Sharleen O’Reilly

Selling sickness: the pharmaceutical industry and disease mongeringCommentary: Medicalisation of risk factors # Selling sickness: the pharmaceutical industry and disease mongering {#article-title-2} A lot of money can be made from healthy people who believe they are sick. Pharmaceutical companies sponsor dis...

Selling sickness: the pharmaceutical industry and disease mongering

Ray Moynihan & David Henry (2002...)

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#CDoH #COI #DiseaseMongering #Medicalisation #Pharmaceuticalisation

Launch of AkiDwA Report on Migrant Women’s Access to Maternity Healthcare Join us online as we launch our new report exploring the experiences of migrant women navigating Ireland’s maternity healthcare system.

⚡ Launch of AkiDwA Report on Migrant Women’s Access to Maternity Healthcare

📆 Sep 25, 10:00-12:00 GMT

📍 Online/Zoom

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My PhD student Liz McGovern presents at the Irish section summer conference for the Nutrition Society 🤓🥳🤩

#jobfairy
We are looking to hire a health economist and project manager part time for 3 years on our exciting new project in maternal health. Job closes 3rd June so apply now!

All the details are found here:
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Structural weight stigma in healthcare toward preconception, pregnant, and postpartum women: A systematic review Introduction Structural weight stigma for reproductive-aged women can limit healthcare access and increase physical and mental health concerns, with adverse intergenerational outcomes. The aim of th...

➡️ Structural weight stigma impacting preconception, pregnant and postpartum women living in larger bodies was highly prevalent.
⬇️ Structural weight stigma is important to improve healthcare access and improve the quality of care.
@midwiferyforum.bsky.social
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UCD teaching and learning day kicking off with Registrar Colin Scott opening the event. Love the focus of today on engaging learners #highereducation

OBGYN The number of women entering pregnancy with chronic liver disease is rising. Gestational liver disorders affect 3% of the pregnant population. Both can be associated with significant maternal and fet...

Do you work with women in pregnancy🤰? If so, these 🔥off the press FIGO guidelines for liver disease and pregnancy will be worth the read! doi.org/10.1002/ijgo...

YouTube video by Bump2Baby and Me Bump2Baby and Me Intervention

We have just launched our video on the Bump2Baby and Me trial. Want to learn more about what we did?https://youtu.be/pb5N0JZ8Vvo

Understanding growth measurement in children - Bump2Baby and Me Standard adult measures don't tell the complete story when monitoring children's growth and health. Read about BMI Z-scores in this blog.

What to understand more about how we measure healthy growth in infants and children? read our short blog post! bump2babyandme.org/news/underst... #bump2babyandme #ucdperinatal

Our new paper shows improving T2D screening after gestational #diabetes in Chinese & Indian Australian♀️ Effective messaging must address T2D fear, culturally-appropriate social support & risk awareness #GDM #DiabetesPrevention #WomensHealth
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Weight stigma in the preconception, pregnancy, and postpartum periods: A systematic review of women's perspectives Weight stigma presents a significant challenge for women throughout the preconception, pregnancy, and postpartum (PPP) periods, manifesting in multiple areas of life, including interpersonal relation...

Important systematic review reveals how weight stigma impacts women's experiences from preconception through postpartum🤰🤱👪. Analysing 38 studies shows urgent need to challenge societal norms & centre women's voices in creating positive change doi.org/10.1111/obr....

#UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science Research day kicks off this morning on future #foodsystems #sustainability #UCDSAFS

This is figure 1, which shows endometriosis staging.

Advances in organoids and the role of the microbiome and diet are leading to new diagnostics and treatments for endometriosis, motivating a precision health approach to this long-neglected disease. Read the Nature Medicine feature article. go.nature.com/3UHmMQ2 🧪

OBGYN Objective To investigate the effectiveness of a multicomponent breastfeeding support intervention on breastfeeding prevalence at 3 months among women with a body mass index (BMI) >25 kg/m2. Design...

New 📄 published!
The Latch On Study findings 🔥 off the press: Breastfeeding rates amongst women with overweight or obesity can be increased with education and support.

🔥off the press🔥
New paper published in Journal of Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics on #dietitian’s role in gestational #diabetes care led by my PhD student authors.elsevier.com/c/1iX5L7t0kP... to get full access to