Homecare provision critical for children with long-term illnessLong hospital stays can cause lasting harm to children, so domestic care is keyWed Nov 13 2013 - 01:01
Depression in the workplace: do I tell?Following Conor Cusack’s incredibly powerful blog on depression, Muiris Houston looks at managing depression in workTue Nov 05 2013 - 01:00
Scheme to give free GP care to young children adds to inequity in systemOpinion: Universal health care is a laudable aim, but now is not the time to introduce itWed Oct 30 2013 - 00:01
Curbing level of harmful drinking would be major step forwardLegislative changes based on results achieved in some other countriesFri Oct 25 2013 - 06:32
Medical Matters: The latest on statinsThere is a multiplicity of evidence that statins are a useful treatment for those at risk of contracting heart diseaseWed Oct 23 2013 - 11:00
Every citizen should be deeply worriedReport into cricumstances of Savita Halappanavar’s death has added little in the way of fresh informationThu Oct 10 2013 - 01:00
A Doctor Writes: Strauss’s diagnosis not unprecedented for professional sportsmanAfter uncomplicated recovery hooker can expect to play after about six monthsTue Oct 08 2013 - 01:02
Medical Matters: Personality disorders are a challenge for doctor and patientThe very existence of personality disorder is questioned by some: its diagnosis and treatment are a major challengeMon Oct 07 2013 - 12:57
Hiccups on horizon for ambitious tobacco planTo reduce smoking from current level above 20% to 5% is big askFri Oct 04 2013 - 01:00
Medical Matters: More technology and less tolerance paves the way for overdiagnosisThere is now a movement towards preventing overdiagnosis, which can be narrowly defined as occurring when people are diagnosed with conditions that will never cause symptoms or shorten their life-spansMon Sept 30 2013 - 18:07
Chidren’s health behaviours: overall positive report cardDrunkenness and physical exercise levels remain areas of concern in most recent HBSC survey, writes Muiris HoustonTue Sept 24 2013 - 01:00
Medical Matters: Keeping aggressive treatment for those with aggressive cancerTue Sept 24 2013 - 01:00
What are the health risks of long-distance running?Fatalities may be rare in marathons and other long races, but there are risks associated with themMon Sept 23 2013 - 15:25
Discredited DNP raises body’s metabolic rate and can damage liver and kidneysDrug’s potentially fatal side-effects can kick in before weight can be lostThu Sept 19 2013 - 01:00
Medical Matters: Patients better served when bedside evaluation is linked to technologyTue Sept 17 2013 - 01:00
New research fights the deadly hack of whooping coughIt’s a diagnosis you can make while the patient is still in the waiting roomTue Sept 10 2013 - 01:00
Survival from some cancers now over 90% after five yearsImproved access to services linked to big rise in survival ratesFri Aug 16 2013 - 01:00
HSE drops aid for pregnant diabeticsDoctors warn HSE move will endanger expectant mothers and their newbornsTue Aug 06 2013 - 01:00
Omega-3 cancer link not provenOmega-3 cancer link not proven but too much fish oil may be bad for youTue Jul 30 2013 - 01:00
Research confirms family link to cancersStudy of 23,000 people finds that for all 13 cancers, close relatives had an increased risk of same diseaseThu Jul 25 2013 - 10:07
Berry virus is mildest of related groupHepatitis A is primarily a food-borne illnessSat Jul 20 2013 - 01:00
CJD extremely rare degenerative brain diseaseCJD hits people over 65 leading to symptoms including dementiaFri Jul 19 2013 - 11:54
Fish oil data significant rather than dramaticAnalysis: Online study not entirely newFri Jul 12 2013 - 01:00
Medical Matters: How death certs track diseaseMost older people have several chronic diseases when they die, and it’s important to list them all on the death certTue Jul 09 2013 - 01:00
Medical Matters: Inflight emergencies are part and parcel of air travel for doctorsTue Jul 02 2013 - 01:00
Medical Matters: It is the doctor’s job to be professional – so why is this being neglected in modern healthcare?The Savita Halappanavar case teaches us a lot about medicine’s professional standardsTue Jun 18 2013 - 01:00
Is there a grey area in determining risk to the mother?Despite protocols and guidelines, medicine is as much art as scienceSat Jun 15 2013 - 01:00
Medical view: Focus on basics of care likely to help save livesRecommendations in Savita report designed to improve standardsFri Jun 14 2013 - 01:05
Are we facing a new major virus scare?Two recently emergent viruses present two distinct challenges for global healthcareTue May 28 2013 - 01:00
Medical Matters: We need a calm approach to breakthrough for treatment of patients with chronic low-back painTue May 21 2013 - 01:00
Women with family history of breast cancer should consider genetic testingThe risk of disease is usually about 65 per cent for women who carry the genesWed May 15 2013 - 02:00
Two-thirds of parents using drugs incorrectly when treating their childrenPatients with private health insurance more likely to have appropriate patterns of useWed May 08 2013 - 06:00
Medical Matters: Lines need to be re-drawn in the study of efficacy and safety of new drugsTue Apr 23 2013 - 06:00
Medical View: Postmortem found highly toxic E.coli strainRarity of such severe sepsis was underlined by the evidence of Dr Peter KelehanFri Apr 19 2013 - 05:00
Boylan evidence brings further clarity to events in death of Savita HalappanavarDoctor critical of quality of clinical notesThu Apr 18 2013 - 06:00
Expert witness’s evidence on antibiotics highly significantTreatment ‘not in line with guidelines’Sat Apr 13 2013 - 06:00
Husband grateful ‘to his dying day’ for standard of ICU careWhile high quality care was delivered, some medical issues are yet to be resolvedFri Apr 12 2013 - 02:00
