The Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) and the Health Service Executive (HSE) today warned consumers to be vigilant when purchasing ‘high-end’ leading brands of beauty products on sale through certain...

Nearly half of people with asthma are not using their spacer device adequately, according to the Asthma Society of Ireland. A recent survey conducted by the Society on spacer device...

 A national roll out of population health checks for hypertension and atrial fibrillation in community pharmacies would have significant benefits, according to a new report launched today by the Irish...

The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) has published recommendations from its health technology assessment (HTA) on the clinical and cost-effectiveness of extending the HPV vaccine to boys. HIQA’s Director...

A senior Pharmacist has criticised Health Minister Simon Harris for misleading comments in relation to the protection of conscience rights in his draft abortion legislation. Responding to comments made by...

Pictured are pharmacists Niamh McGrory and Johanna Walsh who attended the recent ‘Aware for All’ information seminar in Trinity’s Translational Medicine Institute at St James’s Hospital, Dublin. The event was...

Irish research has revealed that one quarter of suicide attempts are associated with dysfunction in how the brain interprets basic perceptual information, such as what we see, hear and think....

CarePlus Pharmacy has joined forces with Barnardos to raise at least €25,000 to support families in need this Christmas. The campaign - being run in conjunction with each of the...

The HSE's National Medical Card Unit, PCRS has launched the new centralised Drugs Payment Scheme (DPS) service.  This new service allows people, for the first time, to apply online at...

The HSE Sexual Health and Crisis Pregnancy Programme (SHCPP) is launching a national public awareness campaign in partnership with the Irish Pharmacy Union (IPU). The aim of the campaign is...