Clinical Features
Cannabis and Mental Illness
Written by Professor Brendan Kelly, Professor of Psychiatry, Trinity College Dublin Cannabis is the most common illegal drug that I come across in clinical practice, but public discussion…
Danielle Norton
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Clinical Features
Familial Syndromic and Non-Syndromic Aortopathy
Written by Mr Niall Khan, Specialist Registrar in Cardiothoracic Surgery, St James’s Hospital & Mr Saleem Jahangeer, Consultant Cardiothoracic and Aortic Surgeon- aorta@stjames.ie Introduction: Aortopathy is a term…
Clinical Features
Management of Asthma in Children
Written by Ruth Morrow, Respiratory Nurse Specialist, Asthma Society of Ireland Asthma is a heterogeneous disease, usually characterized by chronic airway inflammation which is defined by the history…
General
Blackrock Health becomes first hospital group in Ireland to form strategic partnership with Cleveland Clinic
Blackrock Health and Cleveland Clinic have agreed on a partnership which will provide the Irish hospital group with access to Cleveland Clinic’s expertise in clinical and operational excellence,…
Female
Blackrock Clinic launches new device to help combat AF
Electroporation systems being used to tackle a condition which one in four over-55s will develop THE Blackrock Clinic recently started its new program of electroporation for the treatment…
General
NUI Galway scientists make breakthrough in study of aggressive breast cancer
Research reveals how cells rewire to survive and spread Scientists at NUI Galway have discovered how cells related to one of the most aggressive forms of breast…
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St James’s Hospital launches Dr Noel Browne Medal in Tuberculosis for Specialist Registrars in Respiratory Medicine
Ruth Browne, daughter of the late Minister for Health presents inaugural medal to Dr Rachel Mulpeter and Dr Ciara Ottewill The inaugural Dr Noel Browne Medal in Tuberculosis…
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Medical Scientists serve notice of Industrial Action for May 18th
Medical Scientists to take action to resolve 20% unfilled posts Medical Scientists have served notice of Industrial Action for Wednesday May 18th. It is in frustration over long-standing…
Research
NUI Galway leads new research project on neurological diseases
Researchers at three universities in Ireland, Scotland and Wales are joining forces to develop new tools. They are to identifying drugs to treat multiple, currently incurable, neurological diseases.…
General
ASTHMA SOCIETY OF IRELAND ASKS ‘IS IRELAND ASTHMA SAFE FOR CHILDREN?’
ASTHMA AWARENESS WEEK SURVEY SHOWS: 73% OF RESPONDENTS EXPERIENCE ANXIETY ABOUT MANAGING THEIR CHILD’S ASTHMA 20% OF CHILDREN WORRY ALWAYS OR OFTEN ABOUT HAVING AN ASTHMA ATTACK 26%…
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