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RCSI makes major sepsis drug breakthrough

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...sepsis from progressing through the body and becoming a life-threatening condition. The Science Foundation Ireland-funded research is published in the current edition of the Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis and...

Tackling childhood bereavement

BMA president Sir Al Aynsley-Green, 2015

...and daddies from dying”. The immediate past president of the BMA (only the second paediatrician to be appointed to the post) said research had shown that long-term consequences for bereaved...

Global year against pain in the joints

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...The IPS Clinical Pain Research Medal was presented to Andy Cochrane (NUI, Maynooth) and team for their poster entitled ‘Screening for the risk of long-term sick leave and work disability...

Brexit impact on cross-border care still unclear

Election or referendum in Great Britain. Voter holds envelope.

...long-term care, organ transplants and public health initiatives. Furthermore, treatments that are not provided in the public healthcare system here, such as fertility treatments, cosmetic surgery, etc are also not...

General practice strategy is essential, urges IMO

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...union stressed in its submission to the Oireachtas Committee on the Future of Healthcare. In the long-term the corporate model of care would lead to fragmentation and poor quality of...

A doctor in the House?

Houses of Parliament

...are in some way displeased or dissatisfied. Some of them with truly great disappointed. And politicians are the least appropriate people because of short-term considerations dictated by re-election aspiration to...

Careful planning and resources are required

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...and more appropriate utilisation of services. International research from Starfield to Kringos et al demonstrates the unique role of the GP in terms of continuity and coordination of care. Yet...

There’s something about Mary, says the ICGP

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...aware of the growing value of narrative in clinical practice, research, and education — where simple storytelling can be utilised for much greater things. It now seems the ICGP may...

IMC faces €15.9m ‘pension challenge’

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...The Medical Council has expressed concern over its long-term funding as a result of the pension provision challenges it currently faces. The Council has noted as a standing risk...