“Doctor, I’m worried about my memory” or “Doctor, can I have a word with you about my mother” are phrases that are all too common to us as GPs. These are phrases that unfortunately are likely to become all the more common, with Ireland predicted to have the largest growth in terms of an older population of all...

Chronic complications of diabetes such as kidney and nerve damage or blindness and amputation are both well documented and well understood, with a plethora of research into prevention and management. However, brain health complications of diabetes are not as well understood, this according to Dr Catherine Dolan,...