Health and Lifestyle

An interesting article in the New York Times about the investment pharmaceutical companies are pouring into cancer research, because the high prices the drugs can command make a good drug worth the gamble.

Become a motorcycle god while making money for Temple Street Children’s Hospital, or just simply donate some money to a good cause – that’s the message from the “Irish 66ers” – a motorcycle good-stuff gang who journeys down the mother of all roads every two years.

Newcross Healthcare Solutions have developed a game called Emergency Surgery.

Watch this interesting video about Kristen Murphy, a 38-year-old medical student in the US (studying to become a geriatrician) – who lived as a resident in a nursing home in order to better understand needs of the elderly.

A consortium of European academic institutions and research groups are working on a four-year project to study and develop advanced, non-invasive computer-to-brain stimulation technology.

From the New York Times: Many researchers believe that tumor growth is driven by cancerous stem cells that, for reasons not understood, are highly resistant to standard treatments.

Dr Juliet Bressan is launching her new novel, Entanglement (Poolbeg Press), this evening (August 13) in Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, Dublin 1, at 6:30 p.

The folks at Black Eldeberry want you to know that the Vatican has ordered triple the amount of black elderberry – 600 bottles compared to 200 bottles last year.

Take part in the RAMBLER II study (Role of Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in General Practice).

This Wednesday night, Australian Scientist Prof Jennifer Graves will speak at the RCSI about the decline of the male species.