As the European Congress on Obesity 2026 kicks off today, let's not forget the overlooked role of the pharmaceutical industry's playbook when it comes to obesity So while there may be sessions on #CDoH @ the Congress, #COI are rife thoughout More independence needed in area eco2026.org?p=sponsors

Updating the PRISMA reporting guideline for scoping reviews: a scoping review @andreatricco.bsky.social, Emily Robinson, Sharon Straus, Heather Colquhoun, Christina Godfrey, David Moher, Zachary Munn, @daniellepollock.bsky.social et al www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...

🆕📄 Psychosocial supports for staff in maternity hospitals/units following adverse events: mapping study in the Rep of Ireland ✍️ @maritahennessy.bsky.social & @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social 🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1... @researchireland.ie @uccresearch.bsky.social @infantcentreucc.bsky.social

I think @hselive.bsky.social needs to reinforce its messaging around avoiding drinks labelled non-alcoholic during pregnancy They still may contain alcohol We're seeing impacts of industry playbook, including marketing, here #CDoH #Alcohol www2.hse.ie/pregnancy-bi... @roinnslainte.bsky.social

The Political Economy of Wellness: Commercial Determinants of a Burgeoning Industry Nancy Karreman, Marco Zenone, Nason Maani, Benjamin Hawkins doi.org/10.1111/1468... #CDoH #COI

Response to Taighde Éireann-Research Ireland ( @researchireland.ie )strategy @irishhumanities.bsky.social Research and Innovation Working Group 5th May 2026 www.irishhumanities.ie/assets/PDFs/... | www.irishhumanities.ie

Introducing three-dimensional body mapping as a creative method for exploring embodied experiences @sarahrileypsych.bsky.social, Suze Wilson, Tracey Nicholls K. Aly Bailey, Rochelle Stewart-Withers, Samantha Heaney, and Ric Brown journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Too deductive too soon? Toward an inductive renewal of implementation science Per Nilsen, Roman Kislov, Sarah Birken & Brian Mittman link.springer.com/article/10.1... @implementsci.bsky.social

Supreme Court restores access to abortion pill mifepristone through telehealth, mail, and pharmacies buff.ly/BcR7EHe

Is Meat Industry Affiliation Associated With Study Conclusion in Nutrition Research? A Meta-Research Review Navid Teimouri, Katherine Sievert, Adam Hannah, Stephanie Meciar, Kerri Gill, Helen Jane Senior, @kcullerton.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #COI #CDoH

Congratulations to Stan Glantz on his 80th birthday today, May 3. A huge contributor for half a century to tobacco control and other health issues in the US and globally.

Novo Nordiak now working with social media influencer(s) here in Ireland on 'Awareness initiative on obesity' (" #Ad #NovoNordisk #Obesity #FoodNoise ") How can this not be perceived as marketing? These "disease awareness" activities need to be regulated...independence needed #CDoH #Obesity #COI

This will be interesting... Social media company reps @ Oireachtas Joint Committee on Children & Equality on Thursday to discuss 'Safety and Well-being of Children Online' www.oireachtas.ie/en/committee... #DigitalDeterminantsofHealth #DDoH #CDoH

Insider/outsider debates: Making whiteness visible in the Irish context Patti O’Malley journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

#CDoH #COI ☘😒 "Our annual Meta Data Center Community Action Grants program provides direct funding to schools, registered nonprofits and community organizations in locations where we have a data center." datacenters.atmeta.com/community-ac...

🎙️ Miscarriage as a Feminist Issue - featuring Professor Susie Kilshaw & Dr Victoria Browne @miscarriageproject.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/0CVs...

"From 1999 through 2023, around 806,000 people died from opioid overdoses in the US, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention." #CDoH #AtWhatCost

"The judge also apologised on behalf of the US government, saying it had "failed" to protect the public from Purdue Pharma, whose practices were "driven by greed" and had a "corporate strategy much like a criminal enterprise"." #CDoH #COI #Pharma #WebOfInfluence www.rte.ie/news/us/2026...

Rethinking ‘Strengths’ in Youth Health Research Joanne Bryant, Megan Blaxland, Chelsea van Deventer, Ayusha Bajracharya, Reuben Bolt, Peter Aggleton onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

🆕 Lived Experiences of Pregnancy Loss at Work: Realizing Meaningful Supports ✍️ @maritahennessy.bsky.social @escanuelatamara.bsky.social @cdoconnor.bsky.social @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social et al @ #PLRG_PLACESproject 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/gwao...

🆕📄 Lived Experiences of Pregnancy Loss at Work: Realizing Meaningful Supports ✍️ @maritahennessy.bsky.social @escanuelatamara.bsky.social @cdoconnor.bsky.social @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social et al @ #PLRG_PLACESproject 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @infantcentreucc.bsky.social @ucc.ie

We have AMAZING speakers lined up for this conference including Prof Laura Kelly and Dr Jennifer Evans as keynote speakers, as well as @desfitzgerald.bsky.social from the Radical Humanities Lab at UCC. Imogen Holmes-Roe will speak about the incredible STILL PARENTS project the Whitworth Gallery

Please do share with any friends, colleagues, or students who may be interested! @nursingclio.bsky.social @whaireland.bsky.social @irishhumanities.bsky.social @pregnancylossie.bsky.social @bschillace.brandyschillace.com @researchireland.ie - many thanks!

