A talk with … Sinead Roberts
Irish Pharmacist talks to Irish designer Sinéad Roberts — founder and Director of The Costume Room. Sinéad has designed and created for everything from theatre…
Mercedes mid-price crossover
Morgan Flanagan Creagh delivers his verdict on the Mercedes-Benz GLA It’s May and many of you have been fighting this virus full-time for more than…
How to eat healthy during lockdown
Tom Doorley looks at the Government advice on how to eat during lockdown Dr Aseem Malhotra is a London-based cardiologist and I’ve been following him…
Under the skin of seborrhoeic dermatitis
Eamonn Brady MPSI provides a clinical synopsis of the causes, symptoms and treatment of seborrhoeic dermatitis Introduction The term ‘seborrhoeic dermatitis’ is derived from the…
Cholesterol, diet and diabetes meal planning
Eamonn Brady MPSI and Siobhan Clarke (Pharmacy Technician) provide an overview of the clinical considerations in cholesterol control What is Cholesterol? Cholesterol is a lipid/fat…
‘Entitlement’
Ultan Molloy does some soul-searching and asks the question, what exactly are we ‘entitled’ to in life? This is a word that has come to…
5 ‘herbs’ for Arthritic Knees?
Dr Des Corrigan asks how many of the numerous products in pop-up advertisements deserve the title of ‘herbs’ I presume I am not the only one…
Never waste a crisis
There’s a certain type of person who takes advantage of the Covid-19 crisis, writes Terry Maguire “The good lack all conviction and the worst are…
Retail revolution
The pandemic may present an opportunity for retailers to take the politicians to task, writes Fintan Moore The attitude of official Ireland to retailers seems…
Stardom on the cards for pharmacists
Well, it took long enough but finally, pharmacists have ‘arrived’ on the world stage. Never mind prescribing powers or the reversal of FEMPI — pharmacists…
Thar an gcuntar as Gaeilge
Le déanaí, d’fhógair comhlacht Indiach ‘Serum Institute of India’ go dtáirgfidh siad 60 milliún dáileoga i mbliana, de vacsaín indéanta don galar ‘CoVid 19’. Tá…
‘A good start is half the battle’
Dr Bernard Leddy PhD MPSI takes a look over his shoulder at Aromatic Chalk and Opium Mixture BPC, a popular prescription in the 1960s and…
Medicines and monitoring updates during Covid-19
Pharmacist and GP registrar Domhnall Heron provides an overview of medicines management updates in the context of the coronavirus pandemic Since 1 April, the ICGP…
Learning for life
Two final-year pharmacy students and a senior preceptor in the APPEL programme offer their insights into how Covid-19 has affected their experiential placements The first…
Avoiding burnout in the midst of a pandemic
Counselling psychologist Dr Deirdre Walsh provides self-care strategies for managing burnout and stress Working on the frontline in healthcare can be challenging at the best…
Patients reminded to report side-effects of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) recently issued communications on the conclusions of the Picato review, reminding about the risk of serious side-effects associated with chloroquine…
Asthma Society commits to stopping asthma deaths by 2030
The Asthma Society of Ireland has launched Stopping Asthma Deaths in Ireland, the organisation’s new 2020-2025 strategic plan, which commits to bringing an end to…
New clinical support tool helps Irish hospitals optimise and scale acute respiratory care for Covid-19 patients
Senior respiratory consultants from hospitals across the country, led by Prof Richard Costello, have collaborated on the development and deployment of a new clinical support…
10% fall-off in prescriptions for oral contraception during Covid-19 crisis
There has been a significant drop in the number of prescriptions being dispensed for oral contraception since the start of the Covid-19 crisis. Information revealed…
Blocking iron drives the lung immune system to control infection — research
Although Covid-19 currently dominates the headlines, tuberculosis (TB) remains the biggest infectious killer in the world and multiple drug-resistant TB, which does not respond to…
Blood clotting a significant cause of death in patients with Covid-19
A study led by clinician scientists at the RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences has found that Irish patients admitted to hospital with severe…
Government’s commitment to combat flu is welcome but ‘requires more ambition’
Media reports that Government will implement a more robust fight against seasonal flu in the 2020/21 flu season have been welcomed by the Irish Pharmacy…
New understanding of asthma medicines ‘could improve future treatment’
New research has revealed insights into common asthma aerosol treatments to aid the drug’s future improvements, which could benefit hundreds of millions of global sufferers.…
Struggling to cope with soaring costs
Pharmacies arestruggling to cope with soaring costs while providing frontline care during Covid-19 crisis Ireland’s 1,900 community pharmacies are struggling to cope with soaring costs…
Ireland ‘unlikely to face’ general medicines supply issues
The Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) has confirmed there is no shortage of critical care medicines in Ireland, despite ongoing problems in other European countries…
