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We are now experiencing our annual seasonal flu season and, as had been expected, this year the predominant flu virus is the H1N1 virus also known as swine flu. This flu virus mainly affects younger people and those with pre-existing medical conditions; women who are pregnant or have been in the last six to eight weeks are also particularly at risk.

The Community Nutrition and Dietetic Service of HSE West offer 12 tips for successful weight loss:

A Castlebar man who was found in possession of €38.56 worth of drugs was convicted at this week’s sitting of Castlebar District Court.

As of January 4, 2011 there has been an increase in recorded cases of H1N1 influenza (swine flu) and a small number of people have been hospitalised as a result of their illness.

With the New Year in full swing now, many of you will have already decided on your new year’s resolution. For those of you who are determined to lose weight this year - you are not alone, as a whopping one in three people will look to select this as one of their New Years Resolutions. While many will decide on committing to annual gym memberships, there will also be many that will look at Xipisan™ as a convenient solution to losing weight naturally.

President Mary McAleese will officially open the long-awaited new Tuam Cancer Care support and information centre in the town next week.

A Galway mum who lost her daughter to meningitis has been chosen by Vodafone for its ‘World of Difference’ programme – paying for her to volunteer for her chosen charity, the Meningitis Trust, for three months.

Crospon, the Galway-based medical device developer, has got clearance from the US Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) to market a new imaging catheter for the measurement of sleeves created during bariatric [weight loss] surgery.

The chairperson of the HSE West’s regional health forum is calling for the health authority to re-open free swine flu vaccination clinics for the general population amid fears that the numbers contracting the virus will continue to rise.

Dr Eva Orsmond is probably best known for her role as RTE’s hugely popular Operation Transformation diet and nutrition expert. Her battle to re-educate people on health and fitness is changing hundreds of people’s lives every day.