Adverse reactions to medicines reported to the Health Products Regulatory Authority more than doubled last year, it has emerged.

Learning from the recent approach to tackling the threat posed by superbugs could be the key to improving other areas of patient safety, according to the health services watchdog.

Getting irreversible weight-loss surgery has dramatically improved Suzanne Harrington’s quality of life.

Advanced genomic analysis will transform how we practice medicine and how doctors will treat patients, from prevention to cure, says Prof Owen P Smith.

Salary and the prestige attached to the job are greater attractions for male medical students considering a career in surgery than for women, whose choices are significantly more influenced by part-time work, parental leave and working hours.

GP Lucia Gannon fears for the future of rural doctors. She tells Áilin Quinlan the government must get to grips with the shrinking numbers of GPs that threaten the health of small communities across the country.

In his new book, ‘Can Medicine be Cured?’ Prof Seamus O’Mahony is highly critical of the medical system, particularly when it comes to spending huge amounts of money on drugs that do little to improve health or prolong life

Brexit uncertainty is causing undue stress to Irish people with rare diseases according to patient advocacy groups.

Tánaiste Simon Coveney has said there are no medicines at risk of not being supplied after March 29 in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

The virus, which is nowadays carried mainly through injected drug use, is being discussed at an Irish College of General Practitioners (ICGP) conference in Dublin.

New safety measures are being introduced to better protect patients against counterfeit medicines.

A group representing the HSE's largest suppliers of medicines has said the Government should establish a Medicines Contingency Stakeholder Group amid concerns there could be medicines shortages both now and in a post-Brexit scenario.

The Tánaiste Simon Coveney is reassuring patients there will be no issues with their medication in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

The main Irish arm of Swiss drugs giant Roche has blamed a new pricing agreement with the Government for “a significant decline in revenues” in 2017.

Chloe Copely's labrador has to take ear medicine but apparently, her other dog hates to feel left out.

Strychnine, the assassin’s poison of choice in James Bond, was just one of the strange but dangerous remedies administered by doctors to treat ‘Spanish Flu’ a century ago.

Irish cancer patients are among the last in Europe to get access to new medicines.

There can be few situations as distressing for a sick person, or the family of a sick child, in a rich country, than to be told that the medicines needed to resolve their difficulties are beyond the reach of the health service budget.

The Health Minister will sign an international agreement today aimed at securing affordable and timely access to new medicines for Irish patients.

Not many men can claim to have helped impregnate a gorilla or to have delivered a primate by caesarean section, but David Cahill’s CV is fairly unique, even in the radical world of fertility medicine.

Adding a blood test alongside a brain scan could help pinpoint the cause of one of the deadliest forms of stroke, research suggests.

The Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association says Ireland has the worst record in Europe when it comes to adopting new drugs.

The public is being warned that overuse of antibiotics is now one of the biggest threats to patient safety in Ireland.

Pfizer’s quarterly profit beat market estimates, partly helped by higher-than-expected sales of its blockbuster pneumonia vaccine, Prevnar. The company also raised its full-year earnings forecast.

People on zero-hour contracts or similar work situations are so financially precarious some are avoiding going to the doctor or delaying having children.

Buying prescribed medicines online can be “deadly dangerous”, pharmacists have warned. The Irish Pharmacy Union expressed concern that many medicines purchased online are fake and have potentially lethal health consequences.

Delayed diagnoses, faulty medical devices, missed medication, wrong medical records applied to patients — all feature among the incidents in our hospitals that led to the State paying out €177m in damages between 2010 and 2014.

A drug derived from cannabis offers new hope to people with untreatable forms of epilepsy, according to the results of a new study.

Medicine, maternity, surgery, disability, and older persons were the most common services in our hospitals in which clinical incidents were identified in a five-year look-back by the State Claims Agency.

Here Majella O’Sullivan takes a look at some of the most common conditions named after those who discovered them and the people whose names they bear.

A Cork automation technology company is aiming for further growth after one of the world’s biggest pharmaceuticals bought a stake in it.

A father has made an emotional plea outside Leinster House for his little boy to be given a groundbreaking drug to treat cystic fibrosis.

Icon shares recovered from an early decline yesterday as the Irish clinical research and drug development services firm met fourth- quarter earnings targets, but narrowly came up short on revenue estimates.

President Trump made many wild promises before he was elected, all designed to “Make America Great Again” by reversing unstoppable trends in today’s ever more connected and automated world.

British patients could face a longer wait for new drugs after the UK pulls out of the European Union, experts have warned.

Major reform is still needed to pass on savings on medicines to taxpayers and patients.

Health Minister Simon Harris will today travel to London to try to convince the European Medicines Agency of the merits of relocating to Dublin.

Minister wants local doctors to take on some roles from hospitals, writes Elaine Loughlin.

The Irish Pharmacy Union are warning of the dangers of mixing alcohol and medicines.

This week, Megan Sheppard naturally solves your problems with mercury dental fillings and vertigo.

Ever wondered what a management position in the sciences might be like? Well, we spent a day with Dr Catherine O’Connor, a medical science liaison manager at GlaxoSmithKline.

Margaret Jennings says almost 5,000 children under the age of 10 ingested a poison in the home last year — usually either a medicine or household cleaning product.

Dr Geraldine Hosny, General Internal Medicine Specialist and Clinical Lead, Medical Assessment Unit (MAU), Bon Secours Hospital, Dublin.