Ms Theresa Lowry-Lehnen, Clinical Nurse Practitioner and Associate Lecturer at the Institute of Technology Carlow, outlines...

Price increases on tobacco products sought by Minister for Health Simon Harris were not included in...

Prof Brendan Kelly gives an account of his recent trip to India and the mental health...

Some 1,226 patients are on the waiting list to see a genetics counsellor and 1,928 patients...

Dr Muiris Houston reflects on some of the conventions and oddities of the holiday season

The Medical Council has leased “a small meeting room” on Leeson Street, near its rented headquarters,...

Being kind to yourself and others is a hallmark of the Christmas period, writes Dr Lucia...

The HSE recently launched mychild.ie, alongside three new pregnancy books. The new My Pregnancy book is...

In a year dominated by women’s health issues, it is fitting that this last Medical Independent...

Hospitals are complex, convoluted things. They reflect many different and diverse influences, including the philanthropic impulses...

The HSE has finally published the long-awaited Primary Care Island Services Review April 2017 along with...

Medical costs in the US are rising. Bette Browne examines why many Americans cannot afford basic...