Irish Medical Times: Medical News for Healthcare Professionals
WEB6 days ago — Irish Medical Times is the original newspaper for Irish doctors, with breaking health news, insightful analysis and clinical reports, and controversial opinions.
Rheumatoid arthritis: Clinical presentation, diagnosis and ...
WEBApr 9, 2019 — DMARDs and treatments. Current pharmacological management of RA includes the initiation of disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD) by a rheumatologist and medication for symptom control such as a corticosteroid. The lowest dose possible for the shortest period of time is recommended when using corticosteroids.
Dr Catherine Conlon - Irish Medical Times
WEBSep 3, 2024 — 14th March 2023. We need to protect our children from junk food – which leads to obesity, heart attack and diabetes – and there is no excuse for any further delay writes Dr Catherine Conlon It is five years since the launch of the voluntary agreement between Government and the food industry to reduce children’s exposure to junk food ...
The burden of lead exposure - Irish Medical Times
WEBAug 15, 2019 — The highest burden was in low- and middle-income countries. IHME also estimated that in 2016, lead exposure accounted for 63.8 per cent of the global burden of idiopathic developmental intellectual disability, three per cent of the global burden of ischaemic heart disease and 3.1 per cent of the global burden of stroke.
News - Irish Medical Times
WEB3 days ago — Irish cancer patients lack access to clinical trials. 27th September 2024. The Irish Cancer Society has warned that Government’s under-investment in clinical trials is just one of the many ways that cancer patients in Ireland are being left behind.
Two-thirds of Irish cases of neural tube defects could be prevented
WEBBy Gary Culliton 14th October 2015. If Ireland had compliance with folic acid supplementation — if every woman took it for three months before she became pregnant — it is estimated that two-thirds of cases of neural tube defects would be prevented, Gary Culliton reports in his latest Clinical Update. Neural tube defects (NTDs) are a group ...
Irish researchers develop implant to power healing after spinal …
WEBAug 30, 2024 — Irish-based researchers have developed a new implant that has the potential to use electronic signals to aid spinal cord injury. The device works by conveying electrical signals to encourage nerve cell repair. It has been developed by researcher in RCSI’s University of Medicine and Health Sciences. More than 2,300 people in Ireland are living ...
Dublin Cardiovascular Research Institute is where the heart is
WEBMar 11, 2020 — W hen asked why he wanted to come back to Ireland, Prof Robert Byrne did not hesitate with his reply. “I think it was the opportunity to set up, alongside your day-to-day clinical work, a research institute,” he told Irish Medical Times (IMT).The ‘research institute’ that the new Director of Cardiology at the Mater Private Hospital in Dublin was talking about was the Dublin ...
New option for treating and managing gout - Irish Medical Times
WEBNov 17, 2010 — Another option is 30mg of corticosteroids once a day for four or five days. Lifestyle modification. “Anyone who is having recurrent gout attacks should be considered for uric acid-lowering drugs, as well as lifestyle modification. If the patient loses weight, it will reduce the number of attacks, as will avoiding alcohol, high-fructose soft ...
Rheumatology - Irish Medical Times
WEBSep 30, 2024 — Dr Richard Conway, Consultant Rheumatologist and General Physician, Blackrock Clinic, helps to make sense of the complex area of the treatment of pulmonary disease in the rheumatoid arthritis spectrum of patients. Rheumatology featured on Irish Medical Times. Updates for healthcare professionals on medical devices, clinical trials & …