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Mar 14, 2024 | thelancet.com | Xingyu Wang |Xin A. Liu |Martin O'Donnell |NUI Galway

Research in contextWe searched PubMed with the search terms “stroke”, “stroke subtypes”, “smoking”, “tobacco”, “cigarette” “second hand smoking”, “environmental tobacco smoking”, “ischemic stroke”, “intracerebral hemorrhage”, “risk factors”, “population attributable risk”, “global”, “international”, and “global disease burden” for articles published in English before December 10, 2023.

Nov 28, 2023 | rte.ie | Liz O'Sullivan |TU Dublin |Sarah Brennan |NUI Galway

Opinion: Ireland performs poorly when it comes to breastfeeding rates and there is significant work to be done to translate policy into practiceBy Liz O'Sullivan, TU Dublin and Sarah Brennan, NUI GalwayIreland’s first World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative report, which is published today, describes how well Ireland is doing in terms of breastfeeding policies, programmes and practices. This report involves scoring a set list of indicators and producing a final score out of 100.

Jul 1, 2023 | independent.ie | NUI Galway

Commercialisation programme is all about supporting researchersEarly-stage startups are often thought of as new entrepreneurs trying to make a go of things from a spare room or a borrowed desk. But the reality is that more and more startups are emerging from our third-level institutions. At Enterprise Ireland’s recent Startup Showcase event, 24 of the firms involved were spun out of third-level institutions.

Jun 20, 2023 | independent.ie | NUI Galway

The Government has cleared the way for three new vet schools as part of a package that promises up to 1,300 extra college places a year in healthcare and veterinary. The University of Limerick, Atlantic Technological University (ATU) and South East Technological University (SETU) have been approved to open vet schools, which will treble the intake of student vets nationally.