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Irish Citylink and Gobus have turned a coach pink in support of the Irish Cancer Society’s Care For Your Pair Campaign this October! The Care For Your Pair campaign was created by the Irish Cancer Society to spread the word about the importance of breast health and raise funds for breast cancer patients and their families across Ireland this Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Today (Thursday) is World Heart Day, and mental health charity Turn2Me is marking the day by highlighting the link between stress and heart conditions.

In total, 43% of adults in the Republic of Ireland agree that if they needed to receive palliative care, they would not have enough information to enable them to have conversations or make decisions about their care.

Children’s cancer charity, Cancer Fund for Children has recruited a Connacht-based regional fundraiser to join their team.

One in ten people around the world are living with diabetes, a lifelong condition listed by the World Health Organization in 2019 as one of the top ten leading causes of deaths globally. In Ireland, over a quarter of a million people have been diagnosed with the disease. However, it is estimated that a further 850,000 are at risk of developing type 2 diabetes, a major contributor to kidney failure, heart attack, cancer, and stroke. As well as the human cost, the economic burden of diabetes on the Irish health care system is becoming a major challenge for the government and the HSE.

The Irish Cancer Society’s national conference ‘Living Well With and Beyond Cancer’ is taking place both in-person and online on Saturday, September 3 at the Clayton Hotel, Burlington Road, Dublin 4.

Stocktaking.ie, a Tuam-based company which provides an outsourced stocktaking service to some of Ireland’s greatest retail brands nationwide chose Cancer Fund for Children as their charity partner for 2022 and decided they wanted to support Daisy Lodge Cong in whatever way possible.

Castlebar Cycling Club is pleased to announce that its hugely popular Explore Mayo Cycle Sportive will take place this Saturday, August 20, having previously been postponed due to inclement weather last June.

Half of adults are unclear about whether nutrition makes a difference during cancer care and 60% don’t know that losing weight during treatment carries risk, including for patients who are overweight or obese.

Radiation therapy is used to kill cancerous tissue, however it may also cause injury to nearby healthy tissue in up to 20 percent of patients.