Having diabetes increases the risk of death following myocardial infarction (MI) by 50 per cent, researchers at the University of Leeds have found.

The threshold for women older than 40 to qualify for risk reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO) should be lowered to extend lives, research suggests.

Rheumatic diseases like polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and gout are often complex and affect many aspects of the patient’s life.

Dr Juliette Hussey has sought to assess the effect of a diet and exercise rehabilitation plan aimed at helping patients recovering from surgery for cancer of the oesophagus to return to pre-cancer levels of activity and performance.

The British Society of Gastroenterology defines dyspepsia as a group of symptoms that alert doctors to consider disease of the upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract, and states that dyspepsia itself is not a diagnosis.

The grant of planning permission from An Bord Pleanála for the Crumlin-Drimnagh primary care centre (PCC) was not received in time for the site to be included in the public/private partnership (PPP) project but an alternative means of funding the development is through the HSE’s capital plan, the Seanad has been told.

A consultant paediatrician with a special interest in diabetes is overseas and, owing to prior work commitments, is expected to take up a post in Galway in March 2017, the Dáil has been told.

Consultant Cardiologist and Head of Cardiology at Beacon Hospital Dr Robert Kelly, the second speaker to be announced for the forthcoming Irish Medical Careers Fair (IMCF) 2016 to be held at Ballsbridge Hotel, Dublin from October 18-19, will address a topic that will dramatically shape the future careers of all medical practitioners.

Irish Medical Times is once again calling for entries to the prestigious Irish Healthcare Awards from individuals and institutions across the health service.

Fully minimally invasive oesophagectomy is beneficial for patients, Gary Culliton reports in his latest Clinical Update.