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Mayo General Hospital will mark World COPD Awareness Day on November 17 with an information day from 10am to 3pm in the main foyer of the hospital.

People can boost their health and fitness thanks to a new initiative managed by the HSE West which aims to help them prevent and manage chronic disease.

Leading researchers in pain medicine and health economics at the Centre for Pain Research, NUI Galway, are to supervise two Health Research Board-funded summer scholars in projects on chronic pain.

Labour Councillor Michael O’ Brien said that the HSE appeal on the flu virus should be taken very seriously.

People with chronic diseases such as heart disease and diabetes have been let down by the government’s inability to follow through on its funding commitments, according to a local senator.

The significant increase in the prevalence of asthma is fast becoming a worldwide health issue. The World Health Organisation figures for 2007 estimate that there are currently 300 million asthma sufferers worldwide and mortality rates are also on the rise.

Ceart Healthcare centre in Callan is suffering from lack of funding leading to the therapy centre remaining closed on Fridays.

NUI Galway researchers have described chronic pain as a “silent epidemic” in this country, having found that one in three people suffer from the condition.

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