Products and foods marketed as low fat or healthy are viewed by consumers as an excuse to overeat. How our portion sizes have changed from 20 years ago. Research conducted by the all-Ireland nutritional awareness body Safefood have found that Irish people eat up to a staggering 71% more than … Continue reading
Also the cost for prescribing the drug which is used to treat erectile dysfunction has broken a record at more than €3.5m a year which does not include the cost of the dispensing fees paid to pharmacists. There has been an escalation in the cost of treating erectile dysfunction through … Continue reading
Health Minister Micheál Martin (at the time) introduced the no smoking ban in the workplace and Ireland was the first country in the world to do this. The ban commenced on the 29th March, 2004 and included restaurants, bars and pubs. A study that started immediately after the ban was … Continue reading
Hospital says, Mount Carmel places “paramount importance on patient safety”. Mount Carmel based in South Dublin has written to the Medical Council rebuffing their worries with regards to a fitness-to-practice inquiry about surgical practices there. Dr Patrick Gerard Rafferty who is a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at both Mount Carmel … Continue reading
Take a wander for your health. New research has found that taking a wander from your desk every half hour is more important in combating diabetes than working out at the gym. The academics at Leicester University have found there are dangers of sitting still for long periods of time … Continue reading
No money – no treatment – doctor refuses to treat little girl A doctor denies the charge of refusing to treat a little girl as the mother had no money and was waiting for a medical card. He said it was his policy to treat patients irrespective of whether they … Continue reading
Women and work – get the balance right. Studies have shown that whilst women want to feel successful at work, money is not the most important issue – they want a work-life balance and turn down positions that could negatively impact on this. A report carried out by Defining Success … Continue reading
The Minister for Health, James Reilly got stuck in a lift as he was getting shown around the Phoenix Care Centre in Grangegorman, North Dublin, the country’s newest psychiatric hospital. The hospital which cost €22 million will replace the macabre St Brendan’s Hospital which was built in the early 19th … Continue reading
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