Long Covid – help is at hand

Thu, Aug 25, 2022

Most people who get Covid-19 get better very quickly. Some people continue to experience symptoms, and even have other symptoms develop in the weeks and sometimes months following their infection. This is commonly referred to as long Covid. Some of the more common long Covid symptoms include a lasting cough, fatigue, aches and pains, brain fog, loss of taste, loss of sense of smell, and insomnia.

COPE Galway invites us to ‘age proof’ our lives

Thu, Aug 25, 2022

There are simple changes we can make right now, to ensure that we live longer, happier, and healthier lives. Because of COPE Galway’s work with older people towards enjoying healthy, independent, ageing at home, the charity has invited Professor Rose Anne Kenny to Galway. A leading researcher in the field, Professor Kenny will share her knowledge on how to ‘age proof’ our lives.

COPE Galway invites us to ‘age proof’ our lives

Thu, Aug 25, 2022

There are simple changes we can make right now, to ensure that we live longer, happier, and healthier lives. Because of COPE Galway’s work with older people towards enjoying healthy, independent, ageing at home, the charity has invited Professor Rose Anne Kenny to Galway. A leading researcher in the field, Professor Kenny will share her knowledge on how to ‘age proof’ our lives.

COPE Galway invites us to ‘age proof’ our lives

Thu, Aug 25, 2022

There are simple changes we can make right now, to ensure that we live longer, happier, and healthier lives. Because of COPE Galway’s work with older people towards enjoying healthy, independent, ageing at home, the charity has invited Professor Rose Anne Kenny to Galway. A leading researcher in the field, Professor Kenny will share her knowledge on how to ‘age proof’ our lives.

COPE Galway invites us to ‘age proof’ our lives

Thu, Aug 25, 2022

There are simple changes we can make right now, to ensure that we live longer, happier, and healthier lives. Because of COPE Galway’s work with older people towards enjoying healthy, independent, ageing at home, the charity has invited Professor Rose Anne Kenny to Galway. A leading researcher in the field, Professor Kenny will share her knowledge on how to ‘age proof’ our lives.

COPE Galway invites us to ‘age proof’ our lives

Thu, Aug 25, 2022

There are simple changes we can make right now, to ensure that we live longer, happier, and healthier lives. Because of COPE Galway’s work with older people towards enjoying healthy, independent, ageing at home, the charity has invited Professor Rose Anne Kenny to Galway. A leading researcher in the field, Professor Kenny will share her knowledge on how to ‘age proof’ our lives.

Find your balance and boost your health with Plexus Bio Energy

Thu, Aug 25, 2022

Plexus Bio Energy is back to build up our mental, emotional, and physical health after a busy summer and before we head into autumn/winter.

Everybody has been affected in some way as a result of Covid over past two years, with some being affected by symptoms of long Covid. This has been the first summer in two years that we had some kind of normality, which most people enjoyed, so it is time to pick up the pieces and get our immune systems ready for autumn/winter to help avoid any colds or viruses. Plexus Bio Energy will build up your immune system and work on your mental, physical, and emotional status to keep you strong and positive.

It’s Cardiac Rehab!

Mon, Aug 08, 2022

A new podcast aims to save lives by encouraging patients who have suffered heart attacks, angioplasty or heart surgery to attend cardiac rehabilitation.

Concussion – healing injured brain tissue

Thu, Aug 04, 2022

Concussion and traumatic brain injuries (TBI) can cause a number of debilitating conditions with few treatment options. Fortunately, hyperbaric oxygenation has helped many people with concussion and should be included in the concussion treatment guidelines.

How to prevent your ears popping – and other tips to protect your hearing on holiday

Thu, Aug 04, 2022

Taking a break and jetting off abroad can be the perfect way to escape the reality of day-to-day life. But for some, the perfect getaway can start to wreak havoc on our ears as soon as the plane takes off.

Lose up to two stone in ten weeks

Thu, Aug 04, 2022

The three keys to a genuine weight loss (real fat loss) plan are diet, exercise, and metabolism correction. All three keys interconnect – one will not work without the other. Your metabolism is the most powerful of the three keys – it is the ‘switch’ that controls everything else. In most people this switch is off. Metabolism problems such as slow thyroid, type 2 diabetes, sluggish liver, hormone imbalances, PCOS, endometriosis, infertility, and digestive problems like constipation, IBS, and diverticulitis will limit or stop your weight loss, no matter how much dieting or exercise you do.

How the Mayo Clinic heals wounds

Thu, Jul 28, 2022

The world-famous Mayo Clinic uses hyperbaric oxygenation to treat a wide variety of non-healing wounds and ulcers, tissue injuries, and radiation tissue injury, and the same service is available here in Galway.

Get Ireland Growing 2022 Connacht Community Hero announced

Thu, Jul 28, 2022

Helen Murphy of Glenamaddy Community Garden has been named Connacht Community Hero in this year's Get Ireland Growing awards.

Overcoming the side effects of radiation therapy

Thu, Jul 21, 2022

Radiation therapy is used to kill cancerous tissue, however it may also cause injury to nearby healthy tissue in up to 20 per cent of patients. This is called radiation tissue injury. Hyperbaric oxygenation is the preferred treatment globally for the side effects of radiation therapy and is paid for by most private healthcare insurance.

Hyperbaric oxygenation is an established non-invasive adjunct treatment during and after cancer radiation therapy. By breathing oxygen under pressure more oxygen is able to dissolve in the tissue, helping it to heal.

The dangers of prolonged high temperatures

Thu, Jul 21, 2022

Having lived through the status yellow - high temperature warning for Ireland over the last week, we have all been reminded of the need to manage heat properly.

Long Covid – help is at hand

Thu, Jul 14, 2022

Most people who get Covid-19 get better very quickly. Some people continue to experience symptoms, and even have other symptoms develop in the weeks and sometimes months following their infection. This is commonly referred to as long Covid. Some of the more common long Covid symptoms include a lasting cough, fatigue, aches and pains, brain fog, loss of taste, loss of sense of smell, and insomnia.

Current treatments for long Covid currently focus on managing the symptoms and improving quality of life. One recommended treatment for long Covid is hyperbaric oxygenation. Users of hyperbaric oxygenation are reporting relief for a wide range of long Covid symptoms. They are reporting better quality sleep, more energy, relief from pain, improved sense of smell and/or taste, and improved concentration after a series of sessions. Hyperbaric oxygenation is proven to help reduce inflammation, encourage new blood vessel growth, and stem cell production.

Lose up to two stone in ten weeks

Thu, Jul 14, 2022

With total focus on fixing your metabolism, System 10 can help you transform your weight loss, energy, sleep, health and much more. A good metabolism is the foundation of everything you are. A good metabolism gets you burning more fat every hour, 24 hours a day. Nothing can beat it for results. It is your weight loss master switch.

Two in five people believe pandemic will never be fully over, says Ipsos survey for IPHA

Thu, Jul 07, 2022

Two in five people believe the Covid-19 pandemic will never be fully over, according to new research carried out by Ipsos for the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association (IPHA).

The miracle of your metabolism for weight loss

Thu, Jul 07, 2022

With total focus on fixing your metabolism, I can help you transform your weight loss, energy, sleep, health and much more. A good metabolism is the foundation of everything you are. A good metabolism gets you burning more fat every hour, 24 hours a day! Nothing can beat it for results. It is your weight loss master switch.

Hyperbaric oxygenation for thermal burns

Thu, Jun 30, 2022

Burn injuries are among the most painful and difficult to heal injuries, and unfortunately incredibly common in both adults and children.

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