Time to celebrate and take stock of my blogging activity Join me and have a look at my top posts, page views and the
Do talking treatments help problem drinkers who also use illicit drugs? We’re still guessing – by Sarah Chapman
19 Nov 2012 Do talking treatments help problem drinkers who also use illicit drugs? We’re still guessing by Sarah
Evidence-based solutions for #alcoholharm: Campaigning for change seminar
The wide acceptance of alcohol harms in the Irish society is worrying. Is the proposed public health alcohol bill a step change opportunity for Irish
Irish Network of Medical Educators (#INMED2014): The 7th Annual Scientific Meeting
A network of volunteers for all interested in medical education on the island of Ireland met in Belfast yesterday. The network's aim is to improve
Is it easier to recruit participants in space? Ten years of Cochrane and Mike Clarke in Ireland
Tenth annual Cochrane in Ireland conference “From evidence to clinical guidelines” took place on 24 January 2014 at School of Nursing& Human
Alcohol: poets’ love affair
Spoken word events often take place in bars. Poets who perform at and attend these events are over the legal limit for drinking. But what if an
Christmas 2013 on the Dog Islands, a.k.a. Canaries
The Canary Islands were not named after canaries, the exotic birds, but dogs. The original Latin name means Island of the Dogs. The dog islands
Enslaved by the Annual Symposium of the Society for the Study of Addiction 2013
The term Addiction comes from the Latin “enslaved by”. For two days, we became slaves of addiction conferring, once again, at the SSA conference in
How much charity is too much?
For the third year now, a charity project in Dublin 8 (www.swicn.ie) provides free English conversational classes to people from various countries.