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Young Geris (irony intended)

@YoungGeris

Supporting a community interested in our ageing population, particularly trainees and students. Tweets by Irish Geriatric trainee in London (KCL) @maryniloc

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In patients age >=50 w severe hip osteoarthritis and indication for surgery: total hip replacement resulted in a clinically important, superior reduction in hip pain and improved hip function (pt reported), at 6 months vs resistance training. nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…


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Be stronger to live longer. A new analysis of 1,890 “oldest old” individuals (aged 90+) across 28 countries found: - Handgrip strength was inversely related to all-cause mortality over 4.2 years (mean follow-up) - Those in the 10th percentile for strength had 27% higher…

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Are you a microbiome researcher or interested clinician? Join us on 29th January 2025 for our annual @KingsCollegeLon London Microbiome Meeting - tickets available now (free) eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-micro…


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Really great opportunity for applied training experience as an ECR @GeriSoc @GeMResearchUK #academicgeris

Our Reviewer Development Scheme is looking for early career researchers or professionals who are new to reviewing to join the scheme. This is a great opportunity to develop your skills and gain experience in peer reviewing for NIHR funding programmes. Find out if you’re eligible…

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Why do we lose muscle mass as we age, and what can we do to mitigate this? 💪 To kick off our Faculty 'Ageing Well' campaign, we spoke to Dr Olly Witard about this important topic Read ⬇️ kcl.ac.uk/why-do-we-lose…


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Two excellent opportunities to join our @tilda_tcd @tcddublin team. The 1st project examines biological factors underpinning social inequalities in ageing. The 2nd project involves tackling the health and social care challenge of multi-morbidity.

🚨 WE ARE HIRING! 🚨 Join us and help to advance our research on ageing. We’re hiring for 2 exciting roles: 🔴Research Fellow (Post-doctoral) in Bioinformatics 🔴Research Fellow – Postdoctoral Researcher Closing: 12PM, 29 Oct To apply: Search 'TILDA' on jobs.tcd.ie

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🚨New IGS Podcast 🚨 For the latest episode, @edelphysio talked to Prof Ken Rockwood @Krockdoc about his career, understanding frailty (including the word itself), deconditioning & lots more. Listen here 🎧open.spotify.com/episode/1iSW6m… @DalhousieU @GeriSoc @CanGeriSoc @EuGMSSociety


Congratulations!

We’re thrilled to celebrate this year’s International Day of Older People #IDOP by welcoming our ACHA Professors to their first day at #WhippsCrossHospital! #IDOP2024 #ACHA #AGEING

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Excited to be able to offer our #MRCDTP25 PhD studentship project commencing October 2025: Identifying microbiome signatures of impaired clinical resilience: exploring the role of autologous faecal transplantation and novel geroprotective agents lnkd.in/eqnewxqA

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Applications for @KingsCollegeLon @The_MRC Doctoral Training Partnership in Biomedical Sciences 2025 entry are OPEN! Here is MRC DTP iCASE student Shail Bhatt sharing his experience so far. Visit our website kcl-mrcdtp.com for more information. #MRCDTP2025



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Registrations for the anniversary session are open for members now....don't wait enjoy the Early bird advantage! limited places available

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Frailty is a hot topic in stroke, but what is it and how do you measure it? Check out our latest article in @StrokeAHA_ASA Thanks to @triciafearon @LBeishon João Pinho & @DrTerryQuinn for their collaboration. @CamStroke @TheStrokeAssoc

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Low muscle strength predicts early mortality and disease risk with ageing. This systematic review of 117 studies identified 10 factors linked to accelerated declines in handgrip strength across the lifespan, including: - Inflammatory markers - Depressive symptoms -…

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The @GeriSoc supported symposium! @YoungGeris with the PROMOTe trial, @drandyclegg on measuring frailty, and @janemasoli on measuring and researching multi-morbidity. Thanks @DrClaireSteves for chairing. Great to have applications of research in the last session of #BSRA2024.

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Looking forward to presenting here this afternoon, taking a very scenic route after accidentally getting on the wrong train...!

Before switching off for xmas, make sure you've got BSRA's Annual Scientific Meeting 2024 in your calendar - 4th – 6th September 2024, University of Birmingham. @unibirmingham #ageing #biology #research Details to follow here and on the website: bsra.org.uk/bsra-asm-2024/

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