Arthritis overview: managing the painDr Muiris Houston looks at causes, signs and symptons of arthritis, as well as its prevention and treatment.Tue Oct 28 2014 - 16:15
Medical Matters: Chicken soup for a cold: why fowl solution can be better than antibioticsComfort food can help when pills are powerless against common cold virusMon Oct 27 2014 - 01:00
Research supports Irish decision not to screen for EbolaAnalysis projects fewer than three people with virus will travel on an international flight every monthTue Oct 21 2014 - 14:04
An effective, if unpalatable, gut function treatmentA significant breakthrough in the science of faecal therapyMon Oct 20 2014 - 01:00
Ebola takes heaviest toll among healthcare workersDeath rate at 57% in worst-hit west African countries, says World Health OrganisationThu Oct 16 2014 - 01:00
Ebola risk low but we need high level protocolsTrained health staff, not airport checks, can protect Irish people from EbolaSat Oct 11 2014 - 01:00
Medical Matters: Hopes for breakthrough as male contraceptive looks good with baboonsMon Oct 06 2014 - 01:00
Audit of ICU facilities needed after Kivlehan inquestAnalysis: inquest raises questions about clinical care, writes Muiris Houston.Tue Sept 30 2014 - 01:00
Medical Matters: Nothing humorous about diagnosing a patient’s ‘funny turn’It can be quite a challenge to unravel what a patient really means by the termMon Sept 22 2014 - 01:00
Keeping a patient asleep during surgery is a delicate operationAnaesthesia is said to be about 50 times safer now than in the 1980sThu Sept 11 2014 - 19:37
The future doctor: moderator, not sageWill healthcare soon be driven by patients rather than doctors?Sat Sept 06 2014 - 01:00
Former president of IMO resigns in protestDr Paula Gilvarry says union cannot maintain confidence of doctorsSat Sept 06 2014 - 01:00
Medical Matters: Errors of medication: serious side effects and the seven deadly drugsTue Sept 02 2014 - 01:00
WHO report on e-cigarettes could be a case of smoke without fireAnalysis: Some research done on risks and benefits of e-cigarettes, but more neededWed Aug 27 2014 - 01:00
What are the chances of Ebola spreading?What are the implications for others if virus is diagnosed? asks Dr Muiris HoustonThu Aug 21 2014 - 20:07
Abortion case raises a number of clinical dilemmasAnalysis: In this case the Act failed to offer guidance on most appropriate responseTue Aug 19 2014 - 22:23
Chances of Ebola spreading in developed world are extremely lowCompared with a virulent influenza outbreak, Ebola is far less contagiousSat Aug 09 2014 - 01:00
Eating more than five fruit and veg a day may be waste of timeResearch says going beyond recommended number of portions may have no further benefitWed Jul 30 2014 - 08:22
Medical Matters: Physical examination allows doctors apply the human touch to patientsMon Jul 28 2014 - 12:40
Medical Matters: Take care, generic drugs could be a prescription for confusion and misuseMon Jul 21 2014 - 17:00
Medical Matters: Sars-like virus Mers would have to adapt genetically to threaten usMon Jul 07 2014 - 18:00
Medical Matters: Suspension of surgery for obesity the worst type of HSE ‘slash and burn’ careMon Jun 23 2014 - 13:00
A doctor writes: how to survive the heatOur adaptation to heat is dependent on the body’s ability to act as a natural cooling systemWed Jun 18 2014 - 13:40
Medical Matters: Eat, drink and be merry, for being Irish may be enough to kill youMon Jun 02 2014 - 16:00
Medical Matters: Unnecessary checks sap resources better spent on poor peopleThey might seem sensible, but there is little evidence that having a periodic health check does any goodMon May 26 2014 - 16:00
Square meals and bottled benefits: don’t abandon chocolate and red wine just yetPractising medicine in modern times, doctors must be wary of becoming part of the “health police”Tue May 20 2014 - 01:00
Medical Matters: A Trinity of memoriesBody snatching and other tales from TCD medical school’s history in Coakley’s bookMon May 12 2014 - 18:30
Ireland has highest rate of invasive meningitis in Europe, conference hearsMany children critically ill before they receive medical attentionThu May 08 2014 - 01:00
Medial Matters: Medical thrillers turn into reality as post-antibiotic era is almost upon usMon May 05 2014 - 17:08
Medical Matters: What the frack?We need to examine the health risks of fracking before granting licences, writes Muiris HoustonMon Apr 28 2014 - 20:00
Medical Matters: Loneliness of the long-distance neighbourLoneliness can be a health risk on par with smoking and not getting enough exerciseMon Apr 14 2014 - 18:00
Tony Benn, Earl Grey and William Gladstone can’t all be wrong, can they?The good, the bad and the Bergamot: the health effects of teaMon Apr 07 2014 - 15:00
Six reasons why the universal health care plan is likely to failOpinion: Project would need long-term planning and fundingFri Apr 04 2014 - 00:01
Medical Matters: A Doctor without a stethoscope?Could we be on the cusp of a revolutionary change in medicine?Mon Mar 31 2014 - 19:00
No agent can reverse action of blood thinnerRecent reports have linked 19 deaths to anticoagulants over the past two yearsMon Mar 24 2014 - 01:00
Reaction time can be difference between life and deathFailings in ambulance system mean a high percentage of victims never stood a chance of survivalTue Mar 18 2014 - 01:00
Medical Matters: Looking after the health of future O’DriscollsWe really need to do more to protect the health of young rugby players, writes Muiris HoustonMon Mar 17 2014 - 17:01
Analysis: Open discussion is norm in medicine globallyPatient safety relies on consistent action on best practice and disclosure of issues, writes Dr Muiris HoustonWed Mar 05 2014 - 01:01
Medical Matters: Go gently into the good night . . .Pneumonia may be the older person’s friend but only if we let itMon Mar 03 2014 - 18:30
