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Priscilla Lynch

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As seen in: The Medical Independent, The Irish Times, Irish Independent, Medscape, The Sunday Independent, Irish Examiner, TheJournal.ie, MDEdge, Business Post, Greenfield Recorder, Image Magazine and
Covers:  health and medical affairs. life sciences
Doesn't Cover: finance, sports
Award winning journalist & editor, specialising in health & medical science news. Clinical Editor @med_indonews, freelancer, @medscapeUK writer, & @icfj Fellow

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Priscilla Lynch’s Biography

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Award-winning freelance journalist and editor, specialising in health, medical science and consumer affairs. Based in Dublin, Ireland.

Currently the Clinical Editor of the Medical Independent, and a regular contributor on health matters to The Herald and Irish Times Health Supplement, as well as a number of specialist and consumer publications.

Interested in healthcare reform and policy, medical and health service politics, transparency in healthcare service spending and waiting lists, service …

Articles

Optimising endoscopy procedures using data

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By Priscilla Lynch Verified
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Dr Nick Burr Optimising the use of endoscopy for colorectal cancer detection and prevention was a key theme covered at this year’s Irish Society of Gastroenterology 2026 Summer Meeting. Dr Nick Burr, Consultant Gastroenterologist at Mid Yorkshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, UK, discussed how to turn endoscopy data into better colonoscopy techniques and outcomes.
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Pioneering Limerick surgeon outlines developments in Crohn’s surgery

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By Priscilla Lynch Verified
| The Medical Independent Verified
iStock.com/Frank Brennan Surgeons should increasingly consider mesentery-based approaches in the surgical management of Crohn’s disease (CD), supported by an expanding evidence base, delegates at the Irish Society of Gastroenterology (ISG) 2026 Summer Meeting heard.
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Changing landscape in rectal cancer surgery highlighted

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By Priscilla Lynch Verified
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iStock.com/luismmolina The evolving landscape of rectal cancer surgery was the focus of a presentation by Prof Christina Fleming, Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon and Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor, University of Limerick Hospital Group, at the Irish Society of Gastroenterology 2026 Summer Meeting. Prof Fleming has a special interest in surgical innovation, particularly robotic surgery, in relation to locally-advanced colorectal cancer and disorders of the pelvic floor.
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Yes, in school.

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It is making the whole world one big newsroom and eveyone sees themselves as a journalist now so how we do our jobs & what we do is changing.

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Awards

GSK Irish Medical Media Awards

2012 - Professional Medical News

The Irish Medical Media Awards recognise and reward outstanding contributions to the field of medical and health-related journalism. Entries are judged by an independent and distinguished judging panel, chaired by John Bowman. In 2012 Priscilla Lynch won the Professional Medical News Award for her excellent use of the Freedom of Information route and her prescient reporting on the complex power-play relationship between the Department of Health and the HSE

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