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Adult short bowel syndrome patients shortchanged
It is disgraceful that current services for intestinal failure patients are not meeting minimum international standards of care, IrSPEN’s Board member Dr David Kevans tells Valerie Ryan A centre in
IF patients suffer ‘unacceptably high’ complications rates in Ireland. Findings of new study in IMJ
‘I could never work again after I got sick, that really affected me’ Every year at least 80 people in Ireland develop acute intestinal failure. BETWEEN 80 AND 100 people
IrSPEN Prize for Best Research Project 2017
Niamh McGettigan (Bsc) was awarded the prize for best research project 2017 for the best final year project in the BSc Human Nutrition & Dietetics course 2017. Last year Niamh
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 structure, pharmacokinetic profile, and clinical effects. This head-to-head trial compared semaglutide with dulaglutide in patients with inadequately controlled type
Almost a third of Irish children are now overweight – study
Irish boys rank 98th in the obesity charts and girls rank 78th out of 200 countries Almost a third of Irish children are now overweight and the country ranks 58th
Press Release: New data shows 97% decrease in cost of diabetes medication after obesity surgery
IrSPEN (Irish Society for Clinical Nutrition & Metabolism), ASOI (Association for the Study of Obesity on the Island of Ireland) release new national data to highlight urgent need for national
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 research areas to benefit from a new scholarship grant by the Irish Cancer Society The Irish Cancer Society has announced
HAN (Home Artifical Nutrition) Awareness Week August 7th – 13th
PINNT (Patients on Intravenous and Naso-gastric Nutrition Therapy) is hosting its 5th Home Artificial Nutrition Awareness Week. This is a week where hundreds of people receiving enteral and parenteral nutrition
Facing judgment: ‘I am going to be a doctor, and I am fat
Isabelle Lomax-Sawyers on what it’s like being overweight while studying metabolism at medical school. We’re starting our “metabolism” module at med school this week, and I’m dreading it with every
