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Taoiseach on Mayo Visit this week

Galway GP Dr Niamh O’Brien has been announced as the winner of the Dr Fiona Bradley national award. The presentation was made at a Joint Annual Meeting of the Association of University Departments of General Practice in Ireland and the Irish College of General Practitioners, hosted by the University of Galway.

ACT for Meningitis, the Irish charity for meningitis awareness and support is issuing a warning as winter time is upon us.

Galway-based RTE broadcaster Teresa Mannion has called on the over-50s in Ireland to speak with their doctor, practice nurse or pharmacist about the risk factors for shingles and shingles prevention.

Independent Cllr Michael Kilcoyne raised the issue of GPs charging medical card holders for blood samples in certain circumstances at the HSE Regional Health Forum.

A food sensitivity is a bad reaction to a food that is otherwise safe to eat.

Dr Alex Quinn graduated medicine from Semmelweis University in Budapest in Hungary and has worked in NCHD Mater Hospital as a general practitioner. Dr Quinn has always shown interest in aesthetic medicine, hence why the role of a lead doctor of SISU Galway was a natural progression of his career in aesthetic medicine.

Today, I am in the public eye as a broadcaster. My work in radio allows me to attend public events, like concerts, as well as to meet new people from all over the world. Part of my job is doing in-depth interviews for my radio show, C.S.I. I get to travel a great deal, too. For a kid who was bullied, it is all reasonably remarkable. I went from being shy and terrified to totally outgoing, living a full, healthy and happy life. The road from here to there was not always easy though.

GPs in County Galway who charge Medical Card holders an additional fee for blood pressure monitoring and blood tests are in breach of their contracts for doing this, the Regional Health Forum was told this week.

Connemara native and well known GP, Dr Maitiú Ó Tuathail, Medical Director of Heroes-Aid, has gained international media attention after posting a video on social media to debunk the myth that face masks lowers the wearer’s oxygen levels. Dr Ó Tuathail posted a video of himself to his Twitter page wearing six face masks while connected to a monitor displaying no change in his oxygen levels, to demonstrate that face masks have no effect on a wearer’s blood oxygen levels.