
Denise Doherty
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1 month ago |
medicalindependent.ie | James Fogarty |Catherine Reilly |Priscilla Lynch |Denise Doherty
Medical Societies. Clinical news and breaking medical news for doctors, nurses, pharmacists and healthcare professionals news in Ireland. Established in 2010, we investigate and analyse the major issues affecting healthcare and the medical profession in Ireland. The Medical Independent has won a number of awards for its investigative journalism, and its stories are frequently picked up by national digital, broadcast and print media.
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2 months ago |
medicalindependent.ie | Denise Doherty |Priscilla Lynch |David Lynch |Bette Browne
Credit: iStock.com/gorodenkoff Ireland has made significant progress in implementing advanced nurse and midwife roles. Denise Doherty reports Less than a decade ago there was a significantly low number of advanced nurse/midwife practitioners (ANMPs) in Ireland compared to international figures, with less than 0.2 per cent of the nursing and midwifery population practising at advanced level. However, momentum in this area has been growing rapidly on both a global and national scale. The...
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Jan 27, 2025 |
medicalindependent.ie | Priscilla Lynch |- Priscilla Lynch |Denise Doherty |David Lynch
The European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR), in partnership with the Paediatric Rheumatology European Society (PReS), has developed new recommendations for the diagnosis and management of Still’s disease, comprising the two diseases formerly known as systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA) and adult-onset Still’s disease (AOSD). sJIA and AOSD share the same features and the same four major symptoms.
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Jan 13, 2025 |
medicalindependent.ie | - Priscilla Lynch |Denise Doherty |Priscilla Lynch |David Lynch
Different enterovirus strains can cause more severe disease with varying skin findings compared with so-called typical viral strains of hand, foot, and mouth disease. Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is a viral illness that mainly affects children younger than five years of age. In the past it was caused mostly by coxsackievirus A16 and enterovirus 71 (E71), and characterised by small blisters of the oral mucosa, palms, and soles, lasting for seven-to-10 days.
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Jan 12, 2025 |
medicalindependent.ie | Priscilla Lynch |- Priscilla Lynch |Denise Doherty |David Lynch
Two key changes were recently made to the HSE’s infant and childhood immunisation programmeThe HSE recently announced a series of changes to the primary childhood immunisation schedule, applicable to all babies born on or after 1 October 2024. This includes the introduction of the chickenpox (varicella) vaccine.
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