Muiris Houston
Dr Muiris Houston is an award-winning medical journalist and health analyst with The Irish Times. A practising GP and occupational physician, he especially values the stories patients tell about illness. He contributes to national radio and TV. He lectures at NUIGalway and the University of Limerick and is himself studying for a Master's degree in Medical Humanities at the University of Sydney, Australia. The commute is a killer! (joke). Aviation geek and fishing nut in his spare time.
Women with family history of breast cancer should consider genetic testing
- Health
- May 15, 2013, 02:00
The risk of disease is usually about 65 per cent for women who carry the genes
Medical matters: Vaccine holds the key to making measles a thing of the past
- Health
- May 14, 2013, 01:00
Two-thirds of parents using drugs incorrectly when treating their children
- Health
- May 8, 2013, 06:00
Patients with private health insurance more likely to have appropriate patterns of use
Grieving for my brother makes me want to shed some light on why we cry
- Health
- May 8, 2013, 09:50
Medical View: Postmortem found highly toxic E.coli strain
- Health
- April 19, 2013, 05:00
Rarity of such severe sepsis was underlined by the evidence of Dr Peter Kelehan
Boylan evidence brings further clarity to events in death of Savita Halappanavar
- Health
- April 18, 2013, 06:00
Doctor critical of quality of clinical notes
Medical Matters: Patient safety lessons are emerging from Savita inquest
- Health
- April 16, 2013, 06:00
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