If you are finding there’s no support for your menopause symptoms, do have a look at this interview with Roisín & Karen from Menopause Together NI @menopausemithers.bsky.social @blackmenopause.bsky.social www.itv.com/watch/news/t...

#menopause #perimenopause coverage is like news coverage over-lit in some places, pitch black in others. If you’re not white, mid‑class and middle‑aged, the spotlight rarely points your way.

📣 The IDF Europe Annual Report 2025 is out! 🙌 2025 was another active and impactful year for the #diabetes community, as we strengthened our collective voice and continued advocating for people living with diabetes and those at risk. ➡️Annual report: idf.org/europe/media...

#perimenopause #menooause equity won’t arrive fully formed. It grows with each better choice.

Looking forward to attending this symposium

⚖️On World Day of Social Justice, we highlight the importance of addressing the social determinants that shape health & wellbeing, including access to fair #employment and supportive working environments for PwD. 📣Workplaces should be spaces of opportunity, dignity & inclusion.

Fabulous to see quite a few #diabetes, #menustration #menstrual cycle (and #womenshealth in general) projects @ 2026 Stripe #YSTE 🙌 💯% this caught my eye " #Menopause, Mind, and Medicine: The Hidden Toll of the Silent Change"🤩 Mol an óige agus tiocfaidh siad 😍 stripeyste.com/qualified-pr...

🙌Join us tomorrow for “The sound of diabetes”, an event designed by our YOURAH Network and hosted by MEP Peter Agius, on the occasion of #WorldDiabetesDay. 🧠Diabetes advocates, other experts and policymakers will discuss the need to embed mental health into diabetes care.

🙌 Discover how we will celebrate World Diabetes Day 2025 (#WDD2025)! ➡ Read more: drive.google.com/file/d/1jnA7... 👉 Visit our WDD campaign page: idf.org/europe/what-...

There’s a #Menopause and #Autism online event happening in December. Please find details in the link below www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/autism-men...

Women living with diabetes face unique challenges that are often overlooked in diabetes care, research and innovation. 🌍Join us at the European Parliament on Nov 13: Towards a Sex- and Gender-Sensitive Strategy in Diabetes: Understanding Women’s Health Across the Life Course.

Sharing this #menopause & #diabetes #research again for those who living in the UK. It would be great to have input from those in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 & 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿, those with #T2D, and those from #globalmajority backgrounds. Please share with your communities app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/ulster/uls...

Sharing a study to understand experience of #T1D, #T2D, #GDM & weight change during/after pregnancy among anyone who has been pregnant in the last 3 years. You may register to join a focus group to identify ways to help future mums with #diabetes. redcap.science.ulster.ac.uk/redcap/surve...

The Ulster University Menopause Survey is live 🥳 It’s open to anyone living in the UK who has experience of #perimenopause or #menopause, living with or without #diabetes The team are very keen to hear the experiences of black and brown women to help address gaps in care @drnighatarif.bsky.social

🩸Postpartum haemorrhage kills 45,000 mothers each year. New guidelines from @who.int, #FIGO & @internationalmidwives.org lower the diagnosis threshold to 300ml blood loss—enabling faster treatment & saving lives. A global call to action launched at #FIGO2025. ✍️ @kerrycullinan.bsky.social 📖⬇️ & 🙏🔁

When #perimenopause # menopause support reflects true diversity, people gain agency to ask for the help that fits their lives.

The Ulster University Menopause Survey is live 🥳 It’s open to anyone living in the UK who has experience of #perimenopause or #menopause, living with or without #diabetes The team are very keen to hear the experiences of black and brown women to help address gaps in care @drnighatarif.bsky.social

Do you have #diabetes? Are you working in or interested in #globalhealth? You're invited to our meeting on October 25 - here's a 1 minute video on what it's all about www.youtube.com/shorts/iu4Dn...

Sharing this for anyone who might be interested in a #diabetes card game developed by Prof Kath Barnard-Kelly, a psychologist who specialises in diabetes support www.diafight.com

@moodwife.bsky.social absolutely killing it in front of a huge audience at #25ADC #DAPeoplesVoice

@moodwife.bsky.social explaining menopause dramatically increases heart risk compared to men, and a 3-fold risk of hip fractures. #25ADC #DAPeoplesVoice

That was such a great week with #diabuddies, #HCPs, #researchers. New friends were made and old friendships were reinforced. I love the #DOC

The @breakthrought1duk.bsky.social One Walk is happening in 2 weeks time. There will be lots of #NIdoc Dialovelies there so come along for the dander and the craic

26 years ago this rocket entered our world before unleashing a tsunami of drama ❤️‍🔥 He still has annual cardiac reviews and doesn’t need surgery yet so he’s living his very best life half a world away 💗

On Thursday 29th May 2025, Mary Murphy presented a poster at the Public Health Agency conference on #MentalHealth we had put together from the #NIdoc peer support network. The poster demonstrates the efficacy of peer support for people living with #Type1Diabetes here in Northern Ireland #SquadGoals

Delighted to be able to share this latest publication. Thanks to everyone at Diabetes Centre Berne for the opportunity to collaborate 💙

May is Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month. Nearly 40% of Black mothers experience maternal mental health symptoms—almost double the national average. We must break the stigma and demand culturally competent care for Black birthing people!

