In his latest clinical Update, Gary Culliton looks at the growing problem of type 2 diabetes in an ageing population and the changing face of treatment strategies for the illness.
Monthly Archives: August 2012
Financial incentives for physicians ‘may worsen performance’
Financial incentives in the form of pay for performance schemes for doctors “can undermine motivation and worsen performance”, warned US experts in an editorial published on bmj.
IMO voices concern over MMR catch-up campaign
By Lloyd Mudiwa.
Ireland ‘can help China to build healthcare capacity’
By Gary Culliton.
Burnout is common among US doctors
A national survey of 7,288 physicians in the US (26.
Fencing off the diabetes epidemic
Chairman of the Mid-West Regional Diabetes Steering Committee Dr Ray O’Connor tells Dara Gantly that prevention, early detection, and effective management are essential if the epidemic of diabetes is to be addressed.
Clinical update on Dupuytren’s disease
In his latest Clinical Update, Gary Culliton looks at recent developments addressing the common hand condition Dupuytren’s disease.
Irish COPD care poor — European study
By Priscilla Lynch.
138 new GPs entering scheme
By Gary Culliton.
Big rise in staff spending
By Gary Culliton.