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Editorial
Priscilla Lynch
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16 Oct 2017
Simon Harris’s honeymoon as Minister for Health would appear to be well and truly over.
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George Winter
George Winter
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16 Oct 2017
George Winter examines the evolution of recognition for myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME)
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Dr Lucia Gannon
Dr Lucia Gannon
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16 Oct 2017
Medicine has limits but human kindness does not, writes Dr Lucia Gannon
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Guest Columnist
Dr Liam Farrell
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16 Oct 2017
Women’s health is multifaceted and nuanced, while men’s health, by brutal contrast, is crude and insulting in its simplicity, writes Dr Liam Farrell
From previous issues
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Editorial
Priscilla Lynch
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05 Oct 2017
The last few weeks have seen the publication of some sobering statistics on Ireland’s worsening medical manpower crisis.
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Guest Columnist
Prof Brendan Kelly
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05 Oct 2017
While suicide risk is impossible to predict accurately at individual level, much can be done to prevent and reduce the overall incidence, writes Prof Brendan Kelly
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Dr Paul Heslin
Dr Paul Heslin
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05 Oct 2017
Dr Paul Heslin muses on isolation, loneliness and the importance of being able to say the wrong thing
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Dr Christine O'Malley
Dr Christine O'Malley
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05 Oct 2017
Dr Christine O’Malley ponders the big problems and calls for a reality check in our hospitals and Garda management
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Guest Columnist
Dr Sarah Fitzgibbon
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03 Oct 2017
Dr Sarah Fitzgibbon recounts her whirlwind cancer diagnosis and treatment
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Editorial
Priscilla Lynch
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25 Sep 2017
As the HSE warns of a potential €300 million budget shortfall this year, the medicines bill seems to be under particular pressure.
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Dr Pat Harrold
Dr Pat Harrold
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25 Sep 2017
When our children and grandchildren see the despoiled planet they inherit, they will wonder why we did not stand up and shout ‘stop’, writes Dr Pat Harrold
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George Winter
George Winter
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25 Sep 2017
George Winter on the ever-changing dietary diktats and conflicting evidence on what people should or should not eat
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Editorial
Priscilla Lynch
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14 Sep 2017
Silly season is over, according to the slew of press releases landing daily into my email account.
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Dr Lucia Gannon
Dr Lucia Gannon
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14 Sep 2017
Stereotypes are formed early and influence all of us throughout our lives, making women’s professional endeavours a constant battle with an invisible enemy, writes Dr Lucia Gannon
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Guest Columnist
Dr Amy Morgan
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14 Sep 2017
The recent comments by Finian McGrath on the HPV vaccine made Dr Amy Morgan despair
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Dr Paul Heslin
Dr Paul Heslin
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14 Sep 2017
Dr Paul Heslin on taking control of the barrage of mobile phone calls that have the potential to flood our lives
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Editorial
Priscilla Lynch
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04 Sep 2017
Good communication skills are key to success in life and work. GPs know this more than most. Letter-writing might be a dying art form but not among our general practitioners, who have to spend far too much of their time reading, writing and answering letters.
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Dr Pat Harrold
Dr Pat Harrold
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04 Sep 2017
Dr Pat Harrold reminisces about the trials and tribulations of the musicians, poets and writers of his youth
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George Winter
George Winter
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04 Sep 2017
George Winter highlights some of the more ethically abhorrent animal and human medical experiments of recent decades
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Guest Columnist
Prof Brendan Kelly
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04 Sep 2017
Engagement, tolerance and compassion in mental healthcare are vital, as is informed and reasoned debate, writes Prof Brendan Kelly