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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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Mar 24, 2025 | 
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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Jan 12, 2025 | 
medicalindependent.ie | Priscilla Lynch |- Priscilla Lynch |Denise Doherty |David Lynch
The latest guidance on diagnosis and management of reflux and gastro-oesophageal reflux disease in infantsGastro-oesophageal reflux (GOR), commonly referred to as reflux, is a physiological process frequently observed in infants. When reflux becomes symptomatic and leads to complications, it is termed gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD). While GOR is a common and generally benign occurrence in infants, GORD refers to a more severe and persistent form that can lead to complications.
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Dec 17, 2024 | 
medicalindependent.ie | Denise Doherty |Priscilla Lynch |- David Lynch |- Catherine Reilly
The use of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) by individuals with type 1 diabetes (T1D) has “revolutionised the management of hypoglycaemia”, Dr Patrick Divilly, Consultant of Endocrinology and Diabetes Mellitus, St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin, told the inaugural Joint Irish-UK Endocrine Meeting 2024. He also highlighted issues surrounding hypoglycaemia in the age of new technology. Dr Divilly compared the original definition of hypoglycaemia to CGM-detected hypoglycaemia.
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Dec 17, 2024 | 
medicalindependent.ie | Denise Doherty |- Priscilla Lynch |Priscilla Lynch
A practical and clinically-grounded overview of the UK ADOPT (AI-enabled Detection of OsteoPorosis for Treatment) study was presented by lead author Prof Kassim Javaid, Professor of Osteoporosis and Adult Rare Bone Diseases, University of Oxford, UK. ADOPT uses artificial intelligence (AI) to review hospital computed tomography (CT) scans and identify appropriate patients, who are not critically unwell or in the final stages of life, that will benefit from a prompt bone health assessment.
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Dec 17, 2024 | 
medicalindependent.ie | Denise Doherty |- Priscilla Lynch |Priscilla Lynch
A technologically and clinically grounded talk on advances in diagnosis and management of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) was presented at the Irish Thoracic Society Annual Scientific Meeting. During his talk, Dr John Garvey, Consultant Respiratory Physician and Sleep Laboratory Director, St Vincent’s University Hospital, and Adjunct Assistant Clinical Professor, University College Dublin, acknowledged the existence of “very little data from an Irish perspective” regarding OSA prevalence.
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Dec 17, 2024 | 
medicalindependent.ie | Denise Doherty |- Priscilla Lynch |Priscilla Lynch
The Irish Thoracic Society Annual Scientific Meeting heard an engaging and evidence-based talk on altering the trajectory of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) from incoming Chair of the European Respiratory Society’s airways pharmacology and treatment group, Dr Alexander Mathioudakis. Dr Mathioudakis is National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Clinical Lecturer in Respiratory Medicine at the University of Manchester and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, UK.
