Smart tech to treat debilitating balance disorders
Physiotherapist Dr Dara Meldrum developed Vertigenius for clinical use
How to get your children to sleep: Six steps to bedtime best practice
Brushing teeth, reading and avoiding food and screens all part of consensus advice
Coronavirus: South Africa to use Johnson & Johnson vaccine instead of AstraZeneca
World wrap: California surpasses New York as US state with most coronavirus deaths
A mini-revolution in brain science
How ‘mini-brains’ grown in laboratories are helping us understand human brain development
Social jetlag: up early on weekdays, snooze button at weekends
Living in two time zones – week days and weekends – could cause social jetlag
Coverage of ‘sun-ray’ therapy sheds light on medical faith in UV
Ultraviolet light used in cases of TB, rickets, malnutrition and diseases of bones and skin
Human eggs fully grown in laboratory for the first time
Scientists hope research could be a breakthrough in improving fertility treatment
Sperm count of Western men in downward spiral, study finds
Scientists document 59.3 per cent drop in average amount of sperm produced by Western men between 1973 and 2011
Cancer researcher and university administrator who contributed to Ireland’s workplace smoking ban
Obituary – Paddy Johnston: born September 14th, 1958; died June 4th, 2017
President and vice chancellor of Queen’s University dies suddenly
Prof Patrick Johnston was leading cancer expert who wanted to make Belfast college international powerhouse
Dementia rate falls as health-conscious men ‘become more like women’
Dramatic reduction in rates of Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia in 20 years
Scientists discover genes that shorten lifespan
Inherited variants have potential to knock three years off your life
Virtual therapy could ‘help patients with depression’
Study involves a patient embodying themselves in an avatar of a crying child
Criminologist who argued for a humane justice system
Paul O’Mahony: September 29th, 1946 - November 11th, 2015
Cystic Fibrosis Ireland welcomes potential new treatment
To see a 3.7% increase in lung function from therapy is considered a ‘promising finding’
First functional organ to be grown inside an animal
University of Edinburgh researchers used reprogrammed cells created in a lab
A fresh approach to the business of tech transfer
A new tech transfer body, KTI, will use novel ideas for exploiting research, says its head, Dr Alison Campbell
Researchers hail ‘turning point’ in Alzheimer’s treatment
New approach focused on root cause of brain diseases has positive effect on mice
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