The Check Up 5th October 2015
Cancer is costing sufferers up to €1,200 a month & at-risk groups urged to get flu vaccine.
Cancer is costing sufferers up to €1,200 a month & at-risk groups urged to get flu vaccine.
Cramped cancer unit puts patients at risk of infection & ban on smoking in cars brought in for England and Wales.
Wraps as high in calories as some pizzas, surgeons to help pancreas transplants restart & Ireland’s Cancer Survival rates among worst in Western Europe
Calls to test newborns for mums’ drinking, only one-third of men take bowel cancer test & two months before new North Dublin ambulance service opens.
Stop Out-Of-Control-Drinking campaign proposes twin-track strategy, tax on sugary drinks supported by 3 in 4 people & Web Summit to move to Lisbon.
HSE says retention of young doctors is a ‘critical issue’, Alzheimers breakthrough could hold ‘tremendous potential’ & million at risk from carbon monoxide.
Ireland tightens rules for e-cigarettes and gambling advertising & Minister to launch Ask Consent Campaign.
Irish Cancer Society spends €320,000 on transporting patients to hospital, long waits for patients seeking scans & €450m allocated for nursing home upgrades.
Food and drink firms may have to cut sugar and fat content & smoking ban will not be extended to e-cigarettes .
Bereaved parents slam HSE review of hospital, , new drugs treatment offers cancer hope & Daniel O’ Donnell backs search for Ireland’s hidden heroes.