A reserved judgment on taxation of legal costs in a recent medical negligence case sets out welcome principles that clarify how costs are arrived at.

The incidence of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is up to 10 per cent among patients with type 1 diabetes.

Against a backdrop of accusations regarding ‘planted’ questions in the names of backbenchers, Dara Gantly weighs up whether last week’s health-related activity in the Houses of the Oireachtas resulted in a week of wisdom or foolishness.

While not quite in the money at Cheltenham this year, Dr Ruairi Hanley will still wager that introducing a lower pay scale for new consultants will result in an alarming exodus of the best and brightest.

Dr Muiris Houston discovers some worrying research suggesting that ‘Brazilians’ and zippers could make you more than a tad breathless if things go wrong down below.

By Lloyd Mudiwa.

By Gary Culliton.

By Lloyd Mudiwa.

By Lloyd Mudiwa.

By Gary Culliton.