Morgan Flanagan Creagh reviews the latest range of Countryman offerings from Mini It’s been a very long time since the Mini was actually mini and…
Keeping mind and body healthy
There is increasing focus on the benefits of ginkgo biloba, an ancient remedy with potential for modern applications in a number of conditions, including age-related…
A good start
An overview of nasal congestion and nasal hygiene in infants and children, a common complaint that causes distress and disruption for children and their carers…
Folate and fortification in Ireland
A new study led by researchers from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) at Trinity College Dublin challenges claims from some international scientific circles…
Malnutrition in the older person
EAMONN BRADY MPSI PROVIDES A CLINICAL OVERVIEW OF THE NATURE OF MALNUTRITION, ITS CAUSES AND HOW THE PHARMACIST CAN HELP TO ALLEVIATE THE CONDITION What…
Coming to you in Calibri
Ultan Molloy explores the value of innovation, in fonts and in pharmacy Colm O’Donnell from Sligo plays both flute and fiddle, and he reckons that…
Opium of the People
A certain drug stands out in a recent report on the medicines used and abused in Northern Ireland, writes Terry Maguire Publication of the Statistics…
New Focus on the Date-Rape Drugs GHB and GBL
Given events in the UK, Dr Des Corrigan advises caution over a possible emerging subculture of ‘date-rape’ drugs in Ireland The reporting on several high-profile…
The Game of the Name
In the world of pharmacy, there are some phenomena that have no convenient name. Inspired by Douglas Adams, Fintan Moore tries to remedy that situation…
there are restrictions, and then there are restrictions…
Have you had to field a few difficult questions regarding the guidelines being issued to try to halt the spread of Covid-19? The fact that…
Asthma Society issues Back2School Checklist
One-in-four calls to Asthma Adviceline were in relation to children returning to school during Covid-19 September has always been one of the riskiest times of…
Proactive primary healthcare management of patients with multimorbidities in the aftermath of the Covid-19 lockdown
A greater focus on primary care services is needed post-lockdown to care for people with multimorbidities Promoting primary care services to mitigate undetected deterioration or…
Half of managers fear employees are at risk of burnout during Covid-19
47 per cent of Irish managers believe employees are at risk of burnout, while 36 per cent of Irish employees say their mental health has…
Home truths
Recent research shows that job security, work-life balance and poor sleep are concerns for people working from home due to the Covid-19 pandemic Mental Health…
GPs and pharmacists working shoulder-to-shoulder
Ulla Oksanen outlines the results of a pilot study, which examined the benefits of integrating pharmacists into general practice teams The results of a non-randomised…
New Covid-19 operational standards for pharmacies released by PSI
Regulator publishes standards in a range of areas including infection control and staff safety The Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (PSI) has developed operational standards for…
New research driving immunometabolism to control lung infection
When drugs to kill microbes are ineffective, host-directed therapy uses the body’s own immune system to deal with the infection. This approach is being tested…
Acute exercise has beneficial effects on the immune system during prostate cancer — study
New research published in Experimental Physiology has found that in prostate cancer survivors, a moderate bout of exercise kept the cell count of certain types…
Latest overview of pharmacy-based vaccination around the world published
Pharmacy-based vaccination is available in at least 36 countries and territories and has been proposed or is undergoing development in a further 16, according to…
Cycle Against Suicide seeking participants ahead of World Suicide Prevention Day
Across the world, somebody dies every 40 seconds by taking their own life. In Ireland, at least one person dies by suicide every single day,…
Covid-19 Tracker App
Irish Covid-19 tracker app ‘incompatible with a recommendation for population-wide usage’ due to privacy concerns — TCD researchers Prof Doug Leith and Dr Stephen Farrell…
Registration and abstract submissions now open for 25th EAHP annual congress
The European Association of Hospital Pharmacists (EAHP) has announced that registration and abstract submissions are now open for its 25th anniversary annual congress, scheduled to…
QUB research to begin on bacterial co-infections in Covid-19 and drug repurposing
A research team from Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) has been awarded a £500,000 UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Rapid Response Fund grant to investigate the…
70% fear they may mistake Covid-19 symptoms for hay fever
The Asthma Society of Ireland recently released the results of its Hay Fever Survey, which found that seven-in-10 people who have both asthma and hay…
New evidence of positive impact of pharmacists on patient safety
The positive impact of pharmacists in supporting medication without harm has been described in a new publication from the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), which was…
Towards eradicating HCV
In advance of World Hepatitis Day on 28 July, Prof Aiden McCormick, HSE National Clinical Lead for the National Hepatitis C Treatment Programme, and colleagues*…
Discussing dysphagia
Eamonn Brady MPSI provides a clinical overview of dysphagia, including causes, prognosis and therapies ysphagia’ is a medical term that is used to refer to…
Back to school in the ‘new normal’
Eamonn Brady MPSI and Siobhan Clarke MPSI look at the physiological and psychological issues that are likely to arise when children return to school in…
Considerations in contraception
Dr Donna Cosgrove PhD MPSI examines the different options for contraception regimens Introduction The Report of the Working Group on Access to Contraception, published in…
