Medications
Pozen making $146M acquisition and will move to Ireland
Pozen, a U.S. specialty drugmaker that has struggled to get its cardiovascular drug approved, will buy a Canadian company and move its headquarters to Ireland.
Jun 8, 2015
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Medications
Large but unexplained variations in paracetamol-induced liver failure among European countries
A fifty-fold between-country difference in rates of paracetamol-induced acute liver failure that leads to liver transplant (ALFT) has been revealed by a study that compared patient data from seven countries at the request ...
May 28, 2015
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Health
Recommended levels of activity rarely achieved in busy workplace environment
Even a busy job may not provide enough exercise to meet current activity recommendations for the prevention of cardiovascular disease, according to a study reported today at the EuroPRevent congress in Lisbon.
May 14, 2015
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Overweight & Obesity
Fat Ireland forecasts no surprise to obesity experts
Ireland's growing weight problem is linked to a range of causes including generations of over-eating following historic poverty, experts said Thursday, after a study indicated it would become one of Europe's fattest nations.
May 6, 2015
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Other
Medical device maker settles lawsuit for $4.4 million
Medtronic has agreed to pay $4.4 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the federal government accusing the company of selling medical devices made in China and Malaysia to the U.S. military.
Apr 3, 2015
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Addiction
Ireland passes EU's first tobacco plain packaging law
Ireland on Thursday became the first European Union member state to pass a law introducing mandatory plain packaging for tobacco products, prompting the tobacco industry to threaten legal action.
Feb 26, 2015
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Only 11 percent of nursing homes in Ireland have dedicated dementia care units
The first national survey to map demographic trends in the provision of specialist long-term care for people with dementia in Ireland was launched by Adjunct Professor in Medical Gerontology at Trinity College Dublin, Davis ...
Feb 3, 2015
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Health
Study identifies impacts of women's socio-economic status on infant health
A new report from the Growing Up in Ireland (GUI) study, led by researchers at Trinity College Dublin, provides evidence of the profound influence of early life environment on children's subsequent health and identifies implications ...
Jan 16, 2015
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Health
Pregnant woman taken off life support in Ireland
A brain-dead pregnant woman was taken off life support Friday after a court ruled that her 18-week-old fetus was doomed to die—a case that exposed fear and confusion among doctors over how to apply Ireland's strict ban ...
Dec 26, 2014
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Cardiology
Development of software that "predicts" sudden cardiac death
At Galway Hospital in Ireland, a new device is used to "predict" cardiac events in people at risk of sudden cardiac death. This technology was developed by a Mexican researcher, and the city's university patented it, looking ...
Dec 24, 2014
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