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Chronic Bronchitis and its association with COPD and smoking
By Dr. Maria Benito Chronic bronchitis (CB) is a disease typically characterized by chronic coughing and sputum from the airways, chest tightness, and dyspnea; although it is…
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Pathogenesis of Osteoporosis and current pharmacological treatments
By Dr. Maria Benito Pathogenesis Osteoporosis is a systemic multifactorial bone disease characterized by progressive loss of bone mass accompanied by deterioration of bone tissue, bone…
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RCSI Researcher receives grant to reduce maternal mortality rates
An RCSI researcher, Dr Michelle Lavin, has received a grant to reduce bleeding during childbirth by diagnosing undetected bleeding disorders. Her grant was awarded alongside seven other projects…
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EAHP’s 24th Congress – Putting personalised medicine front and centre to better address patient needs
More than 3700 hospital pharmacists attended EAHP’s annual congress. 3 innovative keynotes focused on OMICS, clinical human factors and health inequalities. For its 25th Congress EAHP will be returning…
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Organ Donation Transplant Ireland (ODTI) Publishes Annual Report 2018
The HSE’s Organ Donation Transplant Ireland (ODTI) has today (Tuesday, 26th March) published the annual report for 2018. Professor Jim Egan, Director of Organ Donation Transplant Ireland acknowledged …
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Ministers for Health welcome the decision to host Global Alcohol Policy Conference in Dublin
Minister for Health, Simon Harris TD, and the Minister of State for Health Promotion and the National Drugs Strategy, Catherine Byrne TD, today welcomed the news that Ireland…
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Research project will harness new microbiome knowledge
The MASTER project is a Horizon 2020 Innovation Action being coordinated by Dr Paul Cotter at Teagasc, which has received EU funding of nearly €11 Million. This ambitious…
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Interstitial Cystitis or Bladder Pain Syndrome: A chronic urological condition
By Dr. Maria Benito Interstitial cystitis (IC) was first described as a specific epithelial damage and ulceration, commonly referred to as ‘Hunner’s ulcer’ or lesions. Soon after, two…
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Pathophisiology and therapy of Multiple Myeloma
By Dr. Maria Benito Multiple myeloma (MM) –a malignant disease characterized by the infiltration and proliferation of clonal plasma (B-cell lineage) in the bone marrow, typically accompanied by…
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Oncology Treatments: From novel Diagnostic Tests to Targeted Therapy and Immune-checkpoint Blockade Therapy
By Dr. Maria Benito Cancer is defined as malignant overgrowth of abnormal cells which tend to proliferate in an uncontrolled fashion, spread from the original site, invade, and…
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