Search Results for 'surgery'

The west's biggest hospital is the first in the country to introduce incision-less, minimally invasive surgery to help correct blockages of the oesophagus.

Hair transplant surgery involves thousands of tiny incisions (little cuts). The blood around these little wounds needs to thicken/clot and dry over to form a scab, like any cut. Tir na nOg Clinic therefore recommends you do not cover the treated area at all during this initial phase. In order to dry out, the wounds need fresh air exposure. Without it, not only will healing be delayed, but some of the hairs may come loose.

Galway secured a much-needed win over Tyrone last weekend and now hope to follow up with a win over Donegal in Letterkenny on Sunday afternoon (12.30pm).

Portiuncula University Hospital has launched the ‘Little Journey’ virtual reality app to help children between the ages of 3 and 12, to prepare for surgery and allay their anxiety in advance of their hospital stay.

Portiuncula University Hospital has launched the ‘Little Journey’ virtual reality app to help children between the ages of 3 and 12, to prepare for surgery and allay their anxiety in advance of their hospital stay.

Connacht is running out of games to seal a top eight play-off spot, thus this weekend’s fixture against Zebre becomes all the more crucial in achieving their seasonal ambitions.

Patients with severe and complicated obesity respond differently to a dietary weight loss programme based on their genes, according to a study by researchers at University of Galway and Brunel University London.

The Sláinte Society in University of Galway have announced the return of the much loved Teddy Bear Hospital to the Bailey Allen Hall on University of Galway campus.

Every new year we are bombarded with articles and headlines on weight loss, diets, how to lose those extra pounds - do we really need to be told our waistlines have gotten bigger, or we have become even more curvier, the in word for weight gain?

The Saolta University Health Care Group and Galway University Hospitals (GUH) welcomed last evening's announcement of the progression of an elective hospital for the region.