Almost one-quarter of men and women aged in their 50s and 60s were found to have suffered an ‘adverse childhood experience’, with research showing higher odds of depressive symptoms later in life among that group.

Researchers are seeking 60 teenage girls aged 13 to 18 to undergo brain scans so as to investigate possible causes of mental health difficulties in adolescence.

The number of people treated for abusing former headshop drugs dropped dramatically following the introduction of laws effectively banning the trade, research indicates.

A Dublin-based doctor has offered what he says is a solution to a staffing shortage at the biochemistry department in Cork University Hospital (CUH) which has led to the withdrawal of its clinical advisory service and a decision to voluntarily suspend accreditation.

Putting on weight as we age is not just an issue of vanity, it also increases the risk of being diagnosed with cancer, says Margaret Jennings.

Irish people had to spend €130 more per person in 2014 than in 2007 to get the same level of healthcare.

Prevention is key with one in six young people suffering from common mental illnesses and finding it difficult to get the help they need, a leading psychologist said yesterday.

Cannabis use among school-going teenagers in Cork is higher than among their peers and young adults nationally, research shows.

Teenagers considering a career in medicine get hands on experience of being a medical student at UCC’s Prep-for-Med day,writes Ellie O’Byrne.

Scientists working on a universal antidote for snakebite have moved one step closer to their goal as a result of promising research carried out in the USA and in Dublin.

Scientists at the School of Medicine in UCD have opened the door to a possible new treatment for lung disease.

More than 20 international experts in cancer are attending a three-day conference in Dublin on advances in cancer care.

A UCC lecturer who was the subject of a sexual harassment inquiry after he showed a female colleague a scientific paper on the sex life of fruit bats has claimed in the High Court that he was not given a fair hearing.

A TEAM of Irish researchers has developed a technology for investigating brain injury and seizures in newborn babies.

The Vatican is to fund new research into the potential use of adult stem cells in treating diseases.

A DRUG which is able to kill leukaemia cells, including those resistant to traditional chemotherapy, could be ready for clinical trial in three years, offering fresh hope to those with the most common form of the disease.

Irish scientists may have found a new wonder-drug in the battle against leukaemia.

IRELAND’S first genome sequencing laboratory is expected to release a flood of scientific knowledge about a huge range of illnesses.

WORMS hold the key to new treatments for asthma and other allergic diseases, a leading scientist believes.

TWO of every five gun deaths in recent years were drugs-related, according to new medical research released yesterday.