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Free blood pressure checks in Limerick
A LEADING general practitioner is strongly recommending people in Limerick to avail of a free blood pressure check in the city this week. The Irish Heart Foundation is running a free blood pressure...
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High blood pressure affects one in four Irish adults
ONE quarter of the adult population in Ireland is affected by hypertension, the medical term for high blood pressure. That’s according to Dr Liam Glynn, who was speaking during the Irish Heart...
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Free HIV testing in Limerick as virus on increase
FREE testing for HIV will be carried out in Limerick city on Monday, June 17. The announcement comes after the HSE’s Health Promotion Surveillance Centre revealed that there were 341 new diagnoses of...
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New Limerick hospital theatre will improve cancer treatment
Finance Minister Michael Noonan with Ann Doherty, CEO, Mid-Western Hospitals Group, at the opening of a state of the art high tech theatre at the Mid Western Regional Hospital, Limerick. Finance...
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Fitness expert gives free lecture in Limerick
FITNESS expert and TV personality Karl Henry will be in Limerick this Thurday for a free lecture and Q&A session on fitness. FITNESS expert and TV personality Karl Henry will be in Limerick this...
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Limerick doctors protest over medical cards
by Bernie English bernie@limerickpost.ie A GROUP of fourteen Limerick GP’s have written to Health Minister James Reilly and local TDs protesting the removal of medical cards from vulnerable patients....
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Free disability awareness training in city
by Alan Jacques alan@limerickpost.ie A CAMPAIGN aiming to kickstart a national conversation on disability is offering 100 Limerick people the chance to participate in a free training initiative. As...
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Parents panic when fever strikes children
A SURVEY by pain relief provider Nurofen for Children revealed that 64 per cent of parents in Munster admitted to panicking when their child developed a fever. The survey was carried out among 300...
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New Limerick hospital emergency department two years away
THE HEAD of the HSE has said there will be no new emergency department to defuse the crisis at Limerick’s University Hospital for two years. HSE Director General Tony O’Brien is was this week visiting...
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Hospital copes with storm related injuries.
SEVEN people were treated for storm related injuries at the University Hospital in Dooradoyle on Wednesday night. Two people presented as ‘walk ins’. A spokesman for the hospital said there were no...
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Fleets of ambulances stuck at ED
SERIOUS warnings have been made about the outcome for patients as an entire fleet of Limerick ambulances, plus some from Clare and Tipperary, was at one stage waiting outside the Emergency Department...
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Visiting restriction in place at University Hospital Limerick
Andrew Carey VISITING restrictions are continuing at the University Hospital Limerick this Monday as staff and management aim to contain the outbreak of a flu epidemic. Notice has been issued that the...
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45 Limerick patients on trolleys
THERE were 45 patients on trolleys at the University Hospital Limerick this Wednesday as the Emergency Department struggled to cope with a huge influx of patients. The HSE west has been blaming a...
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Insulin pumps to end Limerick children’s pain
THE PAIN of constant injections and the risk of serious organ damage for 400 young children in the Mid West has ended with the roll-out of insulin pump provision in Limerick. Children under five years...
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Doctors warn of yellow pack care system
by Andrew Carey andrew@limerickpost.ie DOCTORS are warning that the crisis in general practice is at a “critical stage” and that a “yellow pack service” for patients is emerging. Over 250 GPs from the...
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€250,000 given to UL research on men’s health issue
University of Limerick researcher, Dr Niall Kelly was recently awarded in the region of €250,000 by the Health Research Board (HRB) to investigate a condition called Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia...
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Medical herbalist to give seminar in Limerick
DR Dilis Clare, Ireland’s only qualified GP and medical herbalist, is coming to Limerick to give a public seminar on the use of medicinal herbs to combat everyday health problems. Dr Clare will be in...
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Limerick women warned to be aware of ‘silent killer’
A 51-YEAR-OLD Doon woman is urging women to be wary of ovarian cancer ahead of World Ovarian Cancer Day on May 8. Jewellery shop owner Paula Maher, who is currently battling the disease, has appealed...
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Three month hold-up for suicide help in Limerick
Limerick named among best investment locations A LIMERICK suicide prevention unit has revealed they are meeting the same people repeatedly on the point of going into the river – because there is no...
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Quadruplets bring joy to Limerick couple
Dublin’s Rotunda hospital IT was quadrupled joy for a Limerick couple this week, as they welcomed three baby girls and a baby boy into the world. It was a dream come true for James and Grace Slattery...
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