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"Prolonged sleep deficiency in childhood and adolescence can have a negative impact on brain development". Photo: Getty Images

How sleep loss affects children and teens' education and health

Children / 19 hrs

"What recovery means is the capacity to live, work and love again"

A guide to going back to work after a mental health illness

Work & careers / 10 Oct

"A greater understanding of mental health illness is needed in order to ensure that negative biases do not impact upon individuals' abilities to join the workforce"

How to be a better employer when it comes to mental health

Work & careers / 09 Oct

The checklist: sore throat, fever, cough, phlegm, runny nose... Photo: Aleksandra Suzi/ Shutterstock

All you need to know about the common cold

Health / 10 Oct

"What we have shown - and continue to show - is that we can mine the microbiome for precise bacterial weapons"

The next generation of antibiotics may be within our own bodies

Health / 07 Oct

How many weeks does Dr Google say you have to live? Photo: Getty Images

How the internet can help us to stay healthy

Health / 04 Oct

Singstrong choirs from Nenagh, Ennis and Limerick with choir director Ciara Meade and Róisín Cahalan

How singing can lead to better lung health

Health / 03 Oct

"The more times we expose ourselves to anxiety, the anxiety decreases"

What you need to know about anxiety, panic and worrying

Health / 30 Sep

"Can we truly call a cure a cure if access is difficult and therefore the ability to cure some is negated?"

What does it actually mean to cure a disease?

Brainstorm / 25 Sep

"The increased frequency and spread of wildfires is directly linked to climate change and exposure to wildfire smoke significantly impacts respiratory health"

Will climate change increase the risk of asthma?

Climate Change / 20 Sep

"There were 53 posture changes per hour in the most fidgety third of the sample, and only 11 per hour in the least fidgety third"

Why fidgeting could be good for your child's health

Children / 17 Sep

"In keeping with their community-led ethos, the beauty of the GAA is the effort to include players of all sporting capabilities"

How an organisation like the GAA can help vulnerable young men

Ireland / 16 Sep

"Air doesn't abide Brexit": Ireland performs poorly on emissions compared to other EU countries

How do Ireland's green credentials measure up?

Environment / 10 Sep

"Sports is emphasised more to boys than it would be to girls"

5 ways to get more women playing sport

"Palliative care aims to improve the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problems associated with a life-threatening illness" Photo: Getty Images

Is access to palliative care a human right?

Health / 06 Sep

Psychedelics cause greater connectivity between brain areas which don't usually communicate

A beginner's guide to the psychedelic renaissance

Health / 05 Sep

"Glyphosate may be replaced with multiple chemicals to perform the same task, which could result in a 'cocktail' of chemical exposures"

What a pesticide like glyphosate is doing to your health

Environment / 05 Sep

"To date, only a very small number of online programmes exist that relate to supporting breast cancer patients"

A strong hand for breast cancer patients

Health / 30 Aug

"The organisms are not fussy about what gut they live in"

What happens when the drugs don't work?

Podcast / 30 Aug

"Even a small reduction in salt intake will have an enormous benefit on people's health"

Why we should be consuming less salt

Health / 22 Aug

Dublin's Jim Gavin and Kerry's Peter Keane: will either manager be sticking Epsom salts or Glauber salts in lucky bags for their players?

The science of winning an All-Ireland final 100 years ago

"40% of young Irish women aged 18 to 25 are dissatisfied with their bodies"

Why body-positive role models like Lizzo matter

Body Positivity / 16 Aug

Kerry and Dublin players shake hands before the drawn 2019 All Ireland football final

What's the ideal body composition for a successful GAA player?

Simon Harris is the latest minister to grapple with intricacies of the Irish health system

The long history of reforming the Irish health system

Health / 07 Aug

"Healthy infant feeding is crucial to promote the health, well-being and proper growth and development of young children"

How to improve early infant feeding practices

Parenting / 01 Aug

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