Clinical Features
Lung Cancer – a Brief Overview
Written by Mr Gerard J. Fitzmaurice MSc FRCSI (CTh), Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon s.i. Thoracic Surgical Oncology, St. James’s Hospital, Dublin Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer…
Danielle Norton
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September is Urology Awareness Month
September is Urology Awareness Month, an annual event dedicated to increasing awareness, knowledge and understanding of urological diseases from prostate, bladder, kidney and male reproductive cancers to non-malignant…
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“At a time when we need more specialist Consultants and doctors, we are losing them at an alarming rate”- IHCA
Commenting on today’s publication of the Medical Council’s ‘Medical Workforce Intelligence Report 2021’, the Irish Hospital Consultants (IHCA) said that the Irish health system is losing its highly…
Product News
Astellas’ EVRENZO▼™ (roxadustat) to be reimbursed under the High Tech Drugs Scheme in Ireland For Adults With Symptomatic Anaemia Associated With Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
Roxadustat is the first in a new class of orally administered hypoxia inducible factor prolyl hydroxylase (HIF PH) inhibitors licensed and reimbursed in Ireland The 2019 Nobel Prize…
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‘It’s so unfair’: Families of children in hospital call for end to car parking charges
*Amid spiralling cost of living crisis, new report shows families charged up to €4 an hour for parking while child receives treatment Families of children going through treatment…
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Irish Aortic Dissection Symposium – 2nd Sep 2022
The Aortic Dissection Charitable Trust and Artivion have the pleasure of inviting you to this aortic dissection education meeting. Date: Friday 2nd September 2022 Location: Royal College of…
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Urgent policy development and investment in infrastructure needed to progress Ireland’s health information system – HIQA
The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) has published a new report outlining four policy areas needed to drive improvement in the collection, use and sharing of health…
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Derrycourt wins at the prestigious 2022 Golden Services Awards for their work at Mater Private Network, Dublin
The award recognises the vital role of frontline cleaning specialists during the pandemic in maintaining high standards at the hospital Professional Cleaning Specialists, Derrycourt, has been announced as…
Research
New research prevents build-up of scar tissue around medical devices
Breakthrough study follows collaboration between NUI Galway and Massachusetts Institute of Technology A team of researchers from NUI Galway and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has devised a…
Research
NUI Galway Researchers use x-ray technology to develop personalised osteoporosis treatment
NUI Galway clinicians, computer scientists and engineers are using enhanced x-ray technology used to measure bone density in people across Galway, Leitrim and Sligo to develop new osteoporosis…
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