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Warning of healthcare ‘implosion’ as insurance costs rise
PRESSURE ON the State’s public health system is mounting and patients face poorer outcomes because of the rising costs of private health insurance, it has been claimed. Hospital consultants and patient...
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MS patients urge Reilly to make drug available
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS (MS) patients have called on the Minister for Health James Reilly to make available a new drug which has had a dramatic impact on the chronic illness. Gilenya has been proven to cut...
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New MS oral drug still not available
A NEW oral drug to treat the symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis, which has been licensed and deemed cost-effective here, remains unavailable to sufferers. The final stage in the HSE’s process before which...
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Event to challenge definition of Alzheimer’s
Is Alzheimer’s a disease or is it a natural consequence of growing old? It may be just part of ageing and it may be possible to delay its arrival, according to a Dublin City University researcher. Dr...
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‘No change on medical card policy’
The Government has again been forced onto the defensive on the issue after claims there had been a “cull” of discretionary medical cards, which are awarded based on illness and not on financial means....
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