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Irish medical experts warn that video consultations with GPs may lead to misdiagnoses and abuse of sick note system
Health
An expert said doctors should know their patients well before doing a video appointment
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Doctors revealed as most trusted profession in Ireland
Doctors
TDs are the least most trusted profession in the country
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85% of Irish smokers who try to quit fail multiple times, study finds
Smoking
Irish smokers struggle to quit but a pharmacy chain might be able to help
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Blogger Elle Darby who was 'shamed' by The White Moose Cafe in Dublin says she received death threats in emotional YouTube video
Charleville Lodge Hotel
She asked for a free room in exchange for promoting it on her social media pages
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HSE warn Irish public that 'Aussie flu' is spreading rapidly in Ireland
Health
The HSE advise that 'prevention is better than cure'
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Warning issued to pregnant Irish women after baby dies from whooping cough
Health
A second baby is seriously ill after catching the illness
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Nearly a fifth of newly-qualified Irish doctors have emigrated and more could follow
HSE
An appeal has been launched to tackle the brain drain
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EastEnders' Big Mo says Liz Dawn's death should act as a warning for smokers to kick the habit before it's too late
Liz Dawn
Laila Morse who plays Big Mo in Eastenders was told three years ago by doctors that smoking had left her on the verge of a fatal heart attack and she is now backing the Stoptober campaign
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Crumbling Irish hospitals causing brain drain with eight in 10 trainee doctors considering emigrating
Hospitals
The Royal College of Surgeons claims the situation is only going to get worse
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Here's why one in three Irish women self-diagnoses intimate health issues
Doctors
Some 85% of women surveyed consider their intimate health more important than their external appearance
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Free hospital and GP care could soon become a reality
Alan Kelly
A report on the future of healthcare revealed plans to introduce a single tier health system
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Doctors happy with GAA player TJ Duffy's progress after brutal attack in Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan
Crime
The popular twin, 21, suffered the injuries when he was pushed from a footpath
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Doctors remove mushrooms measuring 7cm from woman's stomach after they began growing inside her
Doctors
WARNING. Graphic images. The mushrooms became stuck in the 50-year-old woman's stomach as she often didn't chew them properly
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Likely Lads star says her GP grandad helped hundreds of patients to die
Brigit Forsyth
Brigit Forsyth believes her grandfather would be called a murderer today, but says she is in favour of euthanasia and would go to Dignitas
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Stunning Louth doctor and fitness expert Hazel Wallace set for UK fame with new lifestyle book
Louth
THe Dundalk beauty is already a social media sensation with 120,000 followers on Instagram
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SEVEN rising stars to watch out for in 2017, from Sinead Harnett to Gloria Adereti and Hannah John-Kamen
Reality shows
The stars of tomorrow from the world of TV, Film and music are here and ready to take on the year 2017
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Irish Medical Organisation considers industrial action over 'living-out' pay claim
Doctors
It comes as teachers and Gardai are set to strike over the coming weeks
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Almost half of employees spend on average four days out of work a year visiting their GP
Doctors
On average it takes someone 50 minutes to meet face to face with their GP including travel time and waiting room time.
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Dr Pimple Popper cuts out gigantic growth from woman's neck in grotesque video
Doctors
WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT - During the nauseating procedure, Dr Sandra Lee cuts into the lump with a scalpel and hacks away at the matter inside
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Dr Pimple Popper removes woman's humongous arm cyst that looks like bulging bicep
Skincare
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT: The fatty tumour was sliced off by spot-removing whizz Dr Sandra Lee
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New test can reveal if patients on life support will recover from a coma
Hospitals
The breakthrough could lessen the pain for relatives faced with the terrible decision of whether or not to let a loved one die
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Patients waiting up to TWO WEEKS for doctor's appointments since free GP care introduced for kids
Doctors
Some families are left sitting in bulging waiting rooms for up to three hours
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Stomach churning video shows thorn being surgically extracted from person's lung
Medicine
WARNING GRAPHIC FOOTAGE The procedure ends with a disturbing spurt of liquid towards the camera from an unidentified hole
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Dr Pimple Popper cuts into benign tumour on patient's arm and squeezes out its contents in gruesome footage
Weird News
Dr Sandra Lee, who goes by the name of Dr Pimple Popper, filmed a lipoma being removed from a patient's arm
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