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Why dogs really are a person’s best friend: new TILDA research

Walking your dog is linked to greater physical activity and social participation according to new TILDA research.

26 Aug 2019

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Low levels of dietary vitamins linked to frailty in older adults

Researchers at TILDA have found that lower levels of dietary vitamins and antioxidants are associated with frailty in older adults.

23 Aug 2019

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Physicists create world’s smallest engine

The engine is approximately ten billion times smaller than that of a car, and could one day help recycle waste heat and thus improve energy efficiency.

22 Aug 2019

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Research award to improve outcomes for pancreatic cancer patients

Professor Maeve Lowery's award from the Pancreatic Cancer Research Foundation (PCRF) will all for improved outcomes for patients with pancreatic cancer.

14 Aug 2019

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Trinity student wins worldwide F&D essay competition

Lyndsay Walsh, Master’s in Development Practice student, has won the inaugural IMF Finance & Development (F&D) global essay contest.

11 Aug 2019

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Irish 3 year olds are consuming up to 10 teaspoons of sugar a day

A new study from the Dublin Dental University Hospital at Trinity has shown that Irish 3 year olds are consuming, on average, 10 level teaspoons a day of 'free sugars'.

9 Aug 2019

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Vitamin D is not linked to low blood pressure in older adults, TILDA

Researchers from TILDA have shown in the largest study to-date that vitamin D is not associated with low blood pressure on standing (orthostatic hypotension) in older adults.

8 Aug 2019

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Scientists make major breakthrough in understanding common eye disease

Scientists at Trinity College have announced a major breakthrough with important implications for sufferers of a common eye disease – dry Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) – which can cause total blindness in sufferers, and for which there are currently no approved therapies. The scientists discovered that a key component of the cells lining the retinal blood […]

8 Aug 2019

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Brain activity analysis could tailor therapies for MND

Ground breaking investigation into human brain activity will help to develop treatments for the disease that affects over 350 people in Ireland.

1 Aug 2019

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Older people who go to church have better mental health

A new study released by the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) uncovers some of the relationships between faith and mental health in Ireland.

1 Aug 2019

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