Health authorities around the world have been urged to stay alert to the danger of a further worldwide flu outbreak.

An Taoiseach, Brian Cowen TD launched the most recent audit report of the Midland Diabetes Structured Care Programme.

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO), at the Labour Relations Commission on Tuesday, August 31st, 2010, has withdrawn from all further engagement with the HSE West on their cutback proposals pending a full Labour C ...

The Health Service Executive (HSE) is pleased to announce that its newly appointed Chief Executive Officer, Mr Cathal Magee, has taken up his post with effect from today, Wednesday 1st September, 2010.

Three "kitchen cabinet" advisers to outgoing HSE CEO Prof Brendan Drumm were paid a total of €2.19 million in contract fees during his tenure as HSE chief, new figures show.

Most people agree with the new laws which make it more difficult to get codeine products from pharmacists without a prescription, according to Irish Health's latest readers' poll.

In response to a call from Choice Ireland, the Irish Pharmacy Union has reiterated its call for pharmacists to be enabled to provide Emergency Hormonal Contraception, also known as the Morning After Pill, to patients without a ...

Broadcaster Gay Byrne today launched a new campaign to raise awareness of depression and the importance of mental health in later life. The campaign, by Lundbeck (Ireland) Ltd and supported by Age and Opportunity, is targeting ...

The European Medicines Agency has launched a review of the swine flu vaccine Pandemrix, following reports of a link with the vaccine and the sleep disorder narcolepsy.

A drug that is made in Arklow in Wicklow reduces the risk of death and hospitalisation among heart failure patients by 26%, a major new study has found.

THE HSE has set a two-year target to clear lengthy waiting lists for patients with conditions such as arthritis and skin disease.

Eight key signs of cancer which people should get medically checked have been identified by experts.

People who suffer from a particular type of migraine are at an increaed risk of dying from heart disease or stroke, the results of a new study indicate.

MEDICAL card holders who were due to start paying prescription charges from next week have been given another month's reprieve -- but the health service will lose out on €2m, it emerged yesterday.

The Department of Health & Children has confirmed that a 50c charge, announced in Budget 2010, will be introduced on 1 October next in respect of each prescription item dispensed to medical card holders.

Dental Protection Ireland (DPL), the specialist risk management group, has raised concerns about a memo from a HSE Senior Dental Manager sent to dentists working in community clinics indicating that the Agency's policy is that ...

Outgoing Health Service Executive (HSE) chief Professor Brendan Drumm will step into an academic and consultant's post next month, in which he will earn a salary of over €250,000

Almost 18,000 operations were cancelled in Irish hospitals last year, new figures have shown.

Irish mental health services are in free fall, psychiatric nurses have claimed.

Providers of drug treatment services must be clear from now on that the long-term ambition for addicts seeking help is successful rehabilitation, under plans set out by National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse.

Earlier this year, it was reported that a decision had been taken by the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) to put warnings on AEDs highlighting the increased risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviours associated with some of these ...

Middle aged and older adults may be at an increased risk of dying prematurely if they have larger waists, the results of a new study indicate.

Society says that there is no reason for any patient to wait more than three months for urgent test.

The Irish Dental Association has told a Dail Committee that the HSE's attack on the Medical Card Scheme has caused chaos, confusion and hardship to 1.6 million dental patients all over the country.