Clare O’Brien
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Clare O’Brien
@drclareobrien
Endocrinology & Diabetes SpR 🩺 | NCHD Lead 24/25 | TUH 🏥 |












Fantastic talk by Dr Marcia Bell (Galway, Ireland) on “how do I select & prepare a patient for parathyroid surgery?” #IESSfE2024 #Belfast




Galway University Hospitals & Galway City Integrated Care Respiratory Team win the Excellence in Respiratory honour! Presented by Mary McDonald, Patient Services Manager at Asthma Society of Ireland. #HPHs2024 @saoltagroup @AsthmaIreland

Delighted to welcome our first mother-child pair into the EMERGE follow up study! We’re evaluating the impact of GDM and early metformin use in pregnancy on the long term outcomes for mum and child (photo shared with permission) @DiabetesCTN @GalwayCMNHS

100,000 children are not getting the required dental treatment because of a "ludicrous" recruitment embargo imposed by the government, according to the Sinn Féin finance spokesperson Pearse Doherty










🤰🔬New hope arises for pregnant women grappling with gestational diabetes, thanks to a new study led by Professor @FidelmaDunne at University of Galway! The EMERGE Clinical Trial, involving over 500 expectant mothers, scrutinised the efficacy and safety of the drug Metformin, and the findings are a game-changer in gestational diabetes management. ✅ Some of the Key Findings: Women assigned to metformin were 25% less likely to need insulin, and when insulin was necessary, it was started later in the pregnancy. Fasting and post-meal sugar values in the mother were significantly lower in the metformin-exposed group at weeks 32 and 38. Women receiving metformin gained less weight throughout the trial and maintained this weight difference at the 12-week post-delivery visit. Read the Full Paper in JAMA doi.org/10.1001/jama.2… 📸: @MartinaRPhotos #UniversityOfGalway #GalwaysThePlace #GestationalDiabetes #Metformin #EMERGETrial #SafePregnancy #MothersAndBabies #HealthResearch #DiabetesResearch #JAMA #EASD #MedicalBreakthrough @EASDNews @JAMA_current @JAMANetwork @GalwayCMNHS @HSELive @saoltagroup @Diabetes_ie @DiabetesUK @AmDiabetesAssn @Diabetes_DRI @Galway_Research @ZaraSheerin





