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Health Behaviour Change in Diabesity with Prof Michael Vallis
Healthcare professionals are trained as experts to assess and determine the best care plan to benefit those living with diabetes and obesity. However, this is only the starting point, as health behaviour change requires the bulk of the work to be done by the person...
NIPC Series: Women’s Heart Health – Recorded Session
Thank you to all who attended our recent edition of the NIPC Series: Women’s Heart Health on International Women's Day, 8th March. Each year, heart disease and related risk factors are missed in women and contribute to the deaths of 5,000 Irish women annually. We...
February Message from the NIPC Medical and Research Director
Prof. J. William McEvoy NIPC Medical and Research Director, Chair of Executive CouncilWelcome to February's NIPC e-bulletin. It looks like we may finally be transitioning from pandemic COVID-19 to endemic COVID-19. I hope the current optimism for a return to some...
NIPC Series: New Frontiers in Heart Valve Disease – Recorded Session
Thank you to all who attended our recent edition of the NIPC Series: New Frontiers in Heart Valve Disease on 4th Febraury. We would like to extend our sincere gratitude to distinguished speakers Dr Darren Mylotter, Ms Sarah Early and our chair for the afternoon, Dr...
January Message from the NIPC Medical and Research Director
Prof. J. William McEvoy NIPC Medical and Research Director, Chair of Executive CouncilWelcome to our January NIPC eBulletin. I want to take the opportunity to wish everyone a Happy New Year. Things are certainly starting to look up. I profoundly hope that predictions...
100 Years of Insulin
On the 11th January 1922, the first ever injection of insulin was administered at Toronto General Hospital. Frederick Banting and Charles Best conducted their first clinical tests on a severely diabetic 14 year old boy, Leonard Thompson, who was essentially being kept...
December Message from the NIPC Medical and Research Director
Prof. J. William McEvoy NIPC Medical and Research Director, Chair of Executive CouncilWelcome to our December NIPC e-Bulletin. I want to take this opportunity to wish you and yours the very best and healthy of Holiday Seasons. This year has been incredibly busy for...
Global research shows increased health risks for young people suffering from high diastolic blood pressure
Image: Professor Bill McEvoy, Professor of Preventive Cardiology, NUI Galway, Medical and Research Director of NIPC and Consultant Cardiologist at Galway University Hospitals, with Cardiovascular Nurse Specialist, Irene Gibson and Carmel McGuire having her blood...
November Message from the NIPC Medical and Research Director
Prof. J. William McEvoy NIPC Medical and Research Director, Chair of Executive Council Dear NIPC alliance members, welcome to this month's e-bulletin! For those of you who did not have a chance to attend the live meeting, I'm delighted to share the link to the speaker...