IPH response to Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and the Department for Regional Development Spatial Strategies
Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and the Department for Regional Development - Spatial Strategies on the Island of Ireland: Framework for Collaboration
11 April 2011
The Institute of Public Health in Ireland
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Published: Wed, 11 May 2011 15:00:06 +0100
IPH response to Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and the Department for Regional Development Spatial Strategies
Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and the Department for Regional Development - Spatial Strategies on the Island of Ireland: Framework for Collaboration
11 April 2011
The Institute of Public Health in Ireland
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Published: Wed, 11 May 2011 14:59:44 +0100
Press Release: Department of Health & Children release updates on Public Health Information
Extensive information on births, deaths, cancer incidence, hospital admissions, and psychiatric in-patient activity available Online & on CD
The Department of Health and Children (DoHC) today (21st April) released the latest update of its Public Health Information System (PHIS) health data tables which include extensive information on births, deaths, cancer incidence, hospital admissions, and psychiatric in-patient activity.
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Published: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 10:04:33 +0100
IPH response to DHSSPS Draft Service Framework for Mental Health and Wellbeing
Published: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 18:48:21 +0100
Petrol cloud may have a silver lining
RISING petrol prices could be good for your health.
Having to fork out more cash on the forecourt could tempt hard-pressed motorists to forsake the car and revert to shank’s mare.
The situation is also a godsend for health promotion agencies who have been crying in the wilderness for years with their calls for policies to limit car usage and encourage walking and cycling, which now have a new resonance. Such policies need huge input from planners and designers who, up to now, have largely focused on facilitating motorised traffic.
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Published: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 16:47:48 +0000
Food Security on the island of Ireland: are we sleepwalking into a crisis?
IPH has developed a discussion paper on food security on the island. This makes the case that health is and needs to be central to food and agricultural policy. Population health, food systems and agricultural production are intimately linked. A clear framework on food security is needed in both parts of the island of Ireland and this offers a key opportunity for cooperation.
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Published: Tue, 08 Mar 2011 18:25:18 +0000
Food Security on the island of Ireland: are we sleep walking into a crisis?
IPH has developed a discussion paper on food security on the island. This makes the case that health is and needs to be central to food and agricultural policy. Population health, food systems and agricultural production are intimately linked. A clear framework on food security is needed in both parts of the island of Ireland and this offers a key opportunity for cooperation.
Access Food Security on the island of Ireland: are we sleepwalking into a crisis?
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Published: Tue, 08 Mar 2011 18:23:13 +0000
IPH welcomes manifesto from the Irish Faculty of Public Health Medicine
IPH welcomes the new manifesto from the Irish Faculty of Public Health Medicine. The Manifesto highlights the need for action across all sectors to improve health and wellbeing, and greater emphasis on prevention and early intervention.
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Published: Mon, 07 Mar 2011 10:25:30 +0000
IPH Submission to Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government Climate Change Response Bill 2010
The main purpose of the Clmate Change Bill is to provide for the adoption of a national policy for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions; to support this through the making of mitigation and adaptation action plans; and to make provision for emission reduction targets to support the objective of transition to a low carbon, climate resilient and environmentally sustainable economy.
Access the full consultation document here and the IPH response below:
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Published: Fri, 04 Mar 2011 14:38:41 +0000
NI Press Release: New website to help in the fight against obesity
A comprehensive website containing all relevant information on Northern Ireland’s growing obesity problem was launched in Belfast today in a bid to help in the fight against the epidemic.
The site called the Obesity Hub (http://obesity.thehealthwell.info) will help health experts, social planners, campaign groups and the media to keep up-to-date and use information to respond more effectively to the obesity problem.
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Published: Thu, 03 Mar 2011 10:13:58 +0000
Research on keeping warm in cold weather
Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) and the Institute of Public Health in Ireland (IPH) are researching older people’s experience of keeping warm in cold weather. The research will inform policy on assisting older people to heat and insulate their homes and respond appropriately to cold weather warnings.
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Published: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 17:52:50 +0000
IPH Annual Review 2010
This review gives a flavour of IPH work and accomplishments in 2010. Since its establishment IPH has been flexible, efficient and innovative in keeping with its stated vision and values.