Really looking forward to being part of this Locating Loss conference in May, speaking on a roundtable about my new project on slavery and infertility. @niamhroisin.bsky.social 's project is brilliant, bringing together historians, health professionals and others to consider spaces of loss.

I’m so looking forward to speaking at this fantastic conference organised by @niamhroisin.bsky.social. Wonderful line-up of speakers working on infertility from the early modern period to the present. I’ll speak about Irish women’s experiences of pregnancy loss & infertility in late 20th century.

Understanding the limited effectiveness of a whole-school relationships and sexual-health programme: fidelity of implementation, reach and acceptability of Positive Choices Veena Muraleetharan, Ruth Ponsford, Rebecca Meiksin, Joanna Sturgess, et al www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Response to “Stopping Spin at the Source: Learning From an Example in Obesity” Huasheng Xiang, Louis Goffe, Viviana Albani, Nasima Akhter, @lakenutrition.bsky.social, Heather Brown onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #PublicHealth #COI #CDoH

Widespread exposure to GLP-1RAs and weight loss–related discourse: Considering potential public health implications link.springer.com/article/10.1... I think we need to attend more to how #CDoH & #COI influence public discourse re #Obesity AND independent research is needed

Working With Large #Qualitative Datasets: Key Processes From an Implementation Study in a Complex Clinical Setting Marin Schmitt, Karen Kavanaugh, Karen Gralton, Rosemary White-Traut, Debra Brandon, Christina Rigby-McCotter and Kathleen Norr journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #ImpSci

Power and Ethics in Peer Research With Young People: A Critical Review of the Health and Social Work Literature Hattie Lowe, Silvie Bovarnick, Clare Bangirana, Jenevieve Mannell, and Audrey Prost journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Redefining Pain and Addiction: How Opioid Manufacturers Changed Medical Language to Foster Opioid Use Aidan Kaspari, Judy Butler and Adriane Fugh-Berman www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #CDoH #Pharma #CorporatePlaybook #COI

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... Hurrah! Our new research paper is out. This one, about language and terminology preferences of neurodivergent adults in the UK. So important. Huge thanks to the fabulous team. Please read, enjoy, share.

In bloom: nurturing lived experience researchers and responsiveness – reflections and recommendations from an intersectional lens Sumedha Verma www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Ulster University to axe 450 jobs, warning failure to reform higher education funding in Northern Ireland means cuts “unavoidable” www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ulster-... via @julietterowsell.bsky.social

Engaging communities in public health practice: lived experience or lived expertise? Lisa Lee & Marilyn Metzler link.springer.com/article/10.1...

GLP-1 medications for weight-loss: a triumph of marketing over patient care www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @ragenchastain.bsky.social, Angela Meadows & Louise Adams #Obesity #CDoH #COI #CorporatePlaybook #WebOfInfluence

Galling to see the GamblingCare ads on TG4 around the GAA matches this afternoon Gambling Care is funded by the Gambling Awareness Trust (wholly funded by donations from the online & retail betting & gaming industry in Ireland) 🙈 #COI #CDoH #Gambling #CausesOfTheCauses #CorporatePlaybook

This 👇✊ ⚔️ #COI #CDoH #PublicHealth #HealthPromotion #PublicGood

Call for abstracts also open! Submission deadline: 20 April 2026 @ 5:00 PM universityofgalwayhprc.clr.events/event/140116 #HPRC2026

New blogpost by @deevybee.bsky.social on Wellcome LEAP's $50 million program on autism and the microbiome deevybee.blogspot.com/2026/03/upda...

A new study from the Economic and Social Research Institute has found that recent increases to the minimum wage did not lead to low-paid workers losing their jobs

😏 #CDoH #COI #Obesity #CorporatePower

Looking Beyond “Good” and “Bad” Care: Using Feminist Relational Discourse Analysis in the Emergency Department Written by Bella van Hattum and Tracy Morison. Emergency Departments often face challenges in addressing the emotional and physical needs of patients experiencing threatened miscarriage.…

When did public health stop asking who's pushing people in in the river? The upstream-downstream metaphor was always about corporate power. Somewhere along the way, "pushed" became "fell" - and that shift lets the 'manufacturers of illness' off the hook journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

Patient organizations involvement in healthcare: a rapid review and conceptual framework Arianna Gentilini, Iva Parvanova, Samra Ghazi, Kristy M. Scarfone & Jillian Kohler link.springer.com/article/10.1... #COI #CDoH #Pharma #PPI #PPIE #PatientAdvocacy #Healthcare

Pharmaceutical marketing and patient trust: How do doctor-targeted campaigns affect patients? Marta Makowska,Akihiko Ozaki,Piotr Ozieranski doi.org/10.1371/jour... #COI #CDoH #Pharma

please check out this new open access FREE to read article re my journey through participation. hope it is of interest link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Revisiting Robert Crawford's ‘Healthism and the Medicalization of Everyday Life’ Clare Herrick, Kirsten Bell onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Health Messaging in Menstrual Product Marketing on Social Media: Neoliberalism and Normalisation Lucy Frost, Sharon Dixon, Maria Tomlinson, Francesca Dakin, Alice Roberts, Sue Ziebland onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Call for official, voluntary Certificate of Pregnancy Loss under 23 weeks to be introduced in Ireland www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy... @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @maritahennessy.bsky.social @niamhhj.bsky.social @oireachtasnews.bsky.social