# healthcare - Sunday 17 September, 2017
# Deep Breath
# Deep Breath
The UK’s poor air quality ratings are thought to cause more than 40,000 premature deaths a year.
# healthcare - Monday 11 September, 2017
# Cyber Threats
# Cyber Threats
Some of your personal details may already be available for sale on the dark web awaiting a purchaser. The only certainty is that the next attack is coming – the only question is when, writes Ronan Murphy.
# healthcare - Sunday 20 August, 2017
# John Kelly
# John Kelly
Former patients were at Beaumont Hospital this week to thank the staff that cared for him.
# healthcare - Saturday 12 August, 2017
# Results Night
# Results Night
A HSE expert says drinks promotions can encourage students to drink a lot in a short space of time and lead them into dangerous situations.
# healthcare - Saturday 29 July, 2017
# Critical
# Critical
The HSE said it’s been “working to establish a system to track waiting lists for a range of diagnostic procedures”.
# healthcare - Wednesday 26 July, 2017
# Lisa Needs Braces
# Lisa Needs Braces
New CSO figures show a 16.4% drop in HSE-funded dental treatments between 2013 and 2016.
# healthcare - Tuesday 25 July, 2017
# Healthcare Vote
# Healthcare Vote
John McCain received a standing ovation from his colleagues as he entered the chamber.
# Healthcare
# Healthcare
The 80-year-old senator has been diagnosed with brain cancer.
# healthcare - Thursday 20 July, 2017
# Global Shift
# Global Shift
The United Nations report’s authors claimed that the data proved the “scales have finally tipped”.
# healthcare - Tuesday 11 July, 2017
# Gender Diversity
# Gender Diversity
Yesterday, the Royal College of Surgeons launched a report that aims to increase their female representation.
# healthcare - Monday 10 July, 2017
# Bumping Up Figures
# Bumping Up Figures
Just 7% of all surgeons in Ireland are women.
# healthcare - Saturday 8 July, 2017
# Surviving Cancer
# Surviving Cancer
Dick Murray was diagnosed with colon cancer in 1993.
# Waterford Cath Lab
# Waterford Cath Lab
David Cullinane says the bill will inject “a sense of urgency” into the issue.
# healthcare - Wednesday 5 July, 2017
# Mental Health
# Mental Health
Emotional support and aftercare will be an important development in how people with, or who had cancer, are looked after.
# healthcare - Tuesday 4 July, 2017
# Waterford Cath Lab
# Waterford Cath Lab
Around 200 people gathered outside Dáil Éireann today to call for 24-hour cardiac care for Waterford and the South-East.
# Cancer Risk
# Cancer Risk
The HPV virus can lead to cervical, penile and throat cancer in some cases.
# healthcare - Sunday 2 July, 2017
# Healthcare In Crisis
# Healthcare In Crisis
General practitioners will be starting an “information drive” to highlight the benefits of an EU healthcare scheme.
# Liver Cancer
# Liver Cancer
The raw fish meal ‘koi pla’ attract parasites that can cause a lethal liver cancer which kills up to 20,000 Thais annually.
# healthcare - Friday 30 June, 2017
# Eighth Amendment
# Eighth Amendment
“If I’m the Irish government, I should take responsibility for Irish women,” Professor Arulkumaran told TheJournal.ie.
# healthcare - Thursday 29 June, 2017
# Healthcare
# Healthcare
The Department of Health has released its figures of the number of terminations carried out in Ireland last year.
# healthcare - Monday 26 June, 2017
# Protect And Inspect
# Protect And Inspect
Skin cancer is the most common cancer in Ireland, and 16% of those who are diagnosed die from the disease.
# healthcare - Friday 23 June, 2017
# Cath Lab
# Cath Lab
A 40-year-old man from Waterford died while being transported in an ambulance to a hospital in Cork.
# healthcare - Wednesday 21 June, 2017
# Under Pressure
# Under Pressure
The Future of Healthcare report which aims to reform the health service over 10 years has been criticised for the spending it proposes.
# healthcare - Saturday 17 June, 2017
# Waterford
# Waterford
The case was brought to the attention of the Minister for Mental Health and the Taoiseach’s office.
# healthcare - Monday 12 June, 2017
# Worrying Trend
# Worrying Trend
Researchers said there was a worrying rise in the number of obese children across the world.
# healthcare - Saturday 10 June, 2017
# Annual Report
# Annual Report
The HSE’s spend on legal and professional fees increased by 28.6% last year – rising from €47m to €60.5m.
# healthcare - Friday 2 June, 2017
# Definitions Of Success
# Definitions Of Success
Nearly half of female doctors delay starting a family for career reasons.
# healthcare - Thursday 1 June, 2017
# Swiped
# Swiped
The man denied it before offering to hand over €50.
# Discharge Summary
# Discharge Summary
After suffering from bleeding and ongoing pain, the woman was not contacted by the hospital and eventually had to go to A&E.
# West Of Ireland
# West Of Ireland
“Why doesn’t the HSE pull the finger out and give us the means to contribute fully,” Galway GP Peter Sloane said.
# healthcare - Wednesday 31 May, 2017
# World MS Day
# World MS Day
“I’ll stand up in Leinster House tomorrow and be announced as a person with MS – but that’s such a tiny bit of who I am.”
# healthcare - Tuesday 30 May, 2017
# National Maternity Hospital
# National Maternity Hospital
But who now owns the National Maternity Hospital? The government still needs to clarify its position.
# healthcare - Wednesday 24 May, 2017
# Health Plan
# Health Plan
Premiums would cost less, but only because they would cover less.
# healthcare - Sunday 21 May, 2017
# Irish Heart
# Irish Heart
High blood pressure can cause a heart attack, stroke or cognitive difficulty in later life.
# healthcare - Monday 15 May, 2017
# Healthcare
# Healthcare
Consultants say these doctors do not have the expertise necessary to make the right decisions for patients.
# healthcare - Thursday 11 May, 2017
# Chocolate And Ipads
# Chocolate And Ipads
There was a discussion around what is causing a mistrust of vaccines, which have eradicated many diseases in Ireland.
# healthcare - Monday 8 May, 2017
# HIQA
# HIQA
A significant number of people have witnessed physical or emotional abuse in home care services.
# Overcrowding
# Overcrowding
A 16-year-old patient spent the night in a chair at the adult psychiatric unit last week.
# healthcare - Friday 5 May, 2017
# Emergency Contraception
# Emergency Contraception
Pharmacists have argued that prescription requirements limited medical card holders’ access to the contraceptive.
# healthcare - Tuesday 2 May, 2017
# HIQA
# HIQA
At one hospital, “patients who were unable to walk did not have access to fresh drinking water”.
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