The benefits (and the dangers) of tracking your sleep
WEARABLE health trackers such as Fitbit, Apple Watches, and Whoop have exploded in popularity, with sleep scores becoming…
Overlooked risks of weight-loss drugs
GLP-1 medications such as Ozempic have transformed the treatment of obesity as a chronic disease. Most medications come…
I used a fitness tracker to make myself one year ‘younger’ — here are the small changes I made
Last year, I started wearing a Whoop fitness tracker on my right wrist at the start of last…
Food for thought: Diets that improve cognitive health and lower dementia risk
The findings of two recent scientific studies may have you dashing to the supermarket to stock up on…
Everything you need to know about Ireland’s new autism protocol
Any child or adult thought to have a pattern of differences or difficulties in social function, communication or…
Is your lifestyle increasing your risk of Alzheimer’s?
A groundbreaking tool that involves a finger-prick blood test and an online brain assessment has been created to…
Workplace Wellbeing: How to find your footing when life changes
Karena Ryan (www.karenaryanartist.com) tackles difficult subjects in her art. The part-time secondary schoolteacher, from Tuam, uses textiles to explore…
Tired of the job but can’t work out what to do?
Sara Slattery had worked for 17 years in community development when she realised it was no longer for…
Ireland’s quiet revolution of diagnosing Alzheimer’s
For countless families, the first signs of memory loss trigger a slow descent into uncertainty — a painful…