In 2024, the World Health Organisation (WHO) estimated that about 2.4 billion people globally are living with a health ...

As the debate around assisted dying continues in Ireland, Belgium has experienced a significant increase in euthanasia deaths ...

The Irish Thoracic Society (ITS) has published ‘Respiratory Health of the Nation 2026’, highlighting the significant burden ...

Hundreds of newly qualified nurses and midwives across Ireland face unemployment and uncertainty as the HSE withholds ...

The HSE has launched its Cardiac Rehabilitation Clinical Action Guide to improve access to high-quality, person-centred ...

The International Menopause Society (IMS) marked World Menopause Day on 18 October by highlighting chronic pain at midlife, ...

Breakthrough Cancer Research has published the second edition of Menopause, Diet, and Cancer: Eating Well after Cancer – a free, ...

Voting in the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) election has closed. According to the NMBI website, the following ...

Yvonne Moloney, Cathy Breen, Lisa Devine, Majella Corkery, and Eoin Noctor The burden of hypoglycaemia extends beyond the immediate episode. Severe hypoglycaemia is associated with increased ...

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The Medical Council has highlighted to the Department of Health the “heavy workload” of Council members and has sought an exemption from the ‘One Person One Salary’ policy for affected members. The ...

Vaccination remains one of the most effective public health interventions for preventing infectious disease, reducing morbidity ...