Use of biological therapies for rheumatic diseases began in the 1990s.

Continuing our CPD initiative on hypertension, Valerie Ryan looks at the presentation from Prof Patrick Murray of the Mater Hospital and UCD on the impact of new guidelines on the management of high blood pressure.

Long-term shift work is linked to impaired brain power, finds research published online by the journal Occupational & Environmental Medicine.

In a study that included nearly 16,000 African Americans, those with sickle-cell trait (SCT) had an associated increased risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and measures linked to poorer kidney function, according to a study appearing in JAMA.

Experts have welcomed new World Health Organization guidance recommending that patients, families and other non-medics who may come into contact with heroin addicts should carry the drug naloxone.

Young girls with an intense, red, itchy rash on their outer genital organs may be at increased risk of developing urinary tract infections (UTIs), according to new US research.

In advance of this week’s IMT GP Practice Seminar, Gary Culliton spoke with Dr Brian Meade to discuss increased internet usage by patients ahead of clinical consultations.

New charging structures under the Health Amendment Act 2013 have been blamed for the massive hike in the cost of a public hospital bed, reports Gary Culliton.

An innovative project aimed at helping adolescents and young people ‘transfer’ from paediatric to adult services has won the top honour, An Duais Mhór, at this year’s Irish Healthcare Awards.

As the revision of salary scales for NCHDs on streamlined training programmes remains contentious, the HSE insists it cannot simply afford to fund additional HST training places while providing for a salary increase of approximately €20,000