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A new report involving researchers at University of Limerick provides evidence to encourage political leaders to fast-track cancer data action plans to deliver better results.

Help improve our website & get rewarded. Register your interest and you could win a gift card up to €50! A new study from TU Dublin is revolutionising the way eye exams are delivered to children in Ireland, with the potential to enhance comfort, speed up clinical processes, and improve early detection of vision problems.

Retired high-performance contact sports athletes are being asked to participate in a ground-breaking research study investigating the links between sport-related brain injury and dementia risk in later life.

Researchers at University of Limerick have launched a new online resource to provide advice for people suffering with knee and hip joint pain.

New research from zoologists at Trinity College Dublin has pinpointed park entrances and playgrounds in Dublin as hotspots for roundworm eggs, with subsequent analysis strongly implying they have come from dog faeces. While unsavoury, the findings do pinpoint these locations for targeted interventions to reduce the risk of human infection.

Children under eight should not drink slushies containing glycerol, warns a new study led by University College Dublin and Children's Health Ireland.

A pioneering new pilot study led by University College Dublin (UCD) aims to transform how prostate cancer is detected in Ireland.

Posted 20 August, 2024 Around half of us now use a wearable device that quantifies some part of our lives Credit: CrispyPork / Shutterstock Back in 2010, Gary Wolf, then the editor of Wired magazine, delivered a TED talk in Cannes called "the quantified self" .

New research reveals an "unprecedented" mental health crisis among young people, with calls to make the matter an "international health priority".

Alzheimer's Disease can be detected years in advance of a clinical diagnosis by monitoring how people manage their finances, according to new research.

The feeding of deer in Phoenix Park by the public is causing health and behavioural issues, according to research by University College Dublin.