IrSPEN Prize for Best Undergraduate Research Project 2018

IrSPEN Prize for Best Undergraduate Research Project in Human Nutrition

 IrSPEN Prize for Best Undergraduate Research Project 2018 How does the brain control what we eat? "When signals from the gut to the brain reach a How does the brain control what we eat? St Lukes Symposium in RCPI on Friday 19th October, 2018

St Lukes Symposium Advanced Masterclass – Clinical Pearls and Advances

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Reduction in cost of care associated with 15% weight loss

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It is disgraceful that current services for intestinal failure patients

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‘I could never work again after I got sick, that

 IF patients suffer ‘unacceptably high’ complications rates in Ireland. Findings of new study in IMJ In the SUSTAIN 7 study patients in Ireland and internationally had more improvements in blood sugar and bodyweight levels with semaglutide compared with dulaglutide

Despite common mechanisms of actions, glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists differ

 In the SUSTAIN 7 study patients in Ireland and internationally had more improvements in blood sugar and bodyweight levels with semaglutide compared with dulaglutide Call to Action on World Obesity Day

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 Press Release: New data shows 97% decrease in cost of diabetes medication after obesity surgery Unwanted weight loss in oesophageal cancer to benefit from research funding by Irish Cancer Society Unintentional weight loss in oesophageal cancer is one of the Unwanted weight loss in oesophageal cancer to benefit from research funding by Irish Cancer Society Ireland is carrying out less than one weight loss surgery a week

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Science student Sorcha McElchar has an extremely complicated medical condition.

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IrSPEN (Irish Society for Clinical Nutrition & Metabolism) launches Obesity

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2017 IrSPEN Policy Seminar:  Facing the obesity challenge in Ireland

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Potential of earlier detection and treatment of disease related malnutrition

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IrSPEN 2019 Policy Seminar & Conference: Personalised Nutrition in an era of Stratified Medicine

IrSPEN 2019 Policy Seminar & Conference: Personalised Nutrition in an era of Stratified Medicine

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Federation of European Nutrition Societies (FENS) 2019, 15-18 October

Federation of European Nutrition Societies (FENS) 2019, 15-18 October

IrSPEN Prize for Best Undergraduate Research Project 2018

IrSPEN Prize for Best Undergraduate Research Project 2018

How does the brain control what we eat?

How does the brain control what we eat?

St Lukes Symposium in RCPI on Friday 19th October, 2018

St Lukes Symposium in RCPI on Friday 19th October, 2018

National Nutrition & Cancer Patient Survey – Cancer Week Sept 24th – 30th

National Nutrition & Cancer Patient Survey – Cancer Week Sept 24th – 30th

IrSPEN 2019 Policy Seminar & Conference: Personalised Nutrition in an era of Stratified Medicine

IrSPEN 2019 Policy Seminar & Conference: Personalised Nutrition in an era of Stratified Medicine

Our treatment of patients with severe obesity is unethical – but why?

Our treatment of patients with severe obesity is unethical – but why?

Federation of European Nutrition Societies (FENS) 2019, 15-18 October

Federation of European Nutrition Societies (FENS) 2019, 15-18 October