In today’s episode of my crazy life, I was talking at a @breakthrought1duk.bsky.social event in Belfast. A man was taking photos of one of my slides. His wife was in a photo from 1986 of me and my Gold Duke of Edinburgh group. She was diagnosed with #T1D 5 years ago 🥹 that was a reunion and a half 💙

Delighted to have been part of this writing group with my lovely Menopause Mither diabuddy @dia-bete-noire.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

I never actually imagined I’d be involved in wedding planning yet here I am, sister of the bride, sorting fittings and alterations of outfits for the bridesmen, arranging a cake & wedding favours, and booking hairdresser trials, make up trials and transport for the Bride. The countdown is on 🤪

And that’s it ✅ they arrived yesterday evening and received a free pint after the barman was told they’d cycled the breadth of the North

The bais are away into the west on a cross-country bike trip they’ve crossed the Bann, cycled 60 miles and are spending the night in Tyrone.

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Check out these #midwifery events happening for #BlackMaternalHealthWeek! #BMHW25 See more details at blackmidwiferycollective.org/bmhw2025

As I was feeling a smidgin overwhelmed and overstretched a very lovely translator, who I’ve gotten to know well over the last 10 years, came into my room gave me a hug and brought me a latte before starting translating for my final appointment of the day. People are lovely 🥰

The #perimenopause #menopause industry seems to be booming, but who is profiting? Black people often face worse symptoms, yet their needs are sidelined while others cash in. Decolonising menopause means shifting power, research, and resources to those who need them most.

The Oprah special has incorrect information about brain health and menopause that could scare a lot of women. Surprise, the expert who was interviewed invented a compounded estrogen to treat those problems. vajenda.substack.com/p/menopause-...

👏🏻 We are pleased to present the new IDF Europe Board led by Prof. Tadej Battelino: João Raposo (Chiar-Elect), Uros Bogdanovic (Youth Representative), Leszek Czupryniak, Charilaos Dimosthenopoulos, Elena Frattolin, Sufyan Hussain, Jaivir Pall, Juha Tall, Florian Toti & Maya Victorova (Board Members).

Celebrating those extra 32 years of life 💙🩵💙🩵💙🩵💙🩵💙🩵💙🩵💙🩵💙🩵💙🩵💙🩵💙🩵💙🩵💙🩵💙🩵💙🩵💙🩵

This weekend we will be holding dear all the mamas and children, those with and without their children/mothers. Whether you are separated due to war, forced adoption, private law proceedings, baby loss, death or any other reason. We see you 💜🫶#Mothersday www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXno...

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." 1984 - George Orwell

The #T1D and #Menopause poster has gone live at #ATTD2025 🥳 Thanks to #dedoc° for making it possible for so many of us who were involved to attend

If your body makes insulin for free but you believe diabetics should pay hundreds of dollars for insulin to stay alive, congratulations - you’re an ableist asshat. Insulin should be free to diabetics like it is for everyone else. Happy Wednesday!

Go raibh maith agat a Féile Lios na gCearrbhach 💚

May be of interest @menopausemithers.bsky.social 🤔

This is exactly why there should never be a single narrative in any field of health. Gaps have been identified, there now needs to be a drive to bridge them and reduce, if not eliminate, disparities

⏰One week to go! I’m thrilled to be presenting at #ATTD2025 in Amsterdam! Join me March 19-22 as we dive into the latest breakthroughs transforming diabetes care. Cutting-edge tech, game-changing research, and the future of treatment—all in one place. #DiabetesCare #DiabetesConference

Grateful to the #dedoc° #voices Scholarship Programme for making this possible by covering my travel, accommodation, and #ATTD2025 access. All views are my own. #LivedExperience #PayItForward #WomensHealth #diabetes #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs 4/end

We did a thing! Honoured to be a co-author of a poster alongside @moodwife.bsky.social @dia-bete-noire.bsky.social Ana Alvarez Pagola @carogoloop.bsky.social @menopausemithers.bsky.social community 🙏 Huge shoutout to Dawn who led this work w/expertise & dedication 👑 #WomensHealth #dedoc 3/