June Shannon
@juneshannon.bsky.social
Medical and health journalist based in Limerick Ireland
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... The global prevalence of obesity in children and adolescents increased by 244·0% between 1990 and 2021. ..Without immediate action, around a third (746 million) of the world's children and adolescents are expected to be living with overweight or obesity by 2050.
Global, regional, and national prevalence of child and adolescent overweight and obesity, 1990–2021, with forecasts to 2050: a forecasting study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
Both overweight and obesity increased substantially in every world region between
1990 and 2021, suggesting that current approaches to curbing increases in overweight
and obesity have failed a generat...
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March 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... The global prevalence of obesity in children and adolescents increased by 244·0% between 1990 and 2021. ..Without immediate action, around a third (746 million) of the world's children and adolescents are expected to be living with overweight or obesity by 2050.
€3,000 a month for a fancy flat above a Chinese take-away - in fairness, the Chinese is really good it was our local when we lived in Dalkey- but go home Dublin you are drunk www.daft.ie/for-rent/pro...
32 Glasthule Road, Glasthule, Co. Dublin is for rent on Daft.ie
32 Glasthule Road, Glasthule, Co. Dublin a 2 Bed Apartment is now for rent by Ger O'Callaghan on Daft.ie with an asking price of €3,000 per month
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March 7, 2025 at 10:20 AM
€3,000 a month for a fancy flat above a Chinese take-away - in fairness, the Chinese is really good it was our local when we lived in Dalkey- but go home Dublin you are drunk www.daft.ie/for-rent/pro...
Students are the occupational group at highest risk of being raped. @unioflimerick.bsky.social
March 5, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Students are the occupational group at highest risk of being raped. @unioflimerick.bsky.social
Absolutely devastating but powerful talk @unioflimerick.bsky.social story of Emily Drouet by her v brave mother Fiona Drouet - Emily took her own life due to gender based violence in Scotland university.
March 5, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Absolutely devastating but powerful talk @unioflimerick.bsky.social story of Emily Drouet by her v brave mother Fiona Drouet - Emily took her own life due to gender based violence in Scotland university.
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This is an ophthalmic retractor. These retractors are used in eye surgery operations to pull the eyelid up and away from the eyeball. They can be used in a broad range of surgeries, such as lid surgery, Weiss’s procedure and scleral buckle procedure.
#TriviaTuesday
#TriviaTuesday
For #TriviaTuesday this week we have this instrument from the 20th century. It is 15.5 cm in length, and 2 cm in width. What is it?
March 5, 2025 at 9:36 AM
This is an ophthalmic retractor. These retractors are used in eye surgery operations to pull the eyelid up and away from the eyeball. They can be used in a broad range of surgeries, such as lid surgery, Weiss’s procedure and scleral buckle procedure.
#TriviaTuesday
#TriviaTuesday
Ahh #PancakeTuesday or as I like to call it “scraping bits of hard pancake batter off the kitchen worktops for the next 3 weeks day”
March 4, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Ahh #PancakeTuesday or as I like to call it “scraping bits of hard pancake batter off the kitchen worktops for the next 3 weeks day”
Homelessness hits new high as 100 more children enter emergency shelter
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Homelessness hits new high as 100 more children enter emergency shelter
Figures come as Minister rows back on Government commitment to end homelessness by 2030
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February 28, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Homelessness hits new high as 100 more children enter emergency shelter
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Jack retains top spot as the most popular boys' name in Ireland in 2024 while Sophie replaces Grace for girls CSO Ireland
February 28, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Jack retains top spot as the most popular boys' name in Ireland in 2024 while Sophie replaces Grace for girls CSO Ireland
. @coe.int experts on national minorities have urged Irish authorities to improve the situation of Traveller and Roma communities. It underlines disproportionate unemployment and serious health issues among Travellers in Ireland, including a high rate of suicides and mental health problems
February 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
. @coe.int experts on national minorities have urged Irish authorities to improve the situation of Traveller and Roma communities. It underlines disproportionate unemployment and serious health issues among Travellers in Ireland, including a high rate of suicides and mental health problems
As we know, poverty is bad for your health - new CSO figures show deaths among people aged between 40 and 64 from very disadvantaged areas are more than double the number of deaths of those living in very affluent areas in Ireland #speirgorm www.cso.ie/en/releasesa...
