# medical - Saturday 20 April, 2013
A conference has been told that 100,000 people suffering from sleep apnea in Ireland – but 90 per cent of those are undiagnosed.
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# medical - Thursday 24 January, 2013
One 85-year-old man and his family return to thank crew for saving his life after a cardiac arrest last September.
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# medical - Friday 21 December, 2012
The Oireachtas Health Committee will hold three days of public hearings in January with its chairman Jerry Buttimer urging that there be a “respectful and tolerant” debate.
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# medical - Tuesday 11 December, 2012
Martin Amriding fell on top of his friend Kevin Brockbank who was falling to floor with cardiac arrest – and it restarted his heart.
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# medical - Wednesday 5 December, 2012
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.
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# medical - Saturday 3 November, 2012
Organisers urge those suffering from the skin condition to attend the conference today to receive important information and advice.
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# medical - Saturday 27 October, 2012
The study published in The Lancet found that the earlier women give up, the more likely they are to not to see their lifespan cut by a decade.
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# medical - Friday 12 October, 2012
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.
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# medical - Wednesday 26 September, 2012
It’s now a medical syndrome, you know.
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# medical - Tuesday 11 September, 2012
From The Score
Too Real
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The wrestling commentator was ringside during a tag-team bout when he collapsed.
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# medical - Monday 27 August, 2012
Study published in The Lancet concerns new drug which could help half of all heart failure patients.
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# medical - Saturday 4 August, 2012
From exercising in space to 3D animations, here’s how Ireland is contributing to global research for future space missions.
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# medical - Friday 3 August, 2012
The Californian clinic specialises in providing educational services to young children to help them overcome hearing loss.
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# medical - Thursday 2 August, 2012
The number of people in Ireland living with diabetes expected to rise by 30 per cent over the ten years to 2020.
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# medical - Friday 27 July, 2012
THE Food and Drug Administration now have the ability to declare certain stem cells as drugs in the hope of greater policing their use.
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Study on drug resistant ovarian cancer cells could lead to more personalised treatment of the cancer.
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# medical - Tuesday 3 July, 2012
As another company enters the Irish health insurance market, we’re asking: do you have insurance?
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# medical - Wednesday 27 June, 2012
The doctor in Mexico City said it was the first time doctors there had removed a tumour bigger than a person carrying it.
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# medical - Monday 25 June, 2012
The mascot from the new sexual health campaign has been alarming… sorry, meeting… people on the street.
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# medical - Wednesday 13 June, 2012
Powerful testimony at Oireachtas committee today from women who underwent operation – without their knowledge they say.
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# medical - Tuesday 29 May, 2012
“The robot is a tool. It is no different in that sense than a scalpel.”
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# medical - Sunday 27 May, 2012
Scientific researchers are developing a ‘jet-injector’ to get medicine to the right spot – by using pressure, rather than a puncture of the skin.
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# medical - Wednesday 9 May, 2012
Gardaí are urging the mother to come forward in case she needs medical treatment.
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# medical - Tuesday 8 May, 2012
Doctors went on indefinite strike last month over the implementation of a pay raise agreed in late 2010.
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# medical - Wednesday 25 April, 2012
Ellie Madden spent five months in Boston receiving life-saving treatment for an oesophageal condition.
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The Leitrim girl who had a liver transplant operation after a transportation failure last year is fighting fit after finally getting her surgery.
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# medical - Thursday 19 April, 2012
Limited circumstances include major foetal abnormalities and rape, said the doctors surveyed. New research also shows that 97 per cent of the GPs had had a consultation dealing with abortion.
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# medical - Thursday 12 April, 2012
The theme of the Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) is Our Patients – Our Priority, and the organisers said they will be discussing pivotal issues including health inequality.
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The device will help improve success rates in angioplasty procedures.
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# medical - Friday 6 April, 2012
Medical Independent sees documents recording accidents and other incidents at Tallaght and Cork University Hospital last year.
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# medical - Sunday 25 March, 2012
From murderous houseflies to challenging TB…
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# medical - Monday 27 February, 2012
A Turkish patient has had four transplanted limbs removed – after undergoing 20 hours of surgery – because his body rejected them.
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# medical - Friday 24 February, 2012
However, finding the finance for that fund won’t be easy, the NCCP’s director warns.
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# medical - Tuesday 7 February, 2012
Members of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation have called on the HSE to implement the major disaster plan to deal with the overcrowding.
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# medical - Monday 6 February, 2012
A patient was transferred today from London to Dublin on an Air Corps jet.
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# medical - Thursday 10 November, 2011
Irish Dental Association also highlights the fact that the HSE post of Chief Dental Officer has been lying idle for TEN years.
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# medical - Sunday 6 November, 2011
A US doctor says he has developed a way to quickly – and permanently – change the colour of a person’s eyes.
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# medical - Friday 7 October, 2011
Mikel Arteta has revealed that he completed his move from Everton to Arsenal without first undergoing a medical examination.
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# medical - Thursday 8 September, 2011
There were 251 complaints and 1,954 near miss/incidents and security events at the hospital between the months of January and September 2010, according to reports.
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# medical - Sunday 3 July, 2011
Coast guard was to due to fly her from Leitrim for London operation last night but medics decided she wouldn’t make it on time.
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