More than half of people over the age of 65 mix prescribed medication with alcohol — even though they’ve been warned of the dangers.

The number of older people prescribed drugs that impact their mood and behaviour almost doubles when they move to care homes in the North, new research has indicated.

Researchers at University College Cork have developed an innovative strategy to deliver a therapy that “silences” a gene responsible for the neurodegenerative condition known as Huntington’s disease.

Almost 60% of patients in public nursing homes have been prescribed a potentially inappropriate medicine, a study has found.

NINE new legal highs are being sold in head shops, replacing drugs banned by the Government last month.

FOR something not fit for human consumption, it’s a strange sales pitch: “Introducing our New Party Powder, Pure NRG. This 1 gram Party Powder gives a little lift to any party and keeps you going all night long.”

A DEADLY new legal high branded Europe’s “crystal meth” has been formulated by chemists ahead of the Government’s ban on legal drugs sold in head shops.

FREE patient advice and services provided by pharmacists reduced GP visits by almost four million and unnecessary attendances at accident and emergency departments by more than 500,000 in 2007, a report claims.

PFIZER and University College Cork have embarked on a joint collaboration involving the installation of a state-of-the-art 400MHz Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectrometer in UCC’s Analytical and Biological Chemistry Research Facility (ABCRF).

The rising toll of breast cancer can be cut only by reducing exposure to hormone-disrupting man-made chemicals, a new report warns today.

A PORTRAIT of a couple who have worked tirelessly for University College Cork for almost two decades was unveiled yesterday in the college building named after them.

A NEW €22 million college building will play a crucial role in attracting global pharmaceutical giants to Munster, Enterprise Minister Micheál Martin said yesterday.

AN ALL-ROUND honours student who debated his way around the world while at college was named UCC’s Graduate of the Year yesterday.

THE family of a young man who jumped to his death after taking magic mushrooms yesterday welcomed a Government decision to ban their possession or sale.

THE strength of cannabis has more than doubled in Ireland in the last 20 years, according to a new report.

FIFTY extra college places will be available for pharmacy students this September.