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- Aspartame: What It Is, How It’s Used, and Safety Debates surrounding it by Sarah Curran MSc
- Agility Training for Combat Sports: What the Research Suggests by Sarah Curran MSc
- Telogen Effluvium: Diffuse Hair Shedding Explained by Sarah Curran MSC
- Understanding Alopecia: The Different Types of Hair Loss by Sarah Curran MSc
- Types of Melasma: How They Differ and Why It Matters by Sarah Curran MSc
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Aspartame is a very intense artificial sweetener, about 180 to 300 times sweeter than sugar, widely used in diet drinks and “sugar-free” foods. It has been studied for decades, with many agencies judging it safe within set daily limits, but some recent research and reviews continue to question possible long-term risks and as a result many…
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Agility in combat sports is not simply about moving fast or running through footwork patterns. It is about rapidly changing speed and direction in response to an opponent, often under pressure, fatigue, and uncertainty. Because of this, agility development in sports like taekwondo, karate, judo, wrestling, fencing, boxing, and mixed combat settings is more complex…
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Telogen effluvium (TE) is one of the most common causes of sudden, diffuse hair shedding, particularly in women. It is usually non-scarring and often reversible. Rather than being a primary disease of the hair follicle, it represents a reaction to a systemic or physiological stressor that temporarily disrupts the normal hair growth cycle. TE occurs…
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Hair loss is something we have been covering quite a bit lately in UCD, and it made me realise how often it comes up not just academically but in real life too. It is something I see a lot, and something I have personally experienced as well. Dealing with hair loss myself has given me…
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Binge eating doesn’t just end when the episode finishes. For most people, what follows is the harder part. Guilt, frustration, and the urge to fix it quickly by eating less, training more, or starting over. The issue is that response is often what keeps the cycle going. Research consistently shows that what actually helps is…
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When we think about hair growth, most people jump straight to nutrition, hormones, or topical treatments. But there is a really interesting and still emerging area of research looking at how light, specifically blue light, interacts with proteins in the hair follicle to influence growth. This actually came up in tonight’s skin science lecture, and…
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One of the most important topics we are covering in skin science is the impact of UV rays on the skin. When we talk about skin aging, most people think of time as the main driver. In reality, ultraviolet (UV) exposure is the dominant external factor, responsible for up to 90 percent of visible skin…
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Skin infections remain one of the most common and disruptive issues in combat and contact sports, including wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, judo, MMA, and rugby. These environments create ideal conditions for the transmission of bacterial, fungal, and viral pathogens, often leading to missed training, withdrawal from competition, and wider team outbreaks. I covered the microbiome of…
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Combat sports place unique physiological demands on athletes, requiring a combination of power, endurance, repeated high-intensity efforts, and technical precision. Across the literature, a small group of supplements consistently demonstrates performance benefits. The most well-supported include caffeine, creatine, sodium bicarbonate, and β-alanine, with emerging evidence for beetroot juice. A well-structured, high-quality diet should always form…
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Sodium bicarbonate, commonly known as baking soda, is one of the most well researched legal ergogenic aids for high intensity, intermittent exercise. This makes it especially relevant for combat sports, where performance depends on repeated bursts of explosive effort. Physiological Rationale High intensity exchanges in boxing, MMA, judo, wrestling, taekwondo, and karate rely heavily on…
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