - 12 Nov 2010

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

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The prevalence of geriatric congenital heart disease (ACHD) is substantial, although severe lesions remain uncommon, new research shows.

Apnoea ‘worsens stroke’

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Worse outcomes after stroke have been observed in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA).