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The number of patients availing of breast care services annually at University Hospital Galway has almost doubled in the past four years.

If you are sick and tired of all the doom and gloom, there’s nothing more refreshing than giving your home a fresh look with a lick of paint. It doesn’t cost much, but the difference it can make to your home is priceless. And now, Crown Paints has come up with a unique way for you to make your home look lovely and do your bit for charity.

Following on from the hugely successful Pink Afternoon in aid of the National Breast Cancer Research Institute held in Lisloughrey Lodge, Mairead Geehan, events manager at the lodge, is producing a Truffles and Bubbles evening to give additional support to this great charity. This event forms part of a co-ordinated effort by Mairead to raise €10,000 for breast cancer research in the Galway and Mayo region.

New research suggests that drinking three cups of tea a day might have beneficial effects on breast cancer risk, in particular among young women.

A local cancer charity is appealing to people to help support its vital work by contributing €12 a month.

The National Cancer Screening Service has confirmed that BreastCheck - the national breast screening programme - is to provide over 2,500 women aged 50-64 living in Athlone and the surrounding areas with their free mammograms from mid-September 2009.

The retiring hospital manager of University Hospital Galway has said she fears the hospital will no longer be able to function as one of eight designated cancer care centres.

I’m thinking it’s time to create a bit of good karma in the world. We’re all a bit down and out. There’s lots of moaning going on, which is fine. It can be therapeutic to get it all out. But that can end up getting you down as well. So perhaps it’s time to stop feeling sorry for ourselves and start looking at how we can help others who are worse off.

I’m thinking it’s time to create a bit of good karma in the world. We’re all a bit down and out. There’s lots of moaning going on, which is fine. It can be therapeutic to get it all out. But that can end up getting you down as well. So perhaps it’s time to stop feeling sorry for ourselves and start looking at how we can help others who are worse off.

The Marie Keating Foundation is delighted to announce the addition of the Pink Ribbon Soap Bar to its range of Pink Ribbon fundraising products. The Pink Ribbon Bar is a Lavender-Lemon Goat’s Milk Soap bar that is 100 per cent natural and hand-made.