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Published: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 17:55:42 +0000
IPH Associate Director highlights health inequalities on Tonight with Vincent Browne
IPH Associate Director Owen Metcalfe participated in a panel debate following the live election debate with ROI political party leaders.
The programme was TV3's Tonight with Vincent Browne and broadcast on Monday 14 February.
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Published: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 09:29:51 +0000
Press release: New website to help in the fight against obesity
Rise in obesity accounts for 31% of the anticipated increase in diabetes in the Republic
Obesity Hub
It is estimated that about 60% of adults and about 20% of children and teens in the Republic of Ireland are either overweight or obese. These percentages are expected to rise.
To help tackle the obesity epidemic; policy makers, practitioners and the community should be able to access all the relevant information they need in a timely manner.
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Published: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 09:52:03 +0000
Making Chronic Conditions Count: Chronic Airflow Obstruction
This piece of research is the fifth in a series of chronic conditions prevalence forecasting reports which IPH has produced. Previous studies on hypertension, coronary heart disease, stroke and diabetes were launched in 2010.The research series is based on statistical models of disease prevalence developed in the UK by the Association of Public Observatories (APHO).
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Published: Wed, 02 Feb 2011 17:09:22 +0000
NI Press Release: People with serious breathing difficulties set to increase by 21% by 2020
Health Services must plan for increased demand on services
The number of people in Northern Ireland living with serious breathing difficulties (chronic airflow obstruction) is expected to rise by 21% by 2020, according to new research by the Institute of Public Health in Ireland (IPH).
In 2007 it is estimated that nearly 46,000 adults (3.3%) had serious breathing difficulties in Northern Ireland. By 2020 this is expected to rise to nearly 56,000 (3.7%) – an additional 10,000 adults and 21% increase – in less than 15 years.
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Published: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 10:24:00 +0000
ROI Press Release: People with serious breathing difficulties set to increase by 40% by 2020
Health Services must plan for increased demand on services
The number of people in the Republic of Ireland living with serious breathing difficulties (chronic airflow obstruction) is expected to rise by 40% by 2020, according to new research by the Institute of Public Health in Ireland (IPH).
In 2007 it is estimated that nearly 94,000 adults (2.8% of the population) had serious breathing difficulties. By 2020 this is expected to rise to over 131,000 (3.1%) – an additional 38,000 adults and 40% increase – in less than 15 years.
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Published: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 10:10:10 +0000
Cross-sectoral responsibility essential in tackling obesity - IPH response to 'A Fitter Future for All'
Obesity is an important risk factor for many health conditions from cancer and heart disease to diabetes. The IPH publication Making diabetes count – what does the future hold?
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Published: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 12:47:25 +0000
IPH response to DHSSPS obesity prevention framework consultation 'A Fitter Future for All'
Preventing obesity is a key priority for the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS) in Northern Ireland. In support of this, the DHSSPS has led the development of a cross-Departmental, crosssectoral Obesity Prevention Framework for Northern Ireland 2011-2021, entitled A Fitter Future For All, which seeks to reduce the prevalence of overweight and obesity throughout Northern Ireland.
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Published: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 12:21:23 +0000
Launch of Obesity Hub and Healthwell data workshop
The Obesity Hub (http://obesity.thehealthwell.info), an authoritative source of obesity related evidence, data and good practice will be launched 10.30am, 15 February 2011, Room G11, Brookfield Health Sciences Complex, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at University College Cork. The Hub will support the strategic development and implementationn of obesity prevention and management strategies across the island. The Hub was established by the HRB Centre for Health and Diet Research (UCC/UCD) in collaboration with IPH and the UKCRC Centre of Excellence for Public Health
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Published: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:13:18 +0000
New Minister gives strong endorsement of health research
Every health policy developed during the time that Im in office is going to be based on knowledge derived from research, said Minister for Health Dr James Riley at the launch of the Health Research Action Group year 1 review at Farmleigh House yesterday (5 May 2011). 'Were setting out to create a fairer safer health service, and the knowledge drawn from research will be key to that', added Dr Reilly.
