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When you hear the word stroke, does it fill you with dread and fear? Maybe that is because someone you know or love is affected by the condition. Or perhaps, fortunately, you do not have first-hand experience, but are aware of the statistics surrounding it which make worrying reading. Stroke is the third leading cause of death in Ireland with 2,500 stroke related deaths occurring each year. It is also one of the leading causes of disability and death worldwide.

An Athlone woman will travel to Frankfurt in Germany this month to avail of specialist treatment in a bid to cure her Lyme disease condition.

Complacency is the biggest enemy in the battle against the Covid-19 virus and it is important that people are on their guard and remain compliant in the run-up to Christmas, a nursing union official said this week.

Mayo University Hospital in collaboration with the founder of the Butterfly Scheme, Barbara Hodkinson, officially launched the ‘Butterfly Scheme’ in Mayo University Hospital this week.

The recently opened OxyGeneration clinic in Galway is to hold a series of free public talks over the next month, featuring well known speakers such as Vicky Phelan and Prof Dympna Waldron, Prof of Palliative medicine GUH/NUI Galway.

May is Lyme Disease awareness month so I thought I’d write a little bit about it, my own experience of it and how to prevent it.

A free public talk on fibromyalgia will take place tonight, May 24, in OxyGeneration, Merchants Road, Galway.

A public meeting will take place at OxyGeneration, Merchants Road, later this month on the use of hyperbaric oxygen as a supplementary therapy for fibromyalgia.

Galway’s only dedicated memory care home, with a highly trained team specialising in dementia and Alzheimer care, has opened in Kilcolgan.

Susan Reynolds, manager of Au Naturel Athlone gives some helpful advice in prevent ageing.