The Secretary General of the Department of Health told a recent conference that austerity measures imposed...

Medical News for the 5th December 2023. The Medical Independent. Read the current issues affecting healthcare...

The first guest speaker at the Irish Thoracic Society Annual Scientific Meeting was Dr Eleanor Dunican,...

The Irish Thoracic Society (ITS) Annual Scientific Meeting 2023 featured a distinguished line-up of national...

Gathering Around Cancer, Croke Park Conference Centre, Dublin, 16-17 November 2023...

Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is an aggressive form of blood cancer that is derived from the...

President of the Irish Osteoporosis Society Prof Moira O’Brien recently celebrated her 90th birthday. Eight Norwegian...

We should encourage our patients to do advanced care planning before they get a terminal illness...

It is good to see evidence accruing on the use of remote consultations. While telemedicine use...

Runaway budgets do need to be curtailed, but freezing the appointment of new staff is not...

Among the myriad medical mysteries, Beethoven’s deafness is one of the most discussed...

Within general practice, clinicians can find themselves caught up in disputes between divorced or separated parents...