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# medicine - Yesterday’s News
Column: Plants are at the heart of many crucial global issues facing us today
The economic and societal importance of plants is hard to underestimate; in order to meet the global challenges facing us today, we need to invest time and money into this sector, writes Eoin Lettice.
# medicine - Monday 6 May, 2013
Poll: Do you read the product information on your medicines?
Have your say…
3 in 5 people read product information on prescription medication: IMB
Meanwhile, just one in two people read the information supplied with over-the-counter medicines, according to a new Irish Medicines Board survey.
# medicine - Wednesday 1 May, 2013
Campaign to reform Irish organ donation practices spearheaded by GAA pundit Brolly
The former Derry player was lauded last year for his selfless gesture in donating a kidney to his friend Shane Finnegan.
# medicine - Sunday 28 April, 2013
Drugs bought on the internet ‘can contain rat poison’, warn pharmacists
Pharmacists have said people who buy drugs online are risking their health – and possibly their life.
# medicine - Friday 26 April, 2013
Not just Suarez: Plastic surgeons handle as many as 200 bites every year
The Irish Association of Plastic Surgeons has taken the opportunity of the publicity surrounding biting this week to warn of the consequences of serious biting.
# medicine - Monday 22 April, 2013
Appeal for Irish to take part in global food allergy study
Data is being compiled to shed light on how allergies develop from infancy and to track their occurence in a community.
# medicine - Thursday 18 April, 2013
HSE introduces preferred drug initiative to save €15 million in budget
The recommended drugs are for ulcer disease and high cholesterol which account for 15 per cent of the drugs budget.
# medicine - Saturday 13 April, 2013
“Serious concern” over staff shortages in Emergency Departments
The Irish Association for Emergency Medicine has said that the problem will worsen after July.
# medicine - Tuesday 19 March, 2013
New research shows brain tumours can be killed with anti-nausea drug
The drug is currently being used to help patients recovering from the side effects of chemotherapy.
# medicine - Saturday 9 March, 2013
Science, business and agriculture courses increase in CAO popularity
However teaching, medicine and arts have all dropped.
# medicine - Sunday 10 February, 2013
A year in robotic legs: paralysed adventurer hits new milestone
Mark Pollock has spent a year gathering data on how robotic exoskeleton is working on his body – and he hopes scientists might get on board for formal study.
# medicine - Thursday 7 February, 2013
# medicine - Thursday 24 January, 2013
19 lives saved since introduction of defibrillators at Dublin Airport
One 85-year-old man and his family return to thank crew for saving his life after a cardiac arrest last September.
# medicine - Friday 4 January, 2013
Scientists say vaccine temporarily puts brakes on HIV
Team in Spain says it is best indication yet that a ‘therapeutic vaccine’ might be possible in place of anti-retroviral drugs.
# medicine - Wednesday 5 December, 2012
Pharmacists: Increased prescription charges may lead to people being hospitalised
The Irish Pharmacy Union has warned that hiking up the cost of prescriptions for people on low incomes could end up costing the government a lot more money than it will save.
Pictures: Results of most extensive face transplant ever
The man who was disfigured in a gun accident says he can now walk past people without a second look seven months after the surgery.
# medicine - Tuesday 27 November, 2012
Pioneering transplant doctor Joseph Murray dies in Boston
The Nobel Prize winner was 93.
94 per cent of consumers favour increase in use of generic medicines
The survey showed the majority of people cite cost as the dominant reason for switching to generics.
# medicine - Monday 19 November, 2012
Legislation to address street trading of benzodiazepines ‘due in early 2013’
Deputy RoisÃn Shorthall had approved the move to amend the Misuse of Drugs Regulations earlier this year. It has been confirmed that it will be 2013 before it is introduced.
# medicine - Sunday 11 November, 2012
How art and social media helps us understand what it’s like to be ill
International symposium in Cork to hear how experience of illness expressed through music, dialogue, fiction, film and other arts – as well as through social media.
# medicine - Saturday 3 November, 2012
Israel pushing ahead in medical marijuana industry
The medical cannabis industry is expanding in Israel – fuelled by medical research, government encouragement, and liberal religious and secular attitudes.
# medicine - Friday 2 November, 2012
Drug combination ‘shrinks’ secondary brain tumours in breast cancer patients
A ‘sizeable and increasing’ proportion of women with advanced breast cancer are developing secondary brain cancer.
# medicine - Wednesday 31 October, 2012
‘Millions of lives’ could be saved by new global subsidy for malaria drugs
The first independent evaluation of the international scheme shows promise.
# medicine - Sunday 28 October, 2012
Teva to reduce price on ‘wide range’ of generic medicines by 20%
The company says it’s prepared to cut prices further if Government plans to introduce medicine reference pricing and generic substitution go ahead.
# medicine - Friday 12 October, 2012
Guidelines issued on relationships between doctors and industry
The President of the Medical Council said that the public needs to be confident that their doctor’s professional opinion is not influenced by marketing or promotional activities.
# medicine - Wednesday 10 October, 2012
US pair share chemistry Nobel for cell receptors
“I was fast asleep and the phone rang… my wife gave me an elbow – and there it was. A total shock and surprise,” said Robert Lefkowitz.
# medicine - Monday 8 October, 2012
Pioneering stem cell work wins Nobel Prize for researchers
Shinya Yamanaka of Japan and John Gurdon of Britain found that adult cells could be transformed back to stem cells.
Nobel Prize season kicks off with medicine award
This week, some of the world’s top scholars will look to Stockholm and Oslo as the 2012 Nobel Prizes are announced.
# medicine - Wednesday 26 September, 2012
You really can die of a broken heart
It’s now a medical syndrome, you know.
# medicine - Friday 21 September, 2012
Report recommends that HPAT system be included in review
The HPAT test must be completed by Leaving Certificate students hoping to study medicine.
# medicine - Monday 17 September, 2012
James Reilly: New consultants will have to face a hefty pay cut
Consultants may also have to work weekends under the terms of the new deal.
# medicine - Tuesday 11 September, 2012
Key to healthy pregnancy weight gain? Low-GI foods
According to a study done by Dublin scientists and the National Maternity Hospital, women who changed to a low-GI diet gained less weight while pregnant.
# medicine - Friday 3 August, 2012
TCD scientists help major new study on immune system
Irish researchers were part of a pan-European study which may lead to new ways for treating infectious diseases.
# medicine - Saturday 28 July, 2012
Life on Mars: how close are we to living in space?
Mankind’s fascination with space has long sparked fantasies of living away from Earth, but is this any closer to becoming a reality?
New drug for cystic fibrosis approved by European regulators
Regulators in Ireland must now approve the drug ahead of negotiations between the drug’s manufacturer and the HSE regarding pricing.
# medicine - Friday 27 July, 2012
Doctors’ union accuses HSE of trying to collapse talks
The Irish Medical Organisation says talks last night on new work practices in the Health Sector were less constructive than hoped.
# medicine - Tuesday 17 July, 2012
Survey: Majority of medical students plan to leave Ireland after internships
A Fine Gael senator says we need a national debate to figure out why young trainee doctors are so keen to emigrate.
# medicine - Monday 16 July, 2012
New Bill will let chemists substitute cheaper generic drugs for more expensive ones
The new Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012 could mean cheaper trips to the pharmacy.
# medicine - Sunday 15 July, 2012
These are the surprising things that can help you live longer
Here’s what the scientists say…
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