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Published: Fri, 06 May 2011 10:00:00 +0100
Large rise in alcoholic liver disease
In a letter published recently in the journal Alcohol and Alcoholism, HRB researchers and others have noted large increases in alcoholic liver disease (ALD) morbidity and mortality in the 13 years from 1995 to 2007. The rate per 100,000 adults (aged 15 and over) increased by 190% from 28.3 in 1995 to 82.2 in 2007.
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Published: Fri, 06 May 2011 00:01:00 +0100
HRB Discovery Centre launched
More than 2,000 babies and children will benefit over the next six years from a new, dedicated paediatric research facility opening today in Cork.
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Published: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 16:53:00 +0100
Scientists identify gene responsible for skin reaction in epilepsy treatment
A simple genetic test could now be able to predict which patients are likely to experience side-effects, allowing clinicians to prescribe the drug with greater confidence and saving many patients the significant trauma of adverse reaction.
http://www.hrb.ie/index.php?id=642&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=139
Published: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 12:31:00 +0000
Reduction in the number of all and first admissions to Irish psychiatric units and hospitals
The overall number of admissions to psychiatric units and hospitals, both new and returning patients, fell from 20,752 in 2008 to 20,195 in 2009. This is a reduction of 557 in the number of admissions from 20082009. First admissions fell from 6,194 in 2008 to 5,972 admissions in 2009. The figures are published today in the Health Research Board annual report Activities of Irish Psychiatric Units and Hospitals 2009.
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Published: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:33:00 +0000
Scientists sequence tropical marine organism genome
German and American researchers have successfully sequenced the genome of Lyngbya majuscula (L.
a), a tropical marine organism able to generate substances that can be used in the treatment of human disorders including neurodegenerative diseases and cancer.
is presented in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
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How green is your coffee?
European researchers have found that the choice of coffee itself is the main factor determining how environmentally friendly your morning cup is.
me might spend time ensuring the machine or the capsules they use are up to their green standards, in reality the real key to an ecological cup is in the beans.
, from the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research (EMPA) in Switzerland, investigated various capsule systems and fully automatic machines as well as filter and soluble coffee-making techniques; pulling all this information together a life-cycle analysis, and concluded that regardless of how it is prepared, the coffee itself is what makes the difference.
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Published: Wed, 11 May 2011 00:00:01 GMT
CAREX delivers roadmap on life in extreme environments
An over 200-strong team of scientists from Europe and abroad joined forces to deliver a roadmap spotlighting extreme environments and life found there.
me of the CAREX ('Coordination action for research activities on life in extreme environments') project, which ran from 2008 to 2010, the roadmap provides us with key clues about life thriving in our planet's oceans, the Polar regions and deserts.
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Published: Wed, 11 May 2011 00:00:01 GMT
Study sheds new light on Neanderthals' demise
Scientists in Ireland and Russia have discovered that Neanderthals probably died earlier than what is commonly believed.
d in the journal PNAS Online Early Edition, the study puts a new spin on the theory that ties between Neanderthals and modern humans existed for thousands of years.
ng suggests that interactions between them were neither unrestricted nor long-lasting; it is likely that Neanderthals and modern humans co-existed for just a few hundred years.
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Published: Tue, 10 May 2011 00:00:01 GMT
Plants have immune systems too!
Whilst we might be well aware of the presence of the human immune system, it now appears that plants have their very own extensive defence strategies in place as well.
udy published in Science Express, researchers from Wageningen University in the Netherlands and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the United States have identified for the first time how a network of soil microbes can work together to fend off plant-killing pathogens.
made the discovery after looking closely at soil from a sugar beet field in the Netherlands that had become resistant to the root fungus-causing pathogen Rhizoctonia solani.
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Published: Tue, 10 May 2011 00:00:01 GMT
Researchers reveal gene and magnesium deficiency link
Scientists in Europe, led by Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in Germany, have found a link between genes and magnesium deficiency.
d in the journal American Journal of Human Genetics, the study could lead to the development of new treatments for genetically triggered magnesium deficiencies.
rch was funded in part by the EUNEFRON ('European network for the study of orphan nephropathies') project, which has clinched almost EUR 3 million under the Health Theme of the EU's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) to probe the natural history and pathophysiology of rare inherited diseases affecting key structures of the kidney.
