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Patients attending a minor injuries unit are in and out of the centre in less than an hour, according to the Roscommon Hospital-Saolta University Health Care Group.

As we age, it is normal for our memory and other brain functions to decline. There is little point in living to 100 if our brain is not functioning properly. Throughout our lives new brain cells are being created in a process called neurogenesis (neuro means nerve and genesis means birth). Even in people with Alzheimer’s new brain cells are being created. However we need to have these brain cells functioning at full capacity; hence the importance of exercise and diet. Next we need to engage these new cells so these new brain cells begin communicating with each other, rejuvenating our brain’s abilities.

New software, now available in Galway, has the potential to delay the onset of Alzheimer’s disease by up to five years.

The next Mayo BRI support group meeting will take place on Monday October 15 in the Le Cheile, Family Resource Centre, Tucker Street, Castlebar, between 7.30pm and 9pm.

A fashion show in aid of Quest Brain Injury Services in Galway will take place in the Clayton Hotel Galway on Thursday March 15.

PERFECT CONCUSSION (Watching You Dance) is the title of a new multi-media show which opens in the Galway Arts Centre tomorrow.

More than 10,000 people in Ireland acquire a brain injury during an accident, blow to the head, a stroke, or an aneurism annually. A Brain Injury Peer Support Group meets in Castlebar every third Monday in each month.

BRI is a national brain injury advocacy and support organisation, which co-ordinates support groups throughout Ireland.

Brí is the independent support and advocacy organisation for people who experience brain injury and their carers in Ireland.