Health Products Regulatory Authority said pacemakers running on Bluetooth Low Energy were at risk.

I brokered a drug transaction this week. It involved two school mums.

The HPRA says 'U-Dream Full Night' and 'U-Dream Lite' have been found to contain an undeclared substance that is similar to zopiclone, which is a prescription-only medicine.

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

The supply of people's medicines will not be affected if Britain leaves the EU without a deal at the end of the month, Health Minister SImon Harris has said.

A “scam” autism treatment at clinics in Cork and Dublin is charging thousands of euro for what it says is a stem-cell-based procedure.

The health product watchdog has issued a recall of a heartburn medicine amid concerns it contains traces of a cancer-causing chemical.

There is no need for patients, hospitals or healthcare professionals to stockpile medicines ahead of Brexit, according to the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA).

Illegality aside, fake beauty products pose risks to your skin that you’re best off not taking.

Mental Health charity Suicide or Survive (SOS) is urging people to make wellness a priority in the workplace this Friday.

Ireland’s health system is “well placed” to anticipate and respond to medicine supply challenges caused by Brexit, according to a Government statement.

Counterfeit cosmetics could cost you your health, Ireland's medicines, the Health Products Regulatory Authority and the Health Service Executive has warned.

The mother of a toddler who suffers from intractable seizures is travelling to Barcelona next week in order to obtain the THC form of medicinal cannabis as she fears that his condition will "nosedive" at Christmas.

Ireland’s medicines watchdog is at a “sensitive stage” of its contingency planning for Brexit, Health Minister Simon Harris has said.

A recall of a blood pressure and heart medicine used by over 60,0000 Irish patients has “caused consternation”, with pharmacists inundated with patient requests for alternatives at a time when the supply of unaffected medicines is constrained.

A coroner has issued a stark warning about the dangers of anabolic steroids after hearing details of the tragic death of a fit and healthy sports-mad teenager.

Women will be able to access abortions here from January, the Taoiseach has said.

A recent statement from Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) about food intolerance tests has led to confusion. As the primary provider of these tests in Ireland we would like to clarify our position in this.

The volume of anabolic steroids illegally imported continues to soar, highlighting a growing obsession with image and performance enhancing drugs despite the health risks.

Doctors will be unable to legally provide abortion pills for up to seven months after any legislation is passed — potentially blocking availability until summer 2019.

The country’s health products’ watchdog has said food intolerance tests are clinically invalid and nobody should act on the results of the tests without expert advice from a medical expert.

Women and girls taking an epilepsy drug that causes birth defects should be automatically reviewed by specialists to see if alternatives can be prescribed, campaigners say.

There has been an explosion in the number of anabolic steroids seized, with quantities in the first eight months of the year up 300% compared to 2016.

Let's start with the good news about a public health risk that’s serious but which rarely features in media reporting: the number of anabolic steroids seized in Ireland during the first eight months of this year was up by 400% on the figure for the same period in 2016.

Nearly 450,000 steroids were seized in the first eight months of the year, despite warnings over their ingredients and health side-effects. Why are so many young people using them, asks Pádraig Hoare.

There has been an explosion in the number of anabolic steroids seized, with quantities in the first eight months of the year up 300% compared to 2016.

"The women of Ireland might be better served if Bishop Cullinan left pronouncements on important clinical matters such as vaccination programmes to the experts in that field," the HSE's communications spokesman said.

Health Minister Simon Harris has called on gyms to work with state authorities to combat the rise in the use of dangerous fake and illegal anabolic steroids.

Hundreds of thousands of illegal prescription drugs have been found by authorities in an international one-week blitz on the illicit trade.

No consultant has applied for a licence to use medicinal cannabis to treat a patient, Health Minister Simon Harris has confirmed. hospitalConsultant_large.jpg

No consultant has applied for a licence to use medicinal cannabis to treat a patient, Health Minister Simon Harris has confirmed.

Minister for Health, Simon Harris, has said that HPV vaccine scaremongers should leave medical advice to the medical professionals.