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"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

"It has been estimated that intensive care doctors make over 100 clinical decisions during their daily ward round alone"

How can doctors make better decisions and reduce clinical errors?

Health • 02 Sep

"The science around the source, spread and control of the virus is evolving and advice on face mask use has been shifting"

All you need to know about wearing face masks in public

Coronavirus • 01 Sep

About 15 million babies are born preterm before 37 weeks gestation every year worldwide

Born too soon? Why children born preterm might struggle in school

Children • 28 Aug

"There are some things you can do yourself to adjust your sleep patterns more to work and avoid "social jetlag" on Monday morning" Photo: Getty Images

We get about 30 minutes less sleep a night than we ideally need

Sleep • 28 Aug

"A common feature for many patients that get severe Covid is serious lung damage caused by an overly vigorous immune response". Photo: Halfpoint/ Shutterstock

The links between our immune system and 'severe' Covid-19

Health • 26 Aug

Do we worry unduly about children's diets? Photo: Getty Images

Does what we eat as children affect our future health?

Podcast • 27 Aug

"Many will be acutely aware of what is and is not allowed in a child's school lunch, which highlights the important changes that educators can bring about"

Why sugar should be banned from schools

Brainstorm • 26 Aug

'Females reported significantly poorer mental health during the pandemic than males'

How Covid-19 has had a big impact on young adults' mental health

Health • 25 Aug

What's going on inside a child's brain?

Podcast • 20 Aug

"Since the course of sepsis is characterised by hyper-inflammation, maybe we can use a worm's know-how to counteract this?" Photo: Getty Images

Could parasitic worms help cure a blood infection like sepsis?

Health • 19 Aug

'Portrayals of people who experience psychosis on screen, often compound the image of the unstable violent individual who is different from us'

How we may experience psychosis at some stage in our lives

Mental Health • 07 Aug

'Fermentation can occur naturally when sugars in food, certain microorganisms and suitable storage conditions coincide'

From kimchi to kombucha, a guide to the world of fermented foods

Food • 07 Aug

"Little is known about how our body copes with one-off occasions of overindulgence, and whether they have any effect on our overall health"

Here's how the body reacts to a massive one-off meal

Health • 10 Aug

'People with disabilities, their families and service providers always appear to have to beg from the crumbs that are left on the table'

How cuts harm services for people with intellectual disabilities

Health • 30 Jul

Do you have an obsessive or compulsive need to exercise to the detriment of your quality of life?

Are you addicted to exercise?

Health • 23 Jul

The new vaccine has been designed by the University of Oxford

The inside story of the 'highly promising' Covid-19 vaccine

Coronavirus • 22 Jul

"People with Covid-19 have had more than just a viral infection in the normal run of things"

Why are some Covid-19 patients experiencing long-term fatigue?

Health • 14 Aug

Many theories exist about why we experience patterns of sensory information when we're asleep

Why do we dream?

Health • 17 Jul

"The most striking modern use of the body-as-machine metaphor isn't in explaining how the body works, but in how it fails to work"

Why do we talk about our bodies as if they were machines?

Ideas • 16 Jul

"We've been working hard to bring this type of surgery into the 21st century, by ensuring it is advanced and adapted to help perfect decision-making during surgery everywhere it is done."

How technology is improving cancer surgery

Health • 15 Jul

"Sometimes the populations that hurt the most were not what you'd expect"

How the 'abnormal' pandemic will affect our mental health

Mental Health • 13 Jul

"While the gut of the worm is different than ours, the idea of adding in bacteria that produce a specific metabolite has potential medical applications"

Do worms hold the answer to our food cravings?

Health • 13 Jul

"The value of activity has always been at the core of occupational therapy"

Why 'purposeful activity' is more than just jargon

Health • 10 Jul

"2020 has undoubtedly been challenging for those with health anxiety"

Do you suffer from health anxiety?

Health • 07 Jul

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