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Understanding the variability in responses to COVID-19 illness in older adults

Researchers from the School of Medicine and Tallaght University Hospital are represented amongst an international consortium of leading clinical research institutes investigating the variability in older people's responses to COVID-19.

19 Aug 2021

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Sleepy Surgeons: The effect of sleep deprivation on surgical performance

Researchers say that the way we deliver emergency healthcare work alongside normal work in Ireland has to change. The study is published in the Journal of Surgical Research.

18 Aug 2021

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New TILDA report reveals hopes and resilience of older adults through COVID

Research gives voice to those most affected by policy restrictions during the COVID pandemic and calls into question society's attitudes to ageing.

17 Aug 2021

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Cancer-killing cells are diverted into fat and away from tumours in obese cancer patients

Scientists have, however, discovered a key biological pathway that – when targeted with drugs – can reduce the extent to which the cancer-killing cells are erroneously diverted.

9 Aug 2021

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Researchers find inappropriate and unnecessary vitamin D testing in Dublin

Researchers found that one in four patients have their vitamin D frequently checked by their GP, and yet some remain deficient after several tests. Young adults and males were most likely to have low vitamin D but were retested the least.

4 Aug 2021

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