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"The high prevalence of deficiency in this country is living proof that optimal vitamin D levels cannot be achieved through our low sunlight exposure and poor dietary intakes alone."

What we know about low Vitamin D levels and high Covid-19 rates

Vitamin D • 3 hrs

"While our day to day routines and activities account for a certain number of steps anyway, a 10km daily target is hard to achieve even taking this into consideration" Photo: Getty Images

Step it up: is 10,000 really the magic number for steps in a day?

Walking • 23 Nov

"One of the biggest myths about wearing glasses is that it makes your eyes weaker". Photo: Getty Images

Does wearing glasses make your child's eyesight worse?

Health • 19 Nov

The late US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is one of many who have died from pancreatic cancer

The problem with pancreatic cancer

Health • 13 Nov

An image of nematode worms with fused neurons produced by University of Queensland researchers. Photo: Hilliard Lab, Queensland Brain Institute

What brain cells in worms can tell us about human disorders

Health • 12 Nov

"While men may get flu more often than women, they get much milder infections in general than women"

Are men more likely than women to get infectious diseases?

Health • 12 Nov

" Just because we can work from home when we are ill, it doesn't always mean that we should - and that includes logging on to our laptop or checking emails from the sick bed." Photo: Getty Images

Why you should call in sick more often even if working from home

Health • 10 Nov

"The current health status of people living in Ireland, lifestyle factors and inequalities in health outcomes must be urgently addressed through food environment reform"

Why Ireland urgently needs to address its unhealthy diet

Health • 09 Nov

"What makes some of us vulnerable to seasonal depression?"

The 'winter blues': what exactly is Seasonal Affective Disorder?

Health • 06 Nov

"We cannot talk with our pets, but dog lovers report a bond that does not need words"

Why losing a pet really feels like losing a family member

Pets • 04 Nov

"A recent study of several healthcare centres in the US found that 72% of Covid patients received antibiotics even though only only 7% had a bacterial infection."

How Covid-19 will increase the problem of antibiotic resistance

Health • 04 Nov

"What is important to remember is that fitness content online is often an extension of diet culture"

Why fitness content on social media is a double-edged sword

Fitness • 03 Nov

"Previous studies carried out before the pandemic have shown that delirium is often under-recognised in older hospital patients."

How confusion is a key Covid symptom in older people

Health • 28 Oct

"Over 2,000 older people across the EU will be piloting new and innovative technology to allow people to continue living where they want to and in the communities that bind them together with friends and family." Photo: Getty Images

How can we age smarter and healthier?

Health • 21 Oct

"Many parents, especially those who have struggled with dyslexia themselves, may be anxious to know if their child who has been struggling with reading for years in school has dyslexia"

Do you know what dyslexia is?

Health • 22 Oct

Developmental Language Disorder: "Difficulties with comprehension, expressing thoughts and ideas and reading others intentions are the norm". Photo: Getty Images

What you need to know about Developmental Language Disorder

Health • 15 Oct

"When work, life and other responsibilities are thrown together in the same space, where is the balance?"

How working from home is affecting mental health and wellbeing

The Next Normal • 01 Oct

Cian Healy is attended to by team-doctor Dr Eanna Falvey at the Ireland v South Africa game in 2012. Photo: Ray McManus/ Sportsfile

9 things to know about concussion in sport

Sport • 30 Sep

"Many office workers probably gave little thought to their comfortable desk chair, monitor at eye level, external keyboard and so on before Covid"

Are the wrong chairs and desks causing injuries for home workers?

Working from Home • 28 Sep

Does this sound make you tingle? Photo: Getty Images

ASMR: what we know and don't know about brain tingles

Health • 25 Sep

The way things were: the audience at the last Electric Picnic

Are alcohol-free live music events really a good idea?

Health • 24 Sep

"I was out of control even though I was totally controlling every aspect of my life"

Why anorexia means living in 'mental, physical & emotional hell'

Health • 23 Sep

The Aphasia Café in Cork allows those who aphasia to come together to socialise and practice conversations

How to help people deal with aphasia

Health • 22 Sep

"If you're looking for a medical opinion, social media may not be the place to go to"

Should you trust health advice you receive on social media?

Health • 21 Sep

"Adult larks fit well into the normal eight-to-five work day, whereas owls are often out of sync working to these hours and don't do as well in our corporate structure"

What determines if we're night owls or morning larks?

Health • 03 Sep

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