Mícheál Ó Breasail "ME-HAWL"
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Mícheál Ó Breasail "ME-HAWL"
@mobreasail.bsky.social
Research Fellow at Monash University interested in musculoskeletal imaging, global health, and nutrition. All opinions my own.

Ciarraíoch san Astráil. Ag iarraidh mo chuid Gaolainn a fheabhsú.
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These rooms should be filled with newborn cries, the beeping of monitors, pregnant women being cared for, patients finding relief amid a genocide.

Instead, these rooms now stand empty because MSF was forced to evacuate our last functioning health facility in Gaza.
September 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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🌍 "HIV is on the rise among older Africans, but care and research overlook this group – lessons from Kenya and South Africa"
HIV is on the rise among older Africans, but care and research overlook this group – lessons from Kenya and South Africa
Ageing with HIV is now a global public health reality, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, and the response must evolve to reflect that.
theconversation.com
September 2, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Belatedly sharing our follow up #pQCT paper in which we observed trabecular bone deficits of >5% in mid-life Zimbabwean women living with #HIV.

This was most pronounced at the distal radius, a common site of postmenopausal fracture.

@celiagregson.bsky.social @thruzim.bsky.social
June 6, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Insightful preprint by Mesinovic et al. @deakinuniversity.bsky.social and @monashuniversity.bsky.social finding that #OsteoStrong does not improve #DXA bone density nor #HR-pQCT microstructure or strength in #postmenopausal women with low BMD.

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence!
Feasibility, Safety and Efficacy of OsteoStrong(C) in Postmenopausal Women with Low Bone Mineral Density: A Pilot Study https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.23.25328203v1
June 5, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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Next #DSxHE MSK seminar #FortisNet 7th July 4pm GMT
Dr Lucy Gates and Awa Touray @unisouthampton.bsky.social - Equitable Fracture Care Pathways in The Gambia #healthequity #fracture 🦴 🇬🇲
Register now! 👇

www.datascienceforhealthequity.com/event-detail...
Musculoskeletal Health Theme Webinar: Dr Lucy Gates and Ms Awa Touray | DSxHE
Integrating traditional healing with modern health care for more equitable fracture care pathways in The Gambia
www.datascienceforhealthequity.com
May 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Pleased to be able to share our recently published systematic review in MDCP which appraised how current clinical practice guidelines approach the management of #osteoporosis for people with #Parkinson's.

doi.org/10.1002/mdc3...
Management of Osteoporosis in Parkinson's Disease: A Systematic Review of Clinical Practice Guidelines
Background Parkinson's disease (PD) is the fastest-growing neurological disorder globally. Defining features include tremor, muscular rigidity, bradykinesia, and postural instability, which in combi...
doi.org
January 5, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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At last somebody says it like it is. The video is well worth watching too.
President Michael D Higgins has said that to say the Irish people are anti-Semitic is a "deep slander" and it is a very serious business to do so simply because people disagree with the actions of the Israeli Prime Minister.
'Deep slander' to call Irish anti-Semitic, says President
President Michael D Higgins has said that to say the Irish people are anti-Semitic is a "deep slander" and it is a very serious business to do so simply because people disagree with the actions of the...
www.rte.ie
December 18, 2024 at 4:58 AM
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Eric Topol is a particularly troubling source of health research misinformation imo because so many who should know better take him so seriously. I can accept he's well intentioned, but he's wrong too often to be harmless.
December 14, 2024 at 10:52 PM
Sharing our recent work on #HIV & #osteoporosis in midlife Zimbabwean women published #JBMR.

22% of women with HIV aged 40-60 yrs had a T-Score <-2.5, & 8.8% already had a fragility fracture.

No women were taking #MHT or any osteoporosis treatment to reduce future risk: doi.org/10.1093/jbmr...
doi.org
November 19, 2024 at 10:28 AM
Great to see our latest Gambian bone and muscle ageing study paper on vertebral #fracture prevalence in the #Gambia accepted at #JBMR 🦴 🇬🇲

doi.org/10.1093/jbmr...
Vertebral fracture prevalence and risk factors for fracture in the Gambia, West Africa: the Gambian bone and muscle ageing study
The ageing population is growing rapidly, most in Africa in some of the most resource-poor settings in the world, yet we know little about the epidemiology
doi.org
November 18, 2024 at 8:13 PM
#HiSciSky I'm a research fellow at Monash University interested in musculoskeletal health, particularly 🦴 imaging (DXA, pQCT, HR-pQCT). I've just moved to Australia 🦘 from the UK.

I'm interested in how our bones change across the lifecourse and the different factors that can influence it.
September 23, 2023 at 9:38 AM