Doctors differed yesterday on alternative cures offered by herbalists and other non-medical practitioners.

MEN who buy sex should be prosecuted to act as a deterrent to prostitution and human trafficking, according to a number of public health doctors.

PARENTS investing heavily in a medical career for their child should be wary of private grind schools offering “PreMed” courses that do not equate to the actual first year of a medical degree.

NEARLY 7,000 asylum seekers are currently living in direct provision accommodation, costing the taxpayer more than €83 million in 2007 alone.

IMMIGRANT support groups are increasingly being prevented from entering direct provision accommodation by managers, it has been claimed.