Health - News & Events | Trinity College Dublin

Electrical currents may make body’s cancer-killing cells even better killers

The scientists behind the discovery hope their promising findings may open the door to new combined therapies for people living with certain brain tumours, such as glioblastoma.

25 Jul 2024

Health|Research|Science

Six ways to look after your brain health in your 20s and 30s

Corrina Grimes, Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI) writes in The Conversation, on six of the most important lifestyle changes you can make while you’re young in order to look after your brain health.

24 Jul 2024

Health|Research

Irish scientists pinpoint new drug target for RSV

The scientists have discovered how the dangerous Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) defuses our immune response and, in doing so, have pinpointed an exciting new target for drug developers.

18 Jul 2024

Health|Research|Science

How being shot might affect Donald Trump’s mental health – and that of millions of others

Trump may not experience any psychological effects, but given that he could soon be re-elected, the potential effect of these events on his mental health — whether negligible, negative or positive — cannot be ignored, writes Simon McCarthy Jones in The Conversation.

16 Jul 2024

Health|Society

How to start weightlifting after 60

Being strong as you age can help you maintain independence for longer, make you more resistant to injuries and falls and is great for overall wellbeing. Julie Broderick and Fiona Kennedy from the School of Medicine write in The Conversation on how to start to build your strength when you are over 60.

11 Jul 2024

Health|Research

Scientists discover how to improve vaccine responses to potentially deadly bacterium

The researchers from Trinity have taken a leap forward in understanding how we might fight back against the potentially deadly MRSA bacterium.

8 Jul 2024

Health|Research|Science

Low-dose aspirin could help prevent pregnancy complications caused by flu infections

The study - a collaboration between Trinity College, Royal Melbourne Institute (RMIT), Australia and University of South Australia - has been published in the journal Frontiers in Immunology.

3 Jul 2024

Health|Research

Prof Joseph Keane recognised by the American Thoracic Society

The recent award was in appreciation of his exemplary support and commitment to the pulmonary infection and tuberculosis assembly.

27 Jun 2024

Awards and Funding|Health|Research

Trinity Student Counselling receives prestigious accreditation

Trinity Student Counselling Services has become the first European university service of its kind to be accredited by the International Accreditation of Counseling Services (IACS), which sets benchmarks for professional counselling on college and university campuses worldwide.

27 Jun 2024

Community|Health|Students

What's the economic impact of changing how healthcare is delivered to older people in the emergency department?

The proposed addition of a specialised team to the existing care in ED increases a patient’s quality of life and presents, according to Trinity and UL researchers, a potential national saving of €2.4 billion.

26 Jun 2024

Health|Research