The Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority (RQIA) is looking for a new chief executive. The current chief executive, Olive Macleod, will leave the post in June, having completed a three-year secondment in the role. The body, which oversees safety standards in dental practices, hospitals and care homes in Northern Ireland, is understood to be looking … Continued
Ciaran Gillan, principal dentist at Dental Solutions, reveals why winning Practice of the Year at the 2019 Irish Dentistry Awards has been the pinnacle of his professional career Congratulations on your success at the Irish Dentistry Awards! What did winning the overall Practice of the Year award mean to you? It was an amazing experience … Continued
Biomin Technologies Ltd, manufacturer of the remineralising toothpastes Biomin F and Biomin C, has signed a distribution agreement with Burbel to supply the product in the Republic of Ireland. Sales to clinicians and the public will commence this month. Signing the contract on behalf of Burbel at the IDS event in Cologne, Dr Anne O’Donnell, … Continued
Irish children under the age of 16 are to be given free universal dental care as part of a new €80m government initiative. Smile agus Sláinte – Ireland’s new National Oral Health Policy – will cover 1.1 million children under 16. The policy, which was announced on 3 April, will also extend the dental care … Continued
Onions and garlic might protect against cancer, according to a recent study. Scientists from the First Hospital of China Medical University set out to understand whether consuming greater amounts of allium vegetables (garlic, onions, leeks, chives, and shallots) might prevent people from developing colorectal cancer. As theorised, the researchers found that there was a significant … Continued
Work-related stress among employees in Ireland doubled between 2010 and 2015, according to a study by the Economic and Social Research Institute. The study found that 17% of the workforce experienced stress in 2015, up from 8% in 2010 – one of the steepest increases among the 10 western European countries surveyed. The Irish figure … Continued
New research suggests that people who have grown up in close contact with nature are less likely to develop mental health problems in adulthood than peers who had less access to green space as children. A study from postdoctoral researcher Kristine Engemann and colleagues from Aarhus University in Denmark has found a link between growing … Continued
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