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  • #32
    cronos
    Registered Users Posts: 2,717 ✭✭✭cronos


    Marty Bird wrote: »
    Thanks OP no dates available for January pity I missed out on it. I was going to pay to have this done ah well great for anyone who got a date.

    If you click on the next available date option you will see plenty in May 2020 for example.


  • #33
    Birneybau
    Registered Users Posts: 10,220 ✭✭✭✭Birneybau


    Marty Bird wrote: »
    Thanks OP no dates available for January pity I missed out on it. I was going to pay to have this done ah well great for anyone who got a date.

    Yeah, there's dates from May on. Got Monday the 18th myself.


  • #34
    tuisginideach
    Registered Users Posts: 2,051 ✭✭✭tuisginideach


    I did it in UCD about two years ago - it was NOT a full DEXA scan but will give you an indicator of levels.


  • #35
    redman
    Registered Users Posts: 1,585 ✭✭✭redman


    dennispenn wrote: »
    any idea how much this exam would be?
    http://stjamesprivateradiology.ie/price-list.html €90
    but then you need consultant time and the other tests....
    some messages value what they are doing at circa €1600


  • #36
    redman
    Registered Users Posts: 1,585 ✭✭✭redman


    Marty Bird wrote: »
    Thanks OP no dates available for January pity I missed out on it. I was going to pay to have this done ah well great for anyone who got a date.

    They can put you on a cancellation list which means it could happen within weeks


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  • #37
    Credit Checker Moose
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,226 ✭✭✭Credit Checker Moose


    Booked for May. Cheers OP!


  • #38
    Irish Kev
    Registered Users Posts: 249 ✭✭Irish Kev


    booked earlier today for later this week. Thanks


  • #39
    Fr_Dougal
    Registered Users Posts: 9,167 ✭✭✭Fr_Dougal


    GMI will also have complete control over the research and any outcomes. Participating patients do not appear to have access to their data held by GMI – and there does not seem to be a “right to be forgotten”, despite the commercial nature of the enterprise. Moreover, the genomic and clinical data may also be transmitted outside of the European Union, and thus will not be protected by the stringent data-protection laws within the EU.

    I’d think hard before signing up to this.


  • #40
    Only
    Registered Users Posts: 944 ✭✭✭Only


    Excuse my ignorance but would this pick up the likes of Osteoporosis onset and if so would they have to tell you?


  • #41
    Jonesy101
    Registered Users Posts: 190 ✭✭Jonesy101


    Apparently it’s funded by the Chinese so they can use our dna to make a better dirty bomb targeted at westerners dna type.


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  • #42
    GooglePlus
    Registered Users Posts: 2,010 ✭✭✭GooglePlus


    Jonesy101 wrote: »
    Apparently it’s funded by the Chinese so they can use our dna to make a better dirty bomb targeted at westerners dna type.

    Sure they're already killing off with the spice bag, no need for that.


  • #43
    Martin Tyler AgueroooOO
    Closed Accounts Posts: 333 ✭✭Martin Tyler AgueroooOO


    Booked one for May and sure will cancel when I do a full read up on it if I'm not happy. Will a Dexa scan tell if there is arthritis in joints?


  • #44
    Alun
    Registered Users Posts: 21,418 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    Only wrote: »
    Excuse my ignorance but would this pick up the likes of Osteoporosis onset and if so would they have to tell you?
    You get a bone mineral density reading.


  • #45
    Muahahaha
    Registered Users Posts: 19,610 ✭✭✭✭Muahahaha


    Just looking at it there and this seems to be more a fitness test than anything medical? Its run by the sports department for one. BMI can easily be worked out and blood tests at your GP are less than 20 euro. Aside from the bone mass evaluation Im not really seeing anything worthwhile here.


