# lancet - Wednesday 3 February, 2021
# Smoking
# Smoking
Ireland is not included in this study, but other data shows a decline in Irish teen smoking levels over time.
# lancet - Wednesday 9 December, 2020
# Report
# Report
Some educational settings in England re-opened earlier than others during the summer break.
# lancet - Tuesday 16 June, 2020
# Lancet Study
# Lancet Study
The research in the Lancet emphasised that not all of these people would go on to develop severe symptoms if infected.
# lancet - Thursday 9 April, 2020
# Lancet
# Lancet
Scientists also warned there is a substantial risk of the virus being reintroduced from abroad.
# lancet - Tuesday 17 March, 2020
# Mental Health
# Mental Health
More than 22,000 trans men and women were surveyed for the study.
# lancet - Wednesday 29 January, 2020
# Screen Time
# Screen Time
That’s according to a new study carried out on 500 children.
# lancet - Friday 22 November, 2019
# WHO
# WHO
A global study highlighted a huge gender gap between girls and boys in Ireland.
# lancet - Friday 19 July, 2019
# Root Causes
# Root Causes
In Ireland, vulnerable people have more untreated dental disease, and poorer oral health-related quality of life than others.
# lancet - Wednesday 17 July, 2019
# Period Poverty
# Period Poverty
Results from 13 studies suggest that 70% of women wanted to continue using menstrual cups once they knew how to use them.
# lancet - Wednesday 20 February, 2019
# Cervical Cancer
# Cervical Cancer
The disease claims the lives of more than 300,000 women every year.
# lancet - Wednesday 12 December, 2018
# Research
# Research
Findings suggest that sexual minority youths and are four times more likely to report recent self-harm at ages 16 and 21 years than their heterosexual peers.
# lancet - Friday 12 October, 2018
# Warning
# Warning
There are dangers associated with the procedure.
# lancet - Wednesday 5 September, 2018
# Study
# Study
The diseases include type two diabetes, dementia, cardiovascular disease and some cancers.
# lancet - Tuesday 14 August, 2018
# Pain Relief
# Pain Relief
Pethidine is the most widely used drug but new research suggests remifentanil may work better.
# lancet - Sunday 8 April, 2018
# Lancet
# Lancet
The findings were published in The Lancet journal this week.
# lancet - Saturday 3 March, 2018
# Climate Change
# Climate Change
Its cost could be outweighed by health savings in the area of air pollution disease and death.
# lancet - Wednesday 14 February, 2018
# Lancet
# Lancet
Single fathers ate fewer fruit and vegetables, and were more likely to binge drink than single mothers and partnered parents, the study found.
# lancet - Friday 19 January, 2018
# Grow Up
# Grow Up
Experts have argued the definition should be changed so that laws and social policy can be developed around it.
# lancet - Wednesday 6 December, 2017
# Air Quality
# Air Quality
The EPA said that around 1,500 premature deaths in Ireland in 2014 were directly attributable to air pollution.
# lancet - Wednesday 11 October, 2017
# Global Problem
# Global Problem
Rates of child and adolescent obesity are highest (over 30%) in some islands in Polynesia.
# lancet - Wednesday 27 September, 2017
# Europe
# Europe
In 2015, around one in six new cases of HIV diagnosed in Europe are among people aged over 50.
# lancet - Wednesday 12 July, 2017
# Study
# Study
Much of the focus in recent years has been on cyberbullying.
# lancet - Thursday 5 January, 2017
# Research
# Research
The study found no link between traffic exposure and Parkinson’s disease or multiple sclerosis.
# lancet - Wednesday 31 August, 2016
# Cannabis
# Cannabis
There have been a number of calls for cannabis to be legalised in Ireland for medical reasons.
# lancet - Tuesday 17 May, 2016
# Psilocybin
# Psilocybin
A small trial has found that a compound made from the mushrooms helped people with treatment-resistant depression.
# lancet - Friday 18 March, 2016
# Paracetamol
# Paracetamol
The condition affects around 400,000 people in Ireland.
# lancet - Wednesday 5 August, 2015
# The Pill
# The Pill
About 300 women in Ireland are diagnosed with womb cancer each year.
# lancet - Thursday 30 April, 2015
# Death Do Us Part
# Death Do Us Part
In 15 years, some parts of the UK there could be no difference.
# lancet - Monday 23 March, 2015
# Sucking Your Blood
# Sucking Your Blood
The insects could thrive in the UK with a small increase in temperature.
# lancet - Monday 12 January, 2015
# Nicotine
# Nicotine
A study has revealed the rate at which smokers metabolise nicotine could predict the best way to quit.
# lancet - Friday 9 January, 2015
# Sub-Saharan Africa
# Sub-Saharan Africa
Other forms of contraception, such as the pill, do not appear to increase this risk.
# lancet - Tuesday 23 December, 2014
# Finding A Cure
# Finding A Cure
Hopes raised that the trial will “form the basis of a more potent vaccine” – there is currently no effective vaccine against the Ebola or Marburg virus.
# lancet - Wednesday 19 November, 2014
# Mental Health
# Mental Health
A new study shows the benefit of learning coping strategies.
# lancet - Monday 20 October, 2014
# Newborns
# Newborns
New research has recorded a rise of 60% in cases of the infection over the past 25 years in the Netherlands.
# lancet - Monday 14 July, 2014
# Playing On
# Playing On
FIFPro say the decision needs to be taken out of the hands of team doctors.
# lancet - Thursday 15 May, 2014
# Research
# Research
The study also found that there is no link between babies using antibiotics and the development of allergies.
# lancet - Saturday 3 May, 2014
# Third Last
# Third Last
Last year, 300 children under the age of five died in Ireland.
# lancet - Friday 4 April, 2014
# Exercise
# Exercise
New research found little difference in the patients recovery depending on these two treatments.
# lancet - Thursday 27 February, 2014
# To The Rescue
# To The Rescue
A new trial says that using ‘emotional drivers’ can encourage handwashing among children – and help fight diseases.
# lancet - Saturday 15 February, 2014
# Neurology
# Neurology
Experts say they are worried that children are being exposed to chemicals that are “silently eroding intelligence, disrupting behaviours, truncating future achievements, and damaging societies”.
