Muiris Houston

Dr Muiris Houston takes a look at the health issues surrounding the insects

A doctor writes: Contact GP if you’re worried about a recent test, says Muris Houston

Taoiseach said his experience working in various hospitals helped form his views

Dr Muiris Houston: Symptoms include loss of muscle tone, facial droop, slurred speech

A number of medical issues will arise if there is a policy of termination of pregnancy on request

Provisional diagnostic error rate attributable to specialist within international norms

Death of Shelbourne FC player likely due to sudden arrhythmic death syndrome

One myth is that psychiatric medications are the answer to all mental illness

Report calls for substantial investment to move away from ‘hospital centric’ system

Many elderly patients are being inappropriately resuscitated. Let them die ‘ordinary deaths’

In the social media world the heart always wins over the head – but it shouldn’t

Seasonal health: We ask GP Muiris Houston for his diagnosis and cold/flu expert advice

How to be a Man: undergoing a prostate cancer test fills many men with fear – but it can be life-saver

Under planned UK health policy, smokers would have been denied surgery until they quit

The dotMed conference aims to reconnect with the art and humanity of medicine

Money is no longer the real issue – it’s how and where we spend it