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The Oath: to be a Palestinian doctor in Israel’s healthcare system Dr Lina Qasem-Hassan working in Israel's healthcare system grapples with her commitment to the medical oath as conflict rages

Palestinian doctors make up approximately a quarter of the physicians working in the Israeli healthcare system

Dr Lina Qasem-Hassan
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In Galway. Have already overheard a passer-by say "it's not the unicycling that's difficult, it's the juggling with knives".

"It will make people angry, whichever side they take, or if they take no side."

Channel 4 to show BBC-commissioned documentary Gaza: Doctors Under Attack

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Mike Ryan: What next for the ‘Indiana Jones of epidemiology’ as he leaves WHO? Sligo man exits the crisis-hit World Health Organisation after decades of fighting deadly diseases in some of the most dangerous places

Mike Ryan: What next for the ‘Indiana Jones of epidemiology’ as he leaves WHO?

Compassionate leadership in healthcare - Medical Independent What does compassionate leadership in healthcare look like? Clearly, healthcare professionals should seek to be compassionate as we...

"Compassion matters both at the level of individual care and at the level of organisations"

Prof Brendan Kelly @medindonews.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social

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The onerous cost of Crohn’s disease: ‘It becomes a choice between paying for a utility bill or medication’ Patients spend an average of €3,252 annually on managing their condition, a report has found

The onerous cost of Crohn’s disease: ‘It becomes a choice between paying for a utility bill or medication’

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I told the truth about the West Bank and was threatened and assaulted. Now I'm relying on you to act | Issa Amro Our lives are blighted by illegal settlements, and 22 more have just been approved. Unless Israel is held to account, we will be erased, says Palestinian human rights defender Issa Amro

"We Palestinians need protection and justice now, before it is too late."

Gaza doctor whose nine children were killed in Israeli strike dies from wounds from same attack Hamdi al-Najjar’s son Adam (11) remains in hospital following bombing of family home

Gaza doctor whose nine children were killed in Israeli strike dies from wounds from same attack

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Mark O'Connell: ‘I walked through the fire all by myself’. This is barbarism Gaza, long viewed as a gigantic open air prison, is now a kind of vast black site, where everyone is deemed guilty, where anything can be done to them without recourse to any justice

‘I walked through the fire all by myself’: An image of a child lays bare barbarism in Gaza.
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The independent COVID-19 Evaluation is examining how Ireland managed the pandemic.

This survey gives you the opportunity to share your experience and help us learn lessons for future events.

👉 www.covid19evaluation.ie/survey/

Sign the Petition Irish Medical Institutions Must Act on Gaza

Irish Medical Institutions Must Act on Gaza - Sign the Petition!

#08: Professor Gideon Hirschfield - The Art and Science of PSC and Autoimmune Hepatitis Podcast Episode · Two guys talking **it - A Gastroenterology and Hepatology podcast · 28/04/2025 · 1h 6m

One for the GI crew. Fantastic podcast from Dr. Jonathan Segal and Dr. James Haridy:

#LiverSky #GISky #GastroSky

(Twitter/X: @2guystalkingit)

Taoiseach Micheál Martin accuses Israel of war crime over blocking of aid entering Gaza Over 50 days since food and medicines have been allowed into besieged area

Taoiseach Micheál Martin accuses Israel of war crime over blocking of aid entering Gaza

'We are complicit': Irish WHO director calls for action on war in Gaza The World Health Organisation executive director said he is ‘angry with the world’.

“Ireland calls on Israel to immediately lift the blockade and allow for unimpeded access of humanitarian aid.” Dr. Mike Ryan

The diagnosis explosion: an important new book tries to understand what’s happening Darcie is a woman in her early 20s with migraine, hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, anorexia, irritable bowel syndrome, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, autism, attention deficit/hyperacti...

The diagnosis explosion: an important new book tries to understand what’s happening

Excellent new book by Dr. Suzanne O'Sullivan.
Patient-centred and full of compassion.

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‘I had all the symptoms of bowel cancer but it wasn’t on their radar because of my age’ Kerrie Kennedy endured searing stomach pain. Doctors ruled out a link to her pregnancy, but it still took time to identify the real culprit

‘I had all the symptoms of bowel cancer but it wasn’t on their radar because of my age’

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Finding a social media home after Twitter - Medical Independent Personally, I find Bluesky a helpful place to be – but is it the best social media option for medics and researchers?...

Finding a social media home after Twitter
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Former Hot Press Writer Niall Crumlish Has Died | Hotpress One of the finest music writers of his generation, Niall Crumlish had suffered a brain haemorrhage, before being diagnosed with cancer less than five years a...

Rest in peace Niall. Such a great guy. Such a loss. www.hotpress.com/opinion/form...

YouTube video by Erased Tapes Nils Frahm - Hammers (Official Music Video)

It’s the 88th day of the year… Piano Day. youtu.be/LNyJ96w7A7U?...

Bowel cancer screening programme extended to people aged up to 70 Galway man (59) tells of his shock when BowelScreen test found cancer, despite lack of symptoms

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Look out for O'Dwyer's 'Harmacy' in Cashel, Tara. The sign is probably fixed at this stage! (Spotted by Sebadoh when they were on tour in Ireland in the 90s, and used as the title/cover of their next album.)

Dietary advice for patients with GI conditions   - Medical Independent GI conditions. Patients often present to their GP with gut symptoms or specific gastrointestinal disorders in which diet can play...

Useful summary of dietary advice for patients with GI conditions.
Aoife McDonald, dietitian
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#HPVvaccineawareness via @rcpiheritagecentre.bsky.social

What is medical Bluesky—and is it worth engaging with? As doctors, researchers, and other academics flee X (formerly Twitter), Mun-Keat Looi looks at what the social network Bluesky is and why #MedSky might be worth trying In a nutshell, it’s a social ne...

"As doctors, researchers, and other academics flee X (formerly Twitter), Mun-Keat Looi looks at what the social network Bluesky is and why #MedSky might be worth trying" www.bmj.com/content/388/...

Dr Paddy Barrett - Preventive Cardiologist Understanding heart disease is the key to living a longer and healthier life. 80% of early heart disease is preventable. Dr Paddy Barrett outlines how you do it.

The Majority Of Heart Disease Is Preventable.
Dr. Paddy_Barrett’s website, newsletter, and book provide fantastic evidence-based advice and guidance.
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A great update on the management of patients with cirrhosis.

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‘His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe and faintly falling, like the descent of their last end, upon all the living and the dead.’

The Dead - James Joyce