Mortality Indicators by Ethnicity and Deprivation 2017-2022 - Central Statistics Office
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February 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
As we know, poverty is bad for your health - new CSO figures show deaths among people aged between 40 and 64 from very disadvantaged areas are more than double the number of deaths of those living in very affluent areas in Ireland #speirgorm www.cso.ie/en/releasesa...
A piece I wrote a while ago unfortunately still relevant today -#Homelessness is an adverse childhood experience. Research has shown that cumulative adverse events in childhood have a direct impact on life expectancy and physical health outcomes into adulthood.
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When the diagnosis is homelessness, what is the cure?
The Lynn Clinic offers a holistic care package for children at risk of social exclusion
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February 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
A piece I wrote a while ago unfortunately still relevant today -#Homelessness is an adverse childhood experience. Research has shown that cumulative adverse events in childhood have a direct impact on life expectancy and physical health outcomes into adulthood.
www.irishtimes.com/health/your-...
www.irishtimes.com/health/your-...
“My children are used to me crying “ www.rte.ie/news/upfront...
324 people: Voices from Ireland's largest family homeless hub
Houben House is Ireland's largest homeless hub specifically for families. Located in Dublin's Harold's Cross, and run by The Salvation Army, it is home to more than 60 families currently.
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February 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
“My children are used to me crying “ www.rte.ie/news/upfront...
I’m not sure if gifts from parents are pushing up prices or if without them nobody could afford to buy a house in the first place? How Ireland’s housing crisis is being impacted by gifts from parents
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How Ireland’s housing crisis is being impacted by gifts from parents
Gifts from the bank of mum and dad are pushing up property prices and widening the social divide
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February 25, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I’m not sure if gifts from parents are pushing up prices or if without them nobody could afford to buy a house in the first place? How Ireland’s housing crisis is being impacted by gifts from parents
www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2...
www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2...
Man arrested, guns seized after stand-off over repossession of Wicklow home
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Man arrested, guns seized after stand-off over repossession of Wicklow home
Garda backup requested after man ‘barricaded himself’ into Delgany property
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February 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Man arrested, guns seized after stand-off over repossession of Wicklow home
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Rents continue to rise as availablity of properties worsens again, Daft says
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Rents continue to rise as availablity of properties worsens again, Daft says
Open-market rents across the country are now 43 per cent higher than before the Covid-19 pandemic
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February 24, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Rents continue to rise as availablity of properties worsens again, Daft says
www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
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www.nature.com/articles/d41... The child, who is now almost three years old, shows no signs of the often fatal motor neuron disease. @nature.com amazing advance
Rare genetic disorder treated in womb for the first time
The child, who is now almost three years old, shows no signs of the often fatal motor neuron disease.
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February 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
www.nature.com/articles/d41... The child, who is now almost three years old, shows no signs of the often fatal motor neuron disease. @nature.com amazing advance
Around this time five years ago the first case of Covid19 was diagnosed in Ireland and just a few short weeks later life was about to dramatically change for everyone pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
FIRST CASE OF COVID-19 IN IRELAND
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February 19, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Around this time five years ago the first case of Covid19 was diagnosed in Ireland and just a few short weeks later life was about to dramatically change for everyone pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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Never fail to be amazed by modern medicine thttps://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/0218/1497393-stuart-haxell/
Functionally blind man gets sight back after gene therapy
A 31-year-old Sligo man who was functionally blind has got his sight back, after being treated with a new gene therapy at the Mater University Hospital in Dublin.
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February 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Never fail to be amazed by modern medicine thttps://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/0218/1497393-stuart-haxell/
Pioneering surgical approach developed by UL researchers at University Limerick @unioflimerick.bsky.social has a ‘significant impact’ on the treatment of Crohn’s disease www.ul.ie/news/pioneer...
Pioneering surgical approach developed by UL researchers has ‘significant impact’ on treatment of Crohn’s disease
A surgical approach pioneered in Limerick could have a global impact on the treatment of Crohn’s disease.A new international study published in the leading journal Gastroenterology has shown that the ...
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February 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Pioneering surgical approach developed by UL researchers at University Limerick @unioflimerick.bsky.social has a ‘significant impact’ on the treatment of Crohn’s disease www.ul.ie/news/pioneer...