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# study - Thursday 13 June, 2013
A daily tablet can protect those who inject drugs from HIV
Globally, one in 10 new HIV infections are thought to be caused by injecting drug use.
# study - Tuesday 11 June, 2013
17 of the best incorrect exam answers of all time
It’s good but it’s not right.
# study - Sunday 9 June, 2013
Poll: Do you lie about the number of people you’ve slept with?
Men tend to overrepresent and women tend to underrepresent their number of sexual partners, shows a study.
# study - Friday 7 June, 2013
Possibility of marital breakdown encouraging women into workforce
A study by the ESRI showed an increased in women entering the workforce is linked to the legalisation of divorce.
294 deaths may have been caused by Irish… heatwaves
The study found that because Ireland’s climate is changing there will be more heatwaves, which may result in more heat-related deaths.
# study - Tuesday 4 June, 2013
13 Leaving Cert memories that you can never leave behind
No matter how hard you try to forget.
# study - Monday 27 May, 2013
1980s ‘crack baby’ scare overblown
Studies at the time suggested prenatal drug use caused irreversible brain damage and predicted dire futures for the babies.
# study - Thursday 16 May, 2013
Do you like to tell a fib? Don’t worry, it’s part of evolution
Trinity College scientists have found that humans’ ability to lie to each other may have evolved because of our cooperative nature.
# study - Tuesday 30 April, 2013
3,726 lives saved by introducing the smoking ban in 2004
Ireland was the first country in the world to ban smoking in workplaces including restaurants, bars, and pubs.
# study - Saturday 27 April, 2013
7 things you’ll DEFINITELY do instead of revising for exams
It’s exam season, people.
# study - Saturday 13 April, 2013
Here is the week’s news… skewed
Breaking via The Mire wire: How Ireland has some of the fittest fat kids in the world and why the axing of Communion grants is ‘worse than the famine’.
Hey lazybones, good news: scientists say laziness could be genetic
It’s not you, it’s your genes…
# study - Tuesday 9 April, 2013
International students flock to Greece to study crisis
The country has become a case study for those studying economics, political science and journalism.
# study - Saturday 30 March, 2013
New study finds no link between vaccines and autism
A US study tries to dispel parents’ fears about ‘too many vaccines’.
# study - Tuesday 26 March, 2013
That cold sore might be causing you memory loss
The study showed that people who had higher levels of infection were more likely to score poorly on a test.
# study - Thursday 28 February, 2013
On me ‘ead! Nodding a football may cause brain damage, according to a new study
Scientists say there’s evidence of mental impairment cause by repeatedly heading the ball.
# study - Monday 25 February, 2013
Is volunteering good for your heart?
A new study says it’s not just good for the soul.
# study - Thursday 21 February, 2013
Dispensing psychotropic drugs to the elderly doubles when they enter care
The results showed that psychotropic drug use was almost 20 times higher in care homes than in the community in Northern Ireland.
# study - Saturday 16 February, 2013
9 things we learned about poverty in Ireland this week
A major study released by the CSO this week gave facts and figures about income in Ireland today. This is what it found.
# study - Wednesday 13 February, 2013
Here’s how much disposable income the average person in Ireland has
The annual CSO study on income also found that the number of people unable to afford basic necessities has jumped significantly.
# study - Sunday 27 January, 2013
# study - Saturday 19 January, 2013
Column: From idea to reality, the story of a young Irish start-up
Gary Fox took a business idea from college classroom to young company. Here he describes how he did it.
# study - Thursday 17 January, 2013
Poll: Do you think schools should increase time spent in PE classes?
A new study shows risk factors for heart disease can be found in Irish children as young as 10, so should schools increase time spent on physical activities?
# study - Friday 11 January, 2013
Vaccine could prevent colon cancer in high risk patients
Clinical trials of a vaccine on patients at high risk of developing the disease has produced results which researchers say could spare patients the risk and inconvenience of invasive tests such as colonoscopies.
# study - Saturday 5 January, 2013
Trouble ahead for Wikipedia over loss of editors – study
Authors of the study believe it is the site’s own rules that is impacting contributor numbers.
# study - Wednesday 2 January, 2013
Football players say depression a problem – survey
In addition, half of the respondents said that professional players used recreational drugs
Here’s when you reach the saddest point in your life
A behavioural economist has analysed data in 72 countries, coming up with an average for when people are least content with life in each.
# study - Thursday 13 December, 2012
People are living longer – but spending more time ill or injured
That is according to the largest ever study on global disease, which also shows that fewer children are dying every year from diseases such as malnutrition.
# study - Wednesday 5 December, 2012
Pilot study says dogs can sniff out lung cancer
The results of the study were so encouraging that a two year study, ten times larger will now take place.
# study - Thursday 29 November, 2012
Average pension income for retired women 2/3 that of men
New figures also show that half of male retirees have a supplementary pension, but only a third of woman have one.
# study - Monday 26 November, 2012
Galway Volvo Ocean Race worth €60.5 million to Irish economy
Over 500,000 people visited Galway city for the festival with 16% of those coming from outside of Ireland.
# study - Saturday 24 November, 2012
Algorithm predicts how long workers will stay at a job
Certain factors – even the number of social media accounts you have – can indicate whether you will be likely to stay on in a particular workplace.
# study - Thursday 15 November, 2012
Study shows even moderate drinking in pregnancy can affect child’s IQ
Alcohol Action Ireland said there are no known safe levels of alcohol during pregnancy and their position is that pregnant women should abstain.
# study - Monday 5 November, 2012
US suicide rates have risen sharply since economic crisis
Researchers found that the number of suicides more than quadrupled in the United States between 2008 and 2010, echoing the findings of similar research in Ireland.
# study - Saturday 27 October, 2012
Study of one million women says giving up smoking can extend life for ten years
The study published in The Lancet found that the earlier women give up, the more likely they are to not to see their lifespan cut by a decade.
# study - Monday 22 October, 2012
People living with psoriasis ‘avoid social situations’
World Psoriasis Day is being marked on 29 October. A new survey says that some people find psoriasis reduced their confidence over time.
# study - Wednesday 17 October, 2012
General health check-ups may be a waste of time
New research shows that health check-ups do not reduce rates of disease or death.
# study - Tuesday 16 October, 2012
Study: Smoking in cars exceeds safe air quality values, affects children
Aberdeen researchers found that fine particulate matter concentrations in cars where smoking takes place are high and can lead to ill-health effects in children.
# study - Monday 24 September, 2012
Literacy difficulties lead to 5 per cent reduction in earnings
A new ESRI study has examined the workplace experiences of people with literacy and numeracy difficulties.
# study - Friday 14 September, 2012
Study: Work stress linked to greater risk of heart disease
A new study says that people with demanding jobs are 23 per cent more likely to experience a heart attack.
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