MIMS Ireland - Irish Medical Times
1st January 2017. Apremilast is a selective immunosuppressant medicine indicated for use alone or in combination with disease modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) for the treatment of active psoriatic arthritis in adult patients who have had an inadequate response, or who have been intolerant to DMARD therapy previously.
Irish Medical Times: Medical News for Healthcare Professionals
2024年10月15日 · Photos: RCPI Fear and Fever Exhibition Launch. 04 Oct 2024 Leave a comment. Irish Medical Times is the original newspaper for Irish doctors, with breaking health news, insightful analysis and clinical reports, and controversial opinions.
First Irish patient implanted with remote heart failure monitor
2024年5月28日 · A Galway patient has become the first in Ireland to receive an innovative new system that enables their heart to be monitored remotely. The technology, from Dublin-based medtech company FIRE1, involves the implantation of a device to enable patients to monitor and control their fluid volume themselves with a device at home, similar to how continuous glucose monitoring transformed diabetes care.
Survey says Child Benefit not the solution to child poverty
By Editorial Staff 17th September 2024. The Irish public are in favour of measures to target child poverty more effectively, according to a recent survey conducted by the Children’s Rights Alliance. The Irish Child Benefit payment is a universal payment, and it is available to anyone with children under 18. It has been criticized in the past ...
Photos: RCPI Faculty of Occupational Medicine Smiley Lecture
2024年1月19日 · RCPI Faculty Occupational Medicine Smiley Lecture. L-r: Prof Neil Greenberg. who delivered the Smiley Lecture, Dr Sheelagh O’Brien, Dean of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine, and Dr Diarmuid O’Shea, President, RCPI. Photo: David Coleman / BobbyStudio.
CUH project provides health information in six languages
2024年9月17日 · CUH project provides health information in six languages. Cork University Hospital Charity is funding the unique initiative at CUH to reflect the growing number of foreign national patients presenting at its breast radiology department. Crucial patient care information is now available in Arabic, Lithuanian, Polish, Romanian, Ukrainian and ...
First vaccine to protect older adults from severe effects of RSV …
By Michael McHale 10th October 2023. A vaccine to protect older adults from lower respiratory tract disease (LRTD) caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) has become available in Ireland for the first time. Arexvy is now available to adults over 60 in Ireland. In trials the vaccine showed 82.6 per cent overall efficacy against RSV-LRTD with ...
Irish studies help the case for fortification - imt.ie
2019年12月12日 · Irish studies help the case for fortification. By Peter Doyle 12th December 2019. It is mid-winter and a major drawback is the lack of sunlight and consequent impact on vitamin D levels — and a team of nutritionists, hope their recently published papers give Irish policymakers food for thought regarding the mandatory fortification of some ...
Obituary: Remembering one of Ireland’s best known and …
2021年9月7日 · Obituary: Remembering one of Ireland’s best known and respected doctors. Dr John Francis Fleetwood (Johnnie) passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family on 8 December 2020. John completed his undergraduate medical training in University College Dublin and St Vincent’s Hospital. John’s dream in medical school was to be a ...
IMC eases process for non-EU doctors - imt.ie
By Lloyd Mudiwa 11th September 2015. The Irish Medical Council (IMC) has announced major enhancements to its registration procedures for doctors who qualified outside the European Union (EU)/ European Economic Area (EEA), designed to improve access while speeding up the application process in a bid to streamline its administration. The changes ...