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A Vogel's Molkosan is a natural whey based herbal remedy that promotes gentle cleansing of the intestinal tract to help improve overall gut health and so promote a happy healthy digestive system.

The HSE Health Protection Surveillance Centre is urging people who take part in outdoor pursuits to protect themselves against Lyme disease, which is spread by tick bites. Lyme disease can, in a minority of cases, cause severe debilitating heart and nervous system disease.

Three Galway people who have experienced the devastation caused by meningitis have joined forces with Connacht rugby captain John Muldoon to highlight the importance of support following a diagnosis.

The number of cases of MRSA infection at Galway University Hospitals [University Hospital Galway and Merlin Park Hospital] has dropped - 10 patients with MRSA bloodstream infections were treated at the city’s public hospitals in the first six months of this year.

A local man has enlisted a 100-strong team of family, friends and colleagues to take part in this year’s Galway marathon in aid of the Meningitis Trust.

National charity Meningitis Research Foundation is endeavouring to dispel a meningitis myth to raise awareness of the disease and help save lives this summer. Many people believe meningitis and septicaemia — the blood poisoning form of the disease — can only be contracted during the winter months, when people are more susceptible to illness, however these diseases can strike anyone, of any age, at any time.

Being extra pale was hot in Elizabethan England. So hot, in fact, that women took their lives in their hands just to get that porcelain-skin look.These days the risks of getting made up aren't so drastic. But there are still a few nasties you can pick up from a humble eyeliner or foundation—skin rashes, eyelash lice and even herpes. Here are eight simple rules to ensure that the pink on your lips is a nice gloss, not a burgeoning cold sore.

The new chairperson of the HSE West’s regional health forum is calling for the return of hospital matrons to help in the fight against hospital acquired infections.

There was just one incident of E. coli contamination of a public water supply reported in Westmeath during 2007, in the Mullaghmeenan rechlorination station supply zone.

“Meningitis is more prevalent during the autumn/winter months and it can be a potentially fatal disease if it is untreated,” she said. “If the disease is diagnosed early and treated promptly, most people make a complete recovery