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‘Real hope’ for cancer cure as personal mRNA vaccine for …

WebThe vaccine is an individualised neoantigen therapy. It is designed to trigger the immune system so it can fight back against a patient’s specific type of cancer and …

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Step away from the salt: are you consuming too much sodium

WebThe HSE recommends “no more than 6g of salt (2.4g of sodium) a day, but says people in Ireland eat about 10g of salt (about 4g of sodium) – which is “more than …

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Managing chronic disease: ‘It is one of the most positive things …

WebManaging chronic disease: ‘It is one of the most positive things that has happened in the health service’ Women with gestational diabetes have been added to a …

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Asthma: scientists find new cause for disease, offering hope for

WebScientists have discovered a new cause for asthma that offers hope for treatment that could prevent the life-threatening disease. The majority of current asthma …

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Menopause: ‘We need to swing the pendulum to the middle and …

WebSylvia Thompson. Mon Apr 8 2024 - 05:01. “The pendulum has swung from ‘put up and shut up’ about the menopause to sensationalising it,” says Rachel Weiss. “It’s good that we …

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HSE concerned over whether hospitals are benefiting from new …

WebThere is “considerable concern” as to whether hospitals and community healthcare organisations (CHOs) are “deriving the necessary benefits” from the new …

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Health crisis – problems and solutions – The Irish Times

WebIrish Fiscal Advisory Council and OECD reports show that Ireland is a top public health spender compared to all other countries in the world. Every year the …

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Failings highlighted during Aoife Johnston inquest are an …

WebAoife presented to the hospital at 5.40pm on December 17th, 2022. She was not triaged until 7.15pm that night, and she waited over 15 hours to be given antibiotics …

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New measures to tackle alarming rise in gastrointestinal cancers …

WebA concerning rise in gastrointestinal cancers in the under-50s has prompted the creation of a new programme aimed at pioneering new ways to prevent, detect and …

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Systemic failures at University Hospital Limerick led to death of …

WebMs Johnston, late of Shannon, Co Clare, died at UHL on December 19th, 2022, from purulent meningitis. She had presented at the hospital’s emergency …

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Hospital waiting lists may take up to a decade to clear, consultants

WebHowever, the Irish Hospital Consultants’ Association (IHCA) pointed to an increase of more than 24,000, or 4 per cent, in the three main waiting lists for hospital …

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Long Covid: ‘I feel alone and lost . . . it is difficult to see an end

WebI feel alone and lost. I get that I am luckier than a lot of people . . . but it is difficult to see an end to this.”. This is the narrative of a 63-year-old woman with an 18 …

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‘Stark deterioration’ in mental health within LGBTQ+ community

WebThere has been a “stark deterioration” in mental health within the LGBTQ+ community, according to a report published on Thursday by a team of researchers at …

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Will consumers benefit from Aviva entering the Irish health …

WebFirst there was the VHI, a solid, State-owned operator that stood alone offering five levels of private health insurance cover that ran the gamut from A to E. …

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Aoife Johnston inquest: Limerick hospital ‘like a death trap’ on

WebDr Gray, who agreed that he was the most senior clinician working in the hospital’s emergency department while “on-site”, said he would have attended the …

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Health is better than wealth on way to top – The Irish Times

WebA chara, – The Department of Health has long been known as a very difficult ministry to operate. How interesting, then, that if Simon Harris does become taoiseach …

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Futureproofing the health system requires a new prescription

WebPredominantly paper-based system the Irish health care cannot benefit from automation, augmentation and artificial intelligence because the robots cannot read the …

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Aviva to re-enter health insurance in joint venture with ex VHI boss

WebThu Apr 18 2024 - 16:53. Aviva in Ireland is getting back into health insurance eight years after exiting. It plans to launch a joint venture with a group including the insurer’s former …

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‘Today Milly’s voice was heard’: Mother of girl (11) who died by

WebMilly Tuomey, who died by suicide in 2016 . During that time a suicide diary was found and there was an urgent referral in December 2015 to mental health services, …

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Concern at ‘sustainability’ of health spending after 15% increase in

WebMon Apr 8 2024 - 06:00. The Department of Public Expenditure (DPER) has expressed concern about the “sustainability” of growth in health spending, which was up 15 per …

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Aoife Johnston death: ‘Only a matter of time before there is …

WebA major Government intervention is required to restore public confidence in emergency health services in the Limerick area in the wake of the death of Aoife …

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