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Sleep-wake disorders

...based on several recent studies on the use of modafinil in this patient population. Modafinil reduced daytime sleep duration, lengthened the duration of subjective daytime vigilance and improved long-term memory...

Oral HRT doubles risk of clots

...major adverse effect of short-term oral oestrogen therapy, reducing thrombotic risk could have important clinical implications. However, the authors conclude that more research is needed to confirm the apparent safety...

Restoring continence and restoring control

...Foundation of Ireland, in its soon-to-be- launched National Strategy. Document regarding continence services, coins the term ‘ABC’ to incorporate both altered bladder control and altered bowel control in an effort...

Breast cancer increase

...and avoid the long term use of female hormones in HRT and contraceptives. The research was published in the BMC Cancer journal. Meanwhile, the director of the National Cancer Control...

Celebrating the life of the older woman

...parlance, the term ‘older’ woman means someone who is younger than an old woman. I define the older woman as any woman who is over 55 – that is, the...

Violence guide launched

...and women will disclose to GPs because they generally have a long-term relationship with the family practice, because there is no stigma attached to visiting the surgery and because it...

Follow the stars to the sunny Côte d’Azur

...Dr John Wallace reports on the beauty and culture of the French Riviera and finds out why many of the glitterati and literati have flocked there in their search...

Exercise keeps you younger says report

...Current regular participation in sport is equivalent, in health terms, to being 14 years younger, according to a new report from the Economic and Social Research Institute and the...

Hidden horrors come to light

...mutilation (FGM, or ‘cutting’, as is the more politically-correct term) is now almost universally recognised as a barbaric, unnecessary ritual, and its continuance out of respect for culture and tradition...

Diagnostic uses of MEG technique

...Hz band-pass filter. Collected MEG data can then get digitalised and filtered for analysis (Poza et al., 2008). h4. MEG in neuroscience field 1. In research: One of the primary...