Uprecedented outbreak of vomiting bug hits Sligo hospital
Management appeals to public to stay away unless absolutely necessary (Source: The Irish Times - Health)
Source: The Irish Times - Health - April 12, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Donors sue blood service after test failed to detect anaemia
Problems with Irish Blood Transfusion Service equipment put blood supples under strain (Source: The Irish Times - Health)
Source: The Irish Times - Health - April 8, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Case study: Pain of explaining dementia to family
Helen Rochford Brennan describes telling loved ones she would soon forget them (Source: The Irish Times - Health)
Source: The Irish Times - Health - April 8, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Charter aims to change view of dementia, says Mary Robinson
Document stresses need for parity of rights for 48,000 dealing with condition in Ireland (Source: The Irish Times - Health)
Source: The Irish Times - Health - April 8, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mental health facilities criticised
Patients physically restrained and secluded, commission finds (Source: The Irish Times - Health)
Source: The Irish Times - Health - April 7, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Quarter of strokes now occur in under-65s
Middle-aged men may be ignoring health advice, Irish Heart Foundation warns (Source: The Irish Times - Health)
Source: The Irish Times - Health - April 7, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Pressure on women to leave workforce could lead to Alzheimer’s
Dr Sabrina Brennan says women with less ‘cognitive reserve’ more succeptible (Source: The Irish Times - Health)
Source: The Irish Times - Health - April 7, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Diabetes cases up 70 per cent in Ireland since 1980
Lancet study reports quadrupling of cases, especially in low and middle income countries (Source: The Irish Times - Health)
Source: The Irish Times - Health - April 6, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Government planning ‘opt-out’ system for organ donation
Leo Varadkar says family agreement and next-of-kin consent would still be needed (Source: The Irish Times - Health)
Source: The Irish Times - Health - April 6, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
March ‘worst month on record’ for hospital overcrowding
INMO says numbers waiting on trolleys up 100% on March 2008 (Source: The Irish Times - Health)
Source: The Irish Times - Health - April 6, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Consultant warns hospital emergency departments in crisis
INMO says March one of worst months on record for overcrowding (Source: The Irish Times - Health)
Source: The Irish Times - Health - April 6, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Asthma is being overdiagnosed, doctors warn
Inhalers are frequently dispensed for no good reason, leading medics claim (Source: The Irish Times - Health)
Source: The Irish Times - Health - April 6, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Bereaved people at greater risk of developing irregular heartbeat, study finds
Growing body of research suggests stressful life events boost risk of heart attack or stroke (Source: The Irish Times - Health)
Source: The Irish Times - Health - April 5, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Emergency-call response workers set for 12-hour stoppage
Day of industrial action set for BT/Conduit Global call centre in Navan on Thursday (Source: The Irish Times - Health)
Source: The Irish Times - Health - April 5, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
More than 530 waiting on trolleys in Irish hospitals
Figure is up nearly 100 in a day, according to INMO report (Source: The Irish Times - Health)
Source: The Irish Times - Health - April 5, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
