Dear Editor, I had a dream a few nights ago, and woke up in a sweat! My wife says what’s wrong with you? Well, I said, I just had a very busy evening surgery, including a difficult suturing, and a few heartsinks as well… when Mummy comes up to the surgery in her 141 Reg BMW with Dylan, Cian, and

By Lloyd Mudiwa.

By Gary Culliton.

By Gary Culliton.

By Lloyd Mudiwa.

By Gary Culliton.

The Irish Medical Organisation last week expressed “grave concern” at suggestions that the Government intended to force GPs to sign up to the highly controversial new GMS Contract or lose their existing GMS patients who are under the age of six.

While women are far more likely to suffer urinary tract infections (UTIs), men are more prone to be hospitalised for treatment, according to a study by US urologists.

The brain imaging technique known as positron emission tomography (PET) is a promising tool for determining which severely brain damaged individuals in vegetative states have the potential to recover consciousness, according to new research published in The Lancet.

Research carried out at primary care level and directly with patients suggests there is a good deal of suboptimal control of asthma.