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Doctors may be able to spare cancer patients diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer from the harsh effects of chemotherapy in a few short years. Researchers from the Irish Cancer Society cancer research centre ‘BREAST-PREDICT’ have developed a tool which may...

University College Dublin (UCD) have launched the UCD Perinatal Research Centre based at the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street, Dublin, which aims  to coordinate national and international collaborative research in maternal and fetal health within the UCD...

In an effort to highlight the urgent need for improved access to medicine and treatment for the management of multiple sclerosis (MS), an experimental pop-up MSunderstood Café was opened last week on Exchequer Street, Dublin 2, to give customers a small taste of the...

Although highly preventable and treatable if diagnosed early, bowel cancer continues to be Ireland’s second deadliest cancer. In a bid to highlight Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, BowelScreen (the HSE’s National Bowel Screening Programme) is urging everyone aged 60 to...

A new campaign has been launched today to share the personal experiences of those living with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF). It is unclear what causes the chronic progressive condition which causes scarring in the lungs but by the time symptoms appear,...

This week saw the formal launch of the EU INTERREG VA funded cross-border community paramedic project, which secured €1.1 million for an 18-month period. The Co-operation and Working Together (CAWT) Health and Social Care Partnership, is in collaboration with the...

The first patient to have received a robotic gastric bypass in Ireland had his operation performed by Mr William Robb, in November 2017 and has since lost over eight stone in weight since starting the bariatric weight loss programme in Blackrock Clinic. Interestingly,...

The results of the Medical Council election were announced by Dublin County Sheriff Mr Fergus Gallagher. In total 21 candidates contested for six positions over the six panels in a bid to join the other 19 members who will make up the 25 lay majority council for the...

A young girl with Progressive Dystonia, a very rare disease in children that causes painful seizing of the muscles, has uttered her first word in four years, "Mama", following treatment. The patient, Mary-Ann Cleary, had progressed so severely that she was unable to...

Ireland’s ageing population is predicted to lead to a dramatic increase in heart failure, a knock-on effect of which will be an increase in hospitalisations from heart failure of more than 50 per cent over the next 25 years. It is estimated that 90,000 people live...

There was a record-breaking rise in organ transplants in Ireland last year: 311 organ transplants from 99 deceased organ donations were carried, which is an increase of 11 per cent on the previous year. Kidney transplants from deceased donation has grown to 141, 51 of...

The co-founder of CRY Ireland has announced that he will be stepping down as chairman of the charity, 16 years after he founded it with his wife, Marie Greene,  following the sudden death of their son Peter in June 1996. During Michael’s time as chairman, CRY Ireland...

The first two weeks of March should be declared as an emergency period in the Irish public health service, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) who have expressed concern relating to the pressures that will be brought to bear on the service...