Provisional diagnostic error rate attributable to specialist within international norms

Death of Shelbourne FC player likely due to sudden arrhythmic death syndrome

One myth is that psychiatric medications are the answer to all mental illness

Report calls for substantial investment to move away from ‘hospital centric’ system

Many elderly patients are being inappropriately resuscitated. Let them die ‘ordinary deaths’

In the social media world the heart always wins over the head – but it shouldn’t

Seasonal health: We ask GP Muiris Houston for his diagnosis and cold/flu expert advice

How to be a Man: undergoing a prostate cancer test fills many men with fear – but it can be life-saver

Under planned UK health policy, smokers would have been denied surgery until they quit

The dotMed conference aims to reconnect with the art and humanity of medicine

Money is no longer the real issue – it’s how and where we spend it

Operation Resuscitation is teaching a Co Kerry community to do CPR and use a defibrillator

Some bodies claim vaping is 95 per cent less dangerous than smoking

It may be difficult, but getting to a lower rate has major benefits – and can often be done naturally

Evolocumab can be used for high levels of cholesterol when statin drugs are not effective

Lifetime ban should be replaced with a one-year deferral

With the perennial hospital beds crisis reaching a crescendo, what can make a difference?

Although prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers affecting men in Ireland, it is very treatable if caught in time and very often requires no treatment at all

Dotmed offers up the changing face of medicine at its annual ‘creative medical conference’ in Smock Alley

Study confirms maternal deaths in Ireland and the UK are still rare

Muiris Houstons looks at causes, signs, symptoms, prevention, treatment and useful resources.

Europe-wide study finds link between nurse-to-patient ratios and patient deaths

The 50 people - in public service, business and law - who run the Republic

How safe will our care be if our GPs are unable to cope with their workload, rising patient expectations and financial concerns?

Editor Kevin O’Sullivan casts his eye back over the highlights of an eventful 12 months in his editorial review of 2013

The DOTmed conference heard about some of the futuristic, and not so futuristic, advances coming down the line in medical technology

Call for Medical Card eligibilty to be based on need, rather than on income and age

Opinion: Universal health care is a laudable aim, but now is not the time to introduce it

It’s a diagnosis you can make while the patient is still in the waiting room

Drink non-alcoholic fluids and wear loose clothes when the heat is on