RTE Documentary Life with Kidney Dialysis
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Current Health Care News
Crackdown on bed blockers
The HSE has launched a major crackdown with the aim of ‘forcing’ hospitals to admit patients on the day of surgery.
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Aliskiren in diabetic nephropathy and the AVOID study
Dr Donal Reddan and Dr Austin Stack, Consultants in Nephrology, explain how the results of the AVOID study have increased our understanding of direct renin inhibition.
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Directors will be in place by July HSE pledges
The three HSE National Directors will be in place in July, the Executive has pledged.
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Staying on in school now good for your health
STAYING in education is good for your health and wealth, a new study reveals.
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Mental health patients held in 'web of neglect'
MANY long-term patients in grim psychiatric hospitals are being condemned to live "cold, empty, colourless lives", a damning report warned yesterday.
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The age we live in
CLAIRE O’CONNELL reports on the rationale behind a new study on ageing in the Republic which has just been launched
WHAT IS it really like to grow old in Ireland? A major new study, which launched its national pilot last week, plans to find out.
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Staff at VHI SwiftCare clinics take pay cuts
STAFF AT the VHI’s five SwiftCare clinics across the State have been asked to take pay cuts of up to 10 per cent.
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Public warned to cover up as skin cancer cases rise by 36%
MEMBERS OF the public have been urged to cover up when in the sun after new figures reveal a 36 per cent rise in the number of cases of skin cancer between 1997 and 2007.
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Swine flu reaches Northern Ireland
The first case of swine flu has been confirmed in Northern Ireland.
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Quitting smoking 'brings health benefits even for older people'
It is never too late to see the benefits of giving up smoking, it has been suggested.
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