BreastCheck screenings fell by more than two-thirds in 2020
Covid-19 impact: Just 56,000 screened last year compared to more than 170,000 in 2019
Sharp fall in antibiotic use as prescriptions dip 20% in 2020
Decline is ‘good news story’ from pandemic as antimicrobial resistance remains a threat
Covid-19 contact-tracing calls fell more than half during May
Calls fell from 8,000 a week at start of month to 3,800 as incidence of virus diminished
Sea level could rise 1m by 2100 if emissions targets missed - experts
Researchers say Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are ‘greatest source of uncertainty’
Irish doctors on getting Covid-19: ‘In 90 minutes, I deteriorated quite rapidly’
An anaesthetist and a GP recount their experiences after contracting coronavirus
On the Covid-19 frontline: ‘We would all love to hide in a corner but none of us will’
Covid-19 has led some doctors to strange discussions, as well as concerns over supplies
Many multivitamin products for children ‘do not contain UK’s recommended vitamin D dose’
Parents are urged to check supplements for children following the findings of UK study
Blaming patients will not improve attendance records, say medics
Call for improved IT between hospitals with easier cancellation systems for patients
Nearly half a million outpatient appointments were missed last year
St James’s Hospital has one of the highest no-show rates nationally, figures show
Asthma: ‘It’s not taken seriously. This is killing people’
Emer Kelly was 47 when she died of an attack in January. Fatalities are on the increase
Increasing fatalities due to asthma leave experts baffled
Illness registry including audit of deaths proposed in 2016 – but yet to receive funding
Eating disorders and the ‘Lough Ness monster inside’
A centre in Cork plays a vital role in helping people whose attitude to food is problematic
Doctors ‘shocked’ at misogynistic remarks to women in cancer audit meetings
Dr Peter Boylan urges consultants to apologise to women for ‘unacceptable’ behaviour
Responses to cervical cancer controversy reveal socioeconomic divide
A practice in Cork city centre has received a high volume of calls from concerned women – but not at its sister clinic in Hollyhill
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