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At the interface of mental wellness and creative art

When Kay Redfield Jamison was 17 and experiencing her first mental breakdown, her English teacher gave her two of Robert Lowell’s poems to read – The Quaker Graveyard in Nantucket and Mr Edwards and the Spider.

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Hair transplants make men ‘more youthful, attractive’

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Cocaine can cause the brain to eat itself

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Coffee 'may protect against MS'

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Coffee could protect against multiple sclerosis

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Most cancer cases down to bad luck, study shows

Most cancer cases just 'bad luck'

Most cases of cancer are the result of sheer bad luck rather than unhealthy lifestyles, diet or even inherited genes, new research suggests.

Thu, 01 Jan, 2015

Kidney donors likely to live just as long, says study

People who donate one of their kidneys are likely to live just as long as those who keep two, a major investigation found.

Wed, 10 Mar, 2010

Two women in US trio to share Nobel Prize for medicine

AMERICANS Elizabeth H Blackburn, Carol W Greider and Jack W Szostak won the 2009 Nobel Prize in medicine yesterday for discovering a key mechanism in the genetic operations of cells, an insight that hasinspired new lines ofresearch into cancer.

Tue, 06 Oct, 2009

Three Americans share Nobel medicine prize

Americans Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider and Jack Szostak were named as winners of the 2009 Nobel Prize in medicine today for research that has implications for cancer and ageing research.

Mon, 05 Oct, 2009

Three Americans share Nobel medicine prize

Americans Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider and Jack Szostak were named as winners of the 2009 Nobel Prize in medicine today for research that has implications for cancer and ageing research.

Mon, 05 Oct, 2009

Study shows 'Gulf war may be linked to nerve disease'

Military service, particularly in the Gulf War, may be linked to development of a nerve disease the US Institute of Medicine said today. The evidence, however, is limited and inconsistent, the institute added.

Fri, 10 Nov, 2006

Why cannabis is far from harmless

PAT LEAHY’S letter (‘Only criminals gain from drugs ban,’ Irish Examiner, February 13) would appear to have been inspired more by personal opinion than medical and scientific facts.

Thu, 16 Feb, 2006

Viagra not only fights impotence but also reduces heart stress

VIAGRA not only fights impotence but also reduces the harmful effect of stress on the heart, scientists claimed yesterday.

Tue, 25 Oct, 2005

Viagra may also treat large hearts, study shows

POPULAR impotence drug Viagra, used by millions of men around the world, could also be used to treat patients with a serious heart condition, research revealed yesterday.

Mon, 24 Jan, 2005

Doctors stunned as superbugs resist antibiotics to attack patients

FLESH-EATING bacteria cases, fatal pneumonia and life-threatening heart infections suddenly are popping up around the US, striking healthy people and stunning their doctors.

Fri, 01 Oct, 2004

Shock superbug warning in America

Flesh-eating bacteria cases, fatal pneumonia and life-threatening heart infections suddenly are popping up around the US, striking healthy people and stunning their doctors.

Thu, 30 Sep, 2004

Americans share Nobel chemistry prize

Americans Peter Agre and Roderick MacKinnon today shared the Nobel Prize in chemistry.

Wed, 08 Oct, 2003