# Medicine

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# Ig Nobel Prize

Wasabi, yawning, and needing to pee: the winners of the 2011 Ig Nobel prizes

The alternative annual prizes – honouring science that makes us laugh and think – are as off-the-wall as ever.

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Oct 5th 2011, 3:56 PM

Voices

Column: In the future, stem cells will take people out of wheelchairs

Martin Codyre was left paralysed from the shoulders down by an accident. He believes regenerative medicine could offer him a cure – but says ‘miracle’ scams are taking vital funds away from patients.

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Oct 5th 2011, 7:30 AM

# Nobel Prize

Immune system discoveries lead to Nobel prize

Three scientists, including Bruce Beutler, pictured, have been named as the winners of the Nobel prize for medicine following their research into the immune system.

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Oct 3rd 2011, 11:32 AM

Voices

Column: Organ donations save lives – and I should know

Trevor O’Sullivan has received two liver transplants, and will require more after being diagnosed with cystic fibrosis last year. He writes about receiving the gift of life.

Oct 3rd 2011, 7:32 AM

# Black Market

50,000 illegal and counterfeit medicines seized in Ireland

A major international operation targeting the sale of illegal and counterfeit medicines online has resulted in the seizure of €150,000 worth of drugs in Ireland.

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Sep 30th 2011, 1:33 PM

# medical certs

Sick notes from doctors costing government €29million a year

Labour’s Kevin Humphreys has called for medical cert payments to be stopped after the €550,000-a-week bill emerged.

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Sep 22nd 2011, 7:37 AM

# Children

Cough and cold medicines not to be used by children under 6

The Irish Medicines Board made the announcement today, saying that there are few benefits in taking them but some risks.

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Sep 20th 2011, 10:07 AM

Voices

Column: ‘This revelation gave me an 85 per cent chance of breast cancer’

Emma Hannigan describes the moment she found out she was genetically predisposed to developing cancer – and what happened next.

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Sep 16th 2011, 7:45 AM

# Cyberchondriacs

Cost of GP visits sending people online for diagnosis – survey

Almost half of Irish people have tried to diagnose an illness or ailment online, because the cost of visiting a doctor is too high.

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Aug 31st 2011, 1:06 PM

Voices

Column: My long journey out of the darkness

Would I change my experience of crippling depression? No, because it made me who I am today, writes Agnes Rowley.

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Aug 28th 2011, 6:03 PM

Voices

Column: ‘After watching my daughter die, we had to do everything’

Tony Heffernan describes taking his three-year-old son to New York for brain surgery – and why he’d have done it himself if he knew how.

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Aug 17th 2011, 7:43 AM

Voices

Column: Homeopathy isn’t just useless – in the wrong hands it’s dangerous

Homeopathy is based on discredited claims, but it makes a lot of money, writes science blogger David Robert Grimes.

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Aug 11th 2011, 7:47 AM

Voices

Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads

The very best of the week’s writing from around the globe.

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Jul 24th 2011, 12:08 PM

# Hospitals

Fourth person dies at UK hospital as nurse is arrested

The patients died after blood-sugar drug insulin was added to containers of saline solution at the Manchester facility.

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Jul 21st 2011, 1:57 PM

# premature babies

Irish firm hopes to save premature babies with new research

The company is developing a treatment for dangerously low blood pressure, also known as ‘neonatal shock’.

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Jun 30th 2011, 2:53 PM

# toenails

Toenail test lands Irish company €1.5million

You could soon be sending the doctor your nail clippings – especially if you’re one of the 300,000 Irish people with osteoporosis.

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Jun 22nd 2011, 3:39 PM

# dr shortage

Minister for Health warns of shortage of junior doctors

The shortage of doctors will become more obvious from 11 July, when junior doctors are rotated between posts.

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Jun 21st 2011, 9:46 AM

# Liam

Irish boy, 2, 'recovering well' after pioneering brain surgery

Liam Heffernan yesterday underwent a gene transfer procedure in a bid to defeat the rare Batten’s Disease.

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May 4th 2011, 9:45 AM

# Healthcare

Three in four hospital interns take blood without gloves

A survey of medical interns in two of Dublin’s teaching hospitals reveals that just 26 per cent wear gloves when taking blood.

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Feb 25th 2011, 3:36 PM

# Health

Study finds that the brain can block the effect of painkillers

Researchers discover that the opposite of the placebo effect also exists – if we believe a drug isn’t working on our bodies, then it probably won’t.

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Feb 17th 2011, 11:54 AM

# Pregnancy

Artificial pancreas may help control Type 1 diabetes in pregnancy

Medical study suggests new advance to protect women with Type 1 diabetes – and their babies – who can be at risk because of the condition.

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Jan 31st 2011, 1:57 PM

# Christmas

I spy with my bionic eye: slideshow of 2010's most brilliant scientific breakthroughs

Tests to predict heart attacks years in advance, supernovas and invisibility cloaks make it a good year for the folks in the white coats.

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Dec 27th 2010, 8:20 AM

# Asthma

Infants who take paracetamol more likely to develop asthma

Study from New Zealand concludes that “liberally” giving products containing paracetamol given to children may have serious side-effects.

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Dec 1st 2010, 4:28 PM

# Smoking

Passive smoking kills 600,000 every year

First global study confirms that secondhand smoke is a massive killer – and 200,000 of its victims are children.

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Nov 26th 2010, 9:18 AM

# Nobels

Who's the Daddy? He is...

The “father of the test-tube baby” has taken the 2010 Nobel Prize for medicine, while the Ig Nobels celebrate slightly more obscure scientific, er, achievements.

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Oct 4th 2010, 1:11 PM

# Breaking News

Ambulances called to clinical drug trial

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Aug 27th 2010, 2:54 PM

# Hip Device Recall

Hip replacement devices recalled

Patients urged to contact their surgeon if experiencing post-op discomfort or pain.

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Aug 27th 2010, 12:48 PM

# Paperround