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Published: Tue, 10 May 2011 00:00:01 GMT
All 27 Member States in on geohazards project
The impact of geohazards such as flooding and volcanoes on our everyday lives will soon be better understood, thanks to a new EU-funded project involving all 27 Member States, which has just got up and running.
' (Enabling access to geological information in support of Global Monitoring for Environment & Security (GMES)), which received funding to the tune of EUR 2.
under the 'Space' Thematic area of the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), will work towards the pooling of European geological data to form an information portal for public policymakers.
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Published: Fri, 06 May 2011 00:00:01 GMT
EU project spotlights better health for longer living
Medical, technological and educational advances are providing Europeans with a new boost for life.
s of living are better than ever and people are living longer.
ean Food Information Council (EUFIC) says we can expect to live up to 78 years of age compared to the 72 years recorded in the 1980s.
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Published: Fri, 06 May 2011 00:00:01 GMT
Scientists piece together stress puzzle
EU-funded researchers have linked a previously unknown pathway in the brain to our response to stress, fuelling our understanding of the role 'brain chemistry' plays in how we react to highly stressful and traumatic events.
d in the journal Nature, the research was funded in part by the BRAIN AND ANXIETY and GENADDICT projects under the EU's Sixth Framework Programme (FP6).
ANXIETY ('Neural mechanisms of fear and anxiety: interactions between proteases and extra-cellular milieu') was backed with a Marie Curie Excellence Grant worth EUR 1.
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Published: Fri, 06 May 2011 00:00:01 GMT
New 10-year, billion-euro plan for graphene
Graphene, a new substance coming from the world of atomic scale manipulation of matter, could be the wonder material of the 21st century.
ing just how important this material will be for information and communication technologies (ICTs) is the main focus of the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) Coordination Action GRAPHENE-CA, funded under the 'Ideas' Theme.
e is the two-dimensional crystalline form of carbon: a single layer of carbon atoms arranged in hexagons, with an atom at each nexus.
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Published: Thu, 05 May 2011 00:00:01 GMT
Autism: more adults going undiagnosed
The majority of adult autism sufferers from England in the United Kingdom go undiagnosed and are completely in the dark about having the condition, according to new European research.
dy, published in the journal General Psychiatry, also found that autism is more common in males, those without higher education, and those who live in social housing.
arch, carried out by researchers from the United Kingdom, used data from a 2007 general population survey of autism in adulthood carried out by the team.
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Bacteria and antibiotic resistance: the role of IncP-1 plasmids
Scientists in Sweden have discovered that the part of bacterial deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) that frequently carries antibiotic resistance has the capacity to move between several types of bacteria and adapt to widely differing bacterial species.
ings, which are presented in the journal Nature Communications, shed light on how IncP-1 plasmids can boost the potential for gene spreading.
advances are providing more and better treatment for people who need it.
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Published: Thu, 05 May 2011 00:00:01 GMT
Cape Region's flourishing flora due to soil diversity
The Cape Region on the south-western tip of Africa has long been heralded as a place blooming with flowers and plants, and now an international team of EU-funded scientists has uncovered the reason behind the region's flourishing flora.
s this remarkable plant diversity occurs as a result of the large range of different soils present in the region, according to the team of scientists from the Germany, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States.
d in the journal Systematic Biology, the study, which was given a boost from the project HOTSPOTS ('Understanding and conserving Earth biodiversity hotspots'), funded in part under the Marie Curie Actions thematic area of the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6), outlines the scale of the Cape Region's flora.
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Published: Wed, 04 May 2011 00:00:01 GMT
How extinct marine lizard reveals endogenous proteins from within
A team of scientists in Sweden has found a fossil of a giant, extinct marine lizard (mosasaur) dating back to the Late Cretaceous period, around 100 to 65 million years ago.
is unique about this research is that they succeeded in finding authentic remains of an animal that no longer walks on this earth .
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Published: Wed, 04 May 2011 00:00:01 GMT
Putting the lid on malaria
Scientists from the United Kingdom and the United States continue the good fight against malaria by working on control measures for mosquitoes that transmit this deadly disease.
they can introduce a number of genetic alterations into extensive laboratory mosquito populations over the span of a few generations using a tiny number of modified mosquitoes.
k is presented in the journal Nature.
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Published: Wed, 04 May 2011 00:00:01 GMT