Muiris Houston

Dr Muiris Houston: What does it mean if your tongue looks like a world map, or your gait is asymmetrical or stop-start?

Whether it was dispensary doctors doing house calls on horseback in the middle of a typhoid epidemic or Irish medics on the frontline during wartime, I have great admiration for their fortitude.

During the last flu season, more than 4,500 people aged 65 and older were diagnosed with the virus, resulting in 159 deaths

Dr Muiris Houston: The evidence suggests that moving to daylight savings time in the spring is detrimental

Dr Muiris Houston: An untrammelled AI could lead to a significant risk to patients' health

There has been a rise in cases of influenza and high levels are expected between Christmas and the New Year, interim Chief Medical Officer Prof Mary Horgan has warned

Much hype surrounds drugs called GLP-1 agonists but they are intended for diabetes patients and people who are obese, not those who just want to lose a few pounds

Artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere at present – including in healthcare. Despite a proven propensity to offer false information and the