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Most don’t understand the risks of weight loss during cancer
Cancer patients with obesity advised not to lose muscle during treatment Cancer treatment ‘not the time’ to lose weight or muscle Half of adults are unclear about whether…
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Call for establishment of new Safeguarding Authority to reduce adult abuse
Report recommends ‘obligation to safeguard’ for public bodies, mandatory data sharing and greater awareness among professionals A comprehensive new discussion document on adult safeguarding has recommended the establishment…
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RCSI celebrates graduation of over 330 new doctors
RCSI University of Medicine and Health Science’s 2022 summer conferring ceremonies began yesterday with a new cohort of medical students being officially conferred in a ceremony in the…
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RCSI launches transformational development at 118 St Stephen’s Green
Today marked the official launch of construction at 118 St Stephen’s Green, the next phase of RCSI’s campus development in Dublin city centre. The €95m expansion project, also…
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Medical Scientists accept Labour Court recommendation to return to WRC
Medical Scientists suspend next week’s Industrial Action to allow for WRC talks Medical Scientists have this evening accepted a recommendation from the Labour Court to return to the…
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RCSI makes recommendations to address gap in training and education for non-consultant hospital doctors
An RCSI working group, established to review the training and career development supports that are available to NCHD in the Irish Healthcare System, has made a series of…
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Medical Scientists suspend further Industrial Action
Medical Scientists agree to Labour Court invitation Medical Scientists have this evening suspended their Industrial Action for 25th May, after accepting an invitation to attend the Labour Court for exploratory…
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Medical Scientists to Step Up Industrial Action
Two days of Action to be taken by Medical Scientists this week Medical Scientists to continue on picket lines to resolve – unfilled posts, pay parity, career pathway…
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Irish Cancer Society welcomes HPV catch-up programme announcement
The Irish Cancer Society has welcomed today’s announcement by the Government of a HPV vaccination catch-up programme. The catch-up programme will see schoolchildren who missed out on HPV…
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Our muscles matter: older adults living with socioeconomic disadvantage are twice as likely to have age-related muscle loss
New research from Trinity College Dublin shows that age-related muscle loss, known as sarcopenia, was twice as common in adults with the most socioeconomic disadvantage (47%) compared to…
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