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Today, Friday October 5 the Irish Cancer Society is calling on everyone in Mayo to get together and support Get the Girls Day by buying and wearing a pink ribbon to help raise awareness and fund the society’s cancer projects and support services.

The Irish Cancer Society is calling on all women in Mayo to come together and Get the Girls doing something throughout the months of September and October to combat breast cancer. At the launch of its new campaign today, which is kindly supported by Centra, the Irish Cancer Society sent a rallying call to women in Mayo to help reach the next groundbreaking breast cancer discovery by raising funds for vital breast cancer research in Mayo.

For Chinese women, hot flashes and night sweats are uncommon experiences, and very few of them are ever put on hormone replacement therapy by their doctors. It is an interesting fact that only 10 per cent of Asian women experience noticeable menopausal symptoms, compared with 75 per cent of the women in the Western world. What explains the difference between the typical Chinese woman s experience of menopause and the typical Western woman’s experience?

Scientists at NUI Galway have discovered a new class of genes which could help to suppress tumour growth of breast cancer cells.

Olympic fever has gripped the country but Ireland is still in search of that elusive medal.

According to the national charity fighting heart disease and stroke, the latest CSO figures showed that out of 92 stroke-related deaths in Mayo, 63 women died compared to 29 men during 2010.

At the launch of the Irish Cancer Society’s Lung Cancer Awareness campaign 2012, the society has expressed concern at a recent report which shows lung cancer has overtaken breast cancer as the biggest cause of cancer death in women in Ireland for the first time. This year the society is encouraging everyone to Look After Your Lungs, know how best to prevent lung cancer, know the signs and symptoms and if you are concerned, go to your GP.

Coming Home is an uplifting and enlightening good news story of one woman’s journey to recovery from breast cancer. It evolved out of a short story, previously short-listed for the Hennessy Literary Awards, by author Anne Chambers (www.annechambers-graceomalley.com) who wrote the screenplay.

The Irish Cancer Society, in partnership with Centra, are running the Get the Girls ‘Round fundraising campaign in aid of the Irish Cancer Society’s Action Breast Cancer programme.

A women’s and men’s health information evening is being held on Wednesday November 16 at 7pm at the Newpark Hotel, Castlecomer Road, Kilkenny.