Introduction The 2011 population study on health literacy found that 40% of the Irish population had inadequate health literacy. There has been little research in Ireland and internationally on health literacy in pregnancy. ...

The Baska mask is a new supraglottic airway device (SAD). Its novel features include a non-inflatable cuff consisting of a silicone membrane, and an oesophageal drainage system with sump reservoir, connected to 2 drainage ...

Prostate cancer is the most prevalent non cutaneous cancer diagnosed in Irish men and the third leading cause of death in males annually in Ireland. Therapeutic strategies currently consist of prostatectomy or radiation ...

Skeletal muscle is a major tissue type in humans, comprising approximately 40% of total body mass in adults. Skeletal muscle is ultimately composed of elongated multinucleate cells known as myofibers. These myofibers are ...

A well-functioning Arteriovenous Fistula (AVF) has been shown to be the best modality for access in patients with end-stage kidney disease going for dialysis. Maturation of AVF is complex and depends on various biomechanical ...

Pregestational diabetes is the most common chronic medical condition to complicate pregnancy and is associated with an increased risk of morbidity and mortality for the mother-offspring pair. Optimising outcomes for this ...

The treatment of cartilage defects remains an unmet medical need as the current treatment options are currently sub-optimal as the most common treatment options; microfracture and autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI) ...

Breast cancer is a heterogeneous group of diseases survival from which depends on stage at diagnosis. The development of blood-based biomarkers which may facilitate earlier detection and possibly subtype delineation remains ...

microRNAs (miRNA) have been highlighted as potential circulating biomarkers and as therapeutic targets for breast cancer. Recent evidence suggests that miRNAs are transported in protective microvesicles called exosomes, ...

It has been over 50 years since the first demonstration that levodopa was capable of reversing the motor dysfunction associated with Parkinson’s disease. In the intervening decades, although levodopa has remained the most ...