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# Research

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'There is a jungle of information out there': Warning over online cancer myths
Drugs, alcohol and social status used to coerce young children into life of crime
Study shows shift work and physically demanding jobs may lower women's fertility
Online games mean young children are being cyberbullied long before they get a phone
We can now add 'third hand smoke' to the reasons smoking is dreadful for our health
Groundbreaking technology allows completely paralysed 'locked-in' patients to communicate
Unemployment down but over 100,000 people now 'trapped' in part-time work
Corn diet turning French hamsters into deranged cannibals which eat their young
Obese people less likely to die after heart operations compared to those of healthy weight
Marijuana 'eases chronic pain, but may increase risk of schizophrenia'
A new study suggests living near a busy road could increase your chances of dementia
Sugar-free drinks won't help you lose weight
Cork researchers develop 'smart knee' that could speed up surgery recovery
Irish scientists mix silly putty with graphene to create ultra-sensitive health sensors
Don't sleep on it: Going to bed angry makes it worse
'It really changed everything for me': How magic mushrooms helped treat anxiety in cancer patients
Urinary problems and erectile dysfunction - men with prostate cancer share their experiences
Irish mathematicians working hard to make the perfect cup of coffee
A new map shows where people are getting the least vitamin D in Dublin
Over 11,000 pregnant women at risk of depression in Ireland - study
Irish researchers discover potential new way to treat one of the most aggressive forms of breast cancer
Irish plastic surgeon and bat expert have teamed up to find the cause of cleft palate in humans
Study shows vast majority of Irish women who took abortion pills feel they made right decision
Trinity study seeks women exposed to Hepatitis C-contaminated product in 70s
Scientists identify drug that could increase social interaction of people with autism
The number of women in the workforce is likely to go up a lot in the next few years
Irish workers 'need to be saving €1,000 a month to fund retirement'
€945 million sale of Blanchardstown Shopping Centre was most expensive in Ireland's history
More US adults are using marijuana as they don't think it's harmful
People with a 'cold' face are judged more harshly than others
There may not be such thing as a "healthy obese"
Is sex after alcohol different to sex after cannabis? According to a study, yes
A 400-year-old Greenland shark has been found to be the world's oldest vertebrate
New study shows tigers, lions and other carnivores becoming endangered as prey dwindles
Ireland's researchers are punching above their weight despite 'below-average investment'
New study finds last woolly mammoths died of thirst
This is how much taller Irish people have gotten in the last 100 years
Dutch men are the tallest in the world (but the Irish aren't so short themselves)
What do you mean by 'bird-brain'? Baby ducks can actually learn differences between objects
Strokes are largely preventable with 10 risk factors responsible for 90% of them