Dara Gantly looks at a new road map directing us to a more integrated health service.

Giovanni Morelli examines the Cru Bourgeois classification that lists some of the châteaux from the Médoc not included in the classification of Crus Classés, and tasted a ‘drinkable’ Chenin Blanc during a recent trip to India.

Dear Editor, I would be grateful if you could allow me to alert readers who are employees of the HSE to the importance of using registered post in their communications with their employer in the event of any dispute.

The IMO has referred to the Labour Relations Commission a reported breach of contract by the HSE over new specialist trainee salaries, which the union says were unilaterally imposed.

Huge variations in incomes per eligible GMS patient were highlighted at the IMT GP Practice Management Seminar in Dublin last weekend.

Data on women who have died in pregnancy or within 42 days of delivery in Ireland will be included for the first time in a new report from the UK-based Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Deaths (CEMD), which is due to be published next month,  IMT reports.

Valerie Ryan looks at a presentation from Dr David Lappin, Consultant Nephrologist at Galway University Hospitals, on whether renal denervation is appropriate for resistant hypertension.

Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) occurs when something triggers an inflammatory response in the bowel.

Young teen smokers may run a heightened risk of developing chronic severe period pain, suggests research published online in the journal Tobacco Control.

A brief coping strategies therapy that provides stress relief and emotional support for people caring for relatives with dementia can reduce depression and anxiety and improve well-being at no extra cost to standard care, new research published in The Lancet Psychiatry suggests.