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The Alzheimer Society of Ireland has launched its General Election 2016 campaign ‘Vote to Remember’ as it reveals the numbers set to develop dementia nationally will jump by 11 people a day to 68,000 by the end of the next Government. Currently there are people in 1,835 Mayo living with dementia, by the end of the next government that will have increased to 2,569.

Hidden Hearing, Ireland’s premier hearing healthcare provider, has announced the launch of a new hearing clinic in Castle Medical Centre, Station Road, Castlebar.

The first ‘NUI Galway Mini Med School’ is taking place in January and February to encourage and inspire the next generation of healthcare professionals. The programme is aimed at Transition, 5th and 6th year students and will be run on campus on January 27 and February 3, 10, and 17 2016. NUI Galway Mini Med School is designed to give students a taste of what it would be like to study a healthcare-related degree at the University, while encouraging them to pursue their interests. It is the second initiative of its kind in Ireland along with the College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI).

Athlone is to receive a jobs boost over the next 18 months after an announcement last Thursday (November 5) by diagnostic healthcare firm Affidea.

Hidden Hearing’s state-of-the-art hearing centre at 2 John Broderick Street, Athlone, is hosting a coffee morning on Friday,  November 6, at 10am to celebrate their new Hearing Wellness Programme.

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A Mayo nutritionist will reveal the secrets to postponing the ageing process when she appears at Ireland’s biggest wellbeing event, the Mind, Body, Spirit and Yoga Festival in the RDS, Dublin, from tomorrow, October 24, to Sunday October 26. Colleen Kennedy promises to grab the attention of all those who wish to defy getting older when she gives a talk at the festival about ageing at a cellular level. The Westport herbalist and naturopath, who runs the Body and Mind Health Centre in the town, has based her presentation on countries which have the highest number of centenarians with a high quality of life. 

Diabetes Ireland, in partnership with healthcare company MSD, hosted two dedicated diabetes awareness days this month in Cooney’s Pharmacies in Moate and in The Crescent, Athlone.

Concannon’s Totalhealth Pharmacy, Mardyke Street, Athlone, is opening a second pharmacy in the new Athlone SuperValu development on the Ballymahon Road.

As part of its ongoing commitment to a happy and healthy workplace, Lidl Ireland brought one of Ireland’s largest health and wellness programmes, in partnership with Laya healthcare, to Lidl, Barcastle Industrial Estate, Lawn Rd, Castlebar, Mayo.