The Irish Times

Sitting at a desk all week? Three minutes of exercise every half-hour can counter its effects

Taking 15 steps from your desk twice an hour improves blood sugar control, study shows

Sun Sept 12 2021 - 06:00

Acid reflux: What it is, and how to avoid it

Following a Mediterranean diet and cutting back on smoking can help reduce acid reflux

Fri Sept 03 2021 - 06:01

How exercise may improve the immune system’s ability to fight cancer

Working out may help the immune system target cancer cells, new study in mice suggests

Sun Dec 27 2020 - 06:01

‘It’s like family’: the housing experiment designed to cure loneliness

A radical new scheme in Sweden offers homes to different ages and backgrounds – and insists that they (safely) mingle

Thu Sept 24 2020 - 06:00

Nobel prize for medicine won by cancer researchers

Two immunologists win award for work on a new approach to cancer treatment

Mon Oct 01 2018 - 11:15

Trinity College slips in latest global university rankings

Alarm among academics over impact of funding ‘crisis’ on third level

Wed Sept 26 2018 - 14:32

‘As a fat, pregnant woman, I am here to tell other pregnant women not to panic’

Ignore the scaremongering: the risks of being overweight are overplayed

Mon Jul 30 2018 - 08:56

What running does to your brain

We can use running as a tool to improve the way we think and feel

Mon Jul 16 2018 - 05:01

Blood-thinning drugs may protect against dementia, stroke – study

Scientists analysed health record data from more than 444,000 patients over eight years

Wed Oct 25 2017 - 08:30

Tick, tock goes the biological clock: Nobel prize for US scientists

Work stems back to 1984 when scientists isolated the ’period gene’ in fruit flies

Mon Oct 02 2017 - 19:05

Trinity College climbs up global university rankings

Brexit offers ‘opportunities’ for Irish universities but funding increases are necessary

Tue Sept 05 2017 - 14:45

Passive smoking in youth can increase lung cancer risk

Issue for non-smokers arises if genetic factors exist while obesity a contributor, meeting hears

Mon Oct 17 2016 - 14:41

Japanese scientist wins Nobel prize for work on ‘self-eating’ cells

Study could lead to a better understanding of diseases like cancer, Parkinson’s and type 2 diabetes

Mon Oct 03 2016 - 11:19

‘The healthcare system contributes very little to your health’

Opinion: ‘If we are not concerned with delivering value to patients, we are failing’

Sun Jun 19 2016 - 16:00

Irish-born scientist wins 2015 Nobel Prize for medicine

Donegal native and TCD graduate William Campbell jointly given award for work against parasitic diseases

Mon Oct 05 2015 - 12:46

Tall people more likely to get cancer, says study

Risk of developing cancer increases by 11% for men and 18% for women for every extra 10cm

Fri Oct 02 2015 - 09:34

Son of Irish emigrants wins Nobel Prize for medicine

John O’Keefe jointly won for discovering how brain’s inner position system works

Mon Oct 06 2014 - 18:12

Scientists who explained the cell’s chemical transport system claim Nobel Prize

Interest in today’s physics prize will focus on whether the award will be for the Higgs boson

Tue Oct 08 2013 - 01:01