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While it may occur at any time, early summer and autumn are particularly difficult times of the year for the one in five members of the Irish population who suffer from hay fever, also known as seasonal allergic rhinitis, which is caused by pollen and spores that...

The Medical Council has published revised guidance for doctors on relationships with industry, including pharmaceutical and medical device companies and other industry bodies, to clarify its stance on the ethics of the matter. Updates and new additions to the guidance...

The Irish Cancer Society has warned that Ireland is facing a “skin cancer epidemic” and needs to follow the lead of countries such as Australia and take “urgent steps” to ensure we lower these skin cancer rates. The call came ahead of a seminar the Society is hosting...

Following the launch of Ag Éisteacht’s ABLE relational-based training programme last year, the Cork charity has stated its plans to have designed and tested the Workplace Relationship Scale by early 2019 so that it will be ready for launch this time next year. The...

Ireland has one of the highest obesity rates in Europe, affecting more than one million people here; one in four adults are obese and one in four children are overweight or obese, which makes it highly likely that they will become obese adults. There are approximately...

The idea behind Ireland's first Knowledge Transfer (KT) Offices, which will be in partnership with St. Vincent’s Healthcare Group (SVHG) and The Mater Misericordiae University Hospital (MMUH), was to develop the commercial potential of the research outputs emerging...

The HSE Serious Incident Management Team (SIMT) has been working to respond to the failings revealed by the CervicalCheck audit and are releasing a daily report to outline and provide a progress update on the response to this situation. CervicalCheck carried out an...

Jonathan, Dearbháile, Keith and their father Michael Beirne, of ‘Ireland’s Fittest Family’ acclaim,  joined kidney transplant recipient Darragh O’ Haire (9), from Johnstown Bridge, Enfield, and liver transplant recipient girls Tara Madigan (11) from Castleconnell,...

Following concerns from patients regarding the recent controversy surrounding smear testing, Dr Andrew Jordan has welcomed a move from Health Minister Simon Harris TD to provide funding to general practice for cervical smear re-testing for any patient who is worried...

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...

Our Lady’s Hospice & Care Services in Harold’s Cross has officially opened the most ambitious project in its 139-year history, a €15 million 36 single, en-suite bedroom specialist Palliative Care Unit. The new facility, has been developed on the 22-acre campus in...

Ireland's brain drain would appear to be set to continue as HSE faces serious competition with overseas recruitment companies. In a survey conducted by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) on 2018 4th Year Students, overseas recruiters had already...

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...

West London's senior coroner criticised "repeated failures" at an abortion clinic in the lead-up to the death of mother-of-one, Ms Aisha Chithira (31), hours after she had her foetus terminated in 2012. Reporting his findings on the first of May, Dr Sean Cummings,...

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...