Madness is an old-fashioned term. Mental illness or psychological suffering are more...

Doctors typically express risk in terms of the 10-year probability of heart attack or death...

Paul Rudd’s role as a psychiatrist in ‘The Shrink Next Door’ is but the latest example...

Medical Defence Union Medico-Legal Adviser Dr Ed Farnan explains what to do if you are asked...

The Irish Heart Attack Audit (IHAA) National Report 2017-2020 was recently launched...

As GPs, we can give people permission to reduce their viewing of news reports to a...

We have created a society where you either feel perfectly well, or there is something wrong...

Reading journals is a mainstream activity for all registered doctors who are looking to fulfil their...

The Medical Council’s Guide to Professional Conduct and Ethics (the ‘Guide’) describes...

One of the major issues, which the Medical Independent (MI) has repeatedly reported...

As the fifth round of the SAFE collaborative is launched, Dr Peter Lachman, Lead of the...

The pressure on emergency departments (EDs) during the current Covid surge, caused...