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4 weeks ago | 
medicalindependent.ie | Dawn O'Shea - |Dawn O'Shea |Simon Bull |Priscilla Lynch
Reference: April 2025 | Issue 4 | Vol 11 | Page 36 Beaumont RCSI Cancer Centre and the Irish Cancer Society has launched a first-of-its-kind pilot initiative for earlier diagnosis of lung cancer. Lung Health Check will provide lung screening in the community for individuals between 55 and 74 years of age at high risk of lung cancer.
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4 weeks ago | 
medicalindependent.ie | Dawn O'Shea - |Dawn O'Shea |Simon Bull |Priscilla Lynch
Reference: April 2025 | Issue 4 | Vol 11 | Page 42 Research led by the Centre for Experimental Pathogen Host Research (CEPHR) at University College Dublin has found that memory B cells are a more accurate indication of Covid-19 vaccine protection than antibody titres or T-cell responses. A clear immune correlate of protection from SARS-CoV-2 infection has been lacking.
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4 weeks ago | 
medicalindependent.ie | Dawn O'Shea - |Dawn O'Shea |Priscilla Lynch |J Whooley
Reference: April 2025 | Issue 4 | Vol 11 | Page 41 Pembrolizumab monotherapy is an established front-line treatment for advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with programmed cell death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) tumour proportion score (TPS) ≥50 per cent. However, real-world data on its long-term efficacy remain sparse.
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4 weeks ago | 
medicalindependent.ie | Simon Bull |Dawn O'Shea |Priscilla Lynch
Reference: April 2025 | Issue 4 | Vol 11 | Page 14 Rhinitis refers to inflammation of the nasal passages which results in symptoms such as sneezing, nasal congestion, and airflow obstruction. Rhinitis, which is caused by an allergic trigger, is known as allergic rhinitis (AR). This accounts for about 75 per cent of total rhinitis cases, while the remaining 25 per cent are termed non-allergic rhinitis.
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4 weeks ago | 
medicalindependent.ie | Dawn O'Shea - |Dawn O'Shea |Simon Bull |Priscilla Lynch
Reference: April 2025 | Issue 4 | Vol 11 | Page 43 New findings from the European Thoracic Oncology Platform (ETOP) Mesoscape project suggest the immunoregulatory protein CD276 (B7-H3) holds potential as a therapeutic target in pleural mesothelioma (PM).
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1 month ago | 
medicalindependent.ie | Catherine Reilly |Rachel Crowley |Cormac McCarthy |Dawn O'Shea
Following a five-year hiatus, the Irish National Clinical Cystic Fibrosis Conference took placein January to highlight the latest developments in the fieldThe Irish National Clinical Cystic Fibrosis Conference returned to Limerick on 30 -31 January 2025. Held for the first time in five years, the conference highlighted the recent dramatic changes that have occurred in the cystic fibrosis (CF) landscape.
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1 month ago | 
medicalindependent.ie | Dawn O'Shea |James Fogarty |Alan Moran |David Lynch
Healthcare sustainability was under the spotlight at an online College MasterclassHealthcare sustainability was the theme of the RCPI February Masterclass – a monthly online series providing medical training and practice insights. The events are free to attend for members and Fellows of the RCPI. Among the speakers was Dr Marc Williams (PhD), a Clinical Psychologist who has worked at the NHS Cardiff and Vale University Health Board since 2017.
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2 months ago | 
medicalindependent.ie | Dawn O'Shea |David Lynch |Catherine Reilly
Mr Damien McCallion The digitisation of the health service will be patient-focused and clinician-led, the HSE’s Chief Technology and Transformation Officer and Deputy CEO has stated. Speaking at the recent Technology in Healthcare Summit, Mr Damien McCallion said the purpose of the Digital for Care 2030 framework is “to ultimately improve outcomes; it’s not about implementing a system”. “We have a phrase now – patient-centred, clinically-led, operationally driven, and digitally enabled,” he...
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2 months ago | 
medicalindependent.ie | Dawn O'Shea |David Lynch |Aileen Quigley |Catherine Reilly
Ms Eilish O’Connor As the digitisation of the health service picks up pace, experts are warning healthcare providers that cybersecurity is everyone’s responsibility. Human error remains the primary contributor to cybersecurity breaches. A 2024 Cyber Readiness Report by the global business insurance company Hiscox found that 74 per cent of Irish organisations experienced an increase in cyberattacks in the previous year – the highest in Europe. Almost half of all organisations that came under...
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pulseit.news | Dawn O'Shea
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