Ireland Health News API

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            "title": "What Is 'Eye Stroke'? Expert Explains The Rare Wegovy Risk",
            "description": "The phrase \"eye stroke\" has recently appeared in news reports about a very rare side-effect of weight-loss injections.",
            "content": "The phrase \"eye stroke\" has recently appeared in news reports about a very rare side-effect of weight-loss injections. It's not a formal medical diagnosis, but a shorthand used to describe a condition in which reduced blood flow damages the optic ner... [5268 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.sciencealert.com/what-is-eye-stroke-expert-explains-the-rare-wegovy-risk",
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            "title": "Weight-loss drugs could alleviate anxiety and depression symptoms - study",
            "description": "'For anxiety and depression that co-occur with diabetes and obesity, semaglutide and, to a lesser extent, liraglutide might be useful dually effective therapeutic options'",
            "content": "An international team of researchers wanted to assess whether taking these drugs was linked to an impact on mental health issues.\nUsing data from health registries in Sweden, they examined information on people with a diagnosis of anxiety or depressi... [2415 chars]",
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            "title": "Irish cancer patients missing out on life-saving trials due to funding disparity",
            "description": "Oireachtas committee told medical research should be valued rather than viewed as an ‘add-on’",
            "content": "Cancer patients have to travel long distances to participate in potentially life-saving clinical trials because of shortages of research staff and uneven funding for regional programmes, an Oireachtas committee has heard.\nCancer Trials Ireland chief ... [3028 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/03/18/irish-cancer-patients-missing-out-on-life-saving-trials-due-to-funding-disparity/",
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