Robert Briggs
@rob__briggs
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Consultant Geriatrician St James’s Hospital with special interest in Cognition, Falls & Syncope and Acute Geriatric Medicine.
Ireland
Joined July 2014
RT @OUPMedicine: Walkies anyone? 🐕 Find out how taking your four-legged friends for regular walks can help combat falls and fear of falli…
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RT @stjamesdublin: Leashes at the ready🐶 A recent @tilda_tcd St James's Hospital and @tcddublin study has found that older people who wa…
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RT @tilda_tcd: 🐾 New research from TILDA reveals significant benefits of regular dog walking for older adults!🚶♂️🐕🦺 Study shows improved…
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RT @tcddublin: New #TrinityResearch from @tilda_tcd tells us that a dog is indeed a human's best friend, particularly for older adults. Reg…
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RT @TrinityMed1: Introducing Dr Paul Claffey, a clinical fellow in falls and syncope at St. James’s Hospital whose work sheds new light on…
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RT @drmnorton: Why can’t we have more research like this? - important clinical question - an accessible (& very acceptable) intervention -…
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Our new @tilda_tcd @geronsociety paper demonstrates the potential health benefits of regular dog walking in later life: - Better mobility - 40% less Falls - 20% less Fear of Falling @RoseAnnekenny1 @amandahlavan @TCDGerontology
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RT @SPKennelly: The year of hope: ‘Exciting’ advances achieved in search to reverse Alzheimer’s disease
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RT @drandyclegg: 1 in 3 older people fall each year, with potentially devastating impact on independence, and >£2Bn NHS cost. Please read a…
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RT @ronancollins7: Honour nominated to contest NUI Seanad-Best of luck to fellow nominees - New Voice in Seanad - Age Friendly design to So…
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RT @ronancollins7: Thanks everyone for initial encouragement Hoping my message will resonate with many colleagues-more shortly @UCC
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RT @ronancollins7: Handed in my nomination papers today for NUI Seanad election..COVID experience showed we need advocacy for older people,…
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RT @TCDGerontology: Congrats to Dr Eoin Duggan on successful PhD defense: "Sarcopenia & Orthostatic Hypotension: Investigating the Underlyi…
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RT @amandahlavan: Well done Des ODonnell. 74% of fallers presenting to hospital are on at least 1 STOPPFall FRID. One inpatient review by…
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RT @ARC_UL: 📢The SOLAR trial has just been published in @LancetLongevity Congrats to @aoifeleahy24 @galvin_rose @UL & @HSEMidWest colleag…
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RT @GlackenGra84443: #Falls & repeated #unexplainedfalls increases risks to #older people #hipfractures #residentialcare #acutecare #frailt…
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RT @lil_doza: The Interviewer, Ezra Levvannt was Tommy Robinson’s former Boss. He interviews a lovely Irish lady around the grand canal.…
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RT @Miriamcolleran2: The sad reality of living with serious illness as explained by the wife of a man with MND in @IrishTimes Assisted li…
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RT @sarahmdonnelly1: More investment in #homecare is welcome but this will not address the deep rooted structural issues of access, equalit…
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