  • #46
    Kurtosis
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 2,881 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kurtosis


    redman wrote: »
    Also for another perspective on it:
    https://www.google.ie/amp/s/www.irishtimes.com/opinion/ireland-putting-profit-before-people-with-genomic-medicine-strategy-1.3944438%3fmode=amp

    Appreciate the OP posting this but would carefully consider all of the information before agreeing to take part. GMI are a for-profit company that are compiling genetic data with an aim to sell access to this to pharmaceutical companies. There's information provided on the Genofit website, but would also suggest reading some of the commentary on the company that's been published in the media this year.

    As the saying goes, if you're not paying for it, you're the product.


  • #47
    bladespin
    Registered Users Posts: 7,333 ✭✭✭bladespin


    Muahahaha wrote: »
    Just looking at it there and this seems to be more a fitness test than anything medical? Its run by the sports department for one. BMI can easily be worked out and blood tests at your GP are less than 20 euro. Aside from the bone mass evaluation Im not really seeing anything worthwhile here.

    Eh, it is a fitness test, but it would, as a whole cost a lot more than €20.


  • #48
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    ibrahimovic wrote: »
    Got a cancellation for friday in pearse st, gonna read up on it today and decide if im comfortable with it or not, cheers op.

    how do you book for a cancellation?

    do you just book a normal one and they send you a mail about cancellations?


  • #49
    PopTarts
    Registered Users Posts: 2,196 ✭✭✭PopTarts


    I’m guessing with the current situation these are not going ahead? Has anyone had any communication from them?


  • #50
    PopTarts
    Registered Users Posts: 2,196 ✭✭✭PopTarts


    I’m guessing with the current situation these are not going ahead? Has anyone had any communication from them?


  • #51
    jiltloop
    Registered Users Posts: 2,182 ✭✭✭jiltloop


    I haven't hear anything but i'm not booked in until July. I've been wondering what they will do with all the appointments that haven't or aren't happening through the lockdown.


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  • #52
    magmay
    Registered Users Posts: 80 ✭✭magmay


    PopTarts wrote: »
    I’m guessing with the current situation these are not going ahead? Has anyone had any communication from them?

    Note on their web page
    Cancellation of March & April Bookings Due to COVID-19 Outbreak
    All appointments have been cancelled through April 30th. Please check this website again for further updates as they develop. We apologise for the inconvenience.


  • #53
    CWF
    Registered Users Posts: 1,052 ✭✭✭CWF


    Just to let you guys know that they are back taking bookings. I'm getting mine done this week.


  • #54
    Roberto_gas
    Registered Users Posts: 3,930 ✭✭✭Roberto_gas


    CWF wrote: »
    Just to let you guys know that they are back taking bookings. I'm getting mine done this week.

    is it done online ?


  • #55
    CWF
    Registered Users Posts: 1,052 ✭✭✭CWF


    Roberto_gas wrote: »
    is it done online ?

    No its done in UCD or Pearse St


  • #56
    FierceMild
    Registered Users Posts: 57 ✭✭FierceMild


    Reviving this thread just to say that I did this recently. Well worth it considering a DEXA scan is usually in the realm of fifty to a hundred quid.

    Whole process took an hour or less, very professional, and, if you you're not adverse to having your genomic information being used in a study, there's no real drawbacks.

    The information that you garner from the tests is well worth IMO.


  • #57
    Genetic Jackhammer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 38 ✭Genetic Jackhammer


    FierceMild wrote: »

    The information that you garner from the tests is well worth IMO.




    What information do you get from the test?


  • #58
    bladespin
    Registered Users Posts: 7,333 ✭✭✭bladespin


    Genetic Jackhammer wrote: »
    What information do you get from the test?

    Fitness level, bone density, body composition etc etc, there's a lot in there.


  • #59
    Acey10
    Registered Users Posts: 219 ✭✭Acey10


    hi, do you get your body fat percentage or basal metabolic rate?


  • #60
    GiftofGab
    Registered Users Posts: 2,362 ✭✭✭GiftofGab


    Can I book this online?? Where can I view available slots?


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  • #61
    gabbo is coming
    Registered Users Posts: 960 ✭✭✭gabbo is coming


    CWF wrote: »
    No its done in UCD or Pearse St

    Got a cancellation from them due to covid


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