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Some 340 people who were screened for hepatitis C in the west - after it emerged they may have been treated by a healthcare worker infected with the virus - have tested negative.

The next meeting of the Mayo COPD Support Group will be held in the Travellers Friend Hotel, Castlebar (opposite Mayo General Hospital), between 3pm and 5pm on Thursday June 24 and all new members are welcome.  The speaker will be from Citizens Information.

Do you feel exhausted all the time, find it hard to lose weight, or even to keep warm during the good weather we are presently experiencing? The vast majority of people with underactive thyroids often accept these symptoms as normal, living with levels of fatigue that would be completely unreasonable to most - without realising it.

What does kindness have to do with weight loss? For most people, absolutely nothing. Instead, discipline and motivation are seen as important for following a rigid diet and getting into shape. When we slip again we blame and criticise ourselves for our lack of discipline, and turn to our favourite food for consolation. We torture ourselves over a number on a scale or a size on a dress when we’d be better off putting our energy into understanding our real selves. Our struggles with food cause tremendous stress, guilt, shame, and self-loathing. We’ve internalised a feeling of powerlessness and each time we try and fail, we subject ourselves to more of the same miserable feelings.

Nothing can compare to removing yourself from the daily stresses of life and allowing yourself some well deserved relaxation time.

At ICPPD they assist and encourage you on your way to enrich your personal development integrate your thoughts, feelings, and action in a safe and creative environment.

“Outrageous” is how the chairperson of the HSE West’s regional health forum has described the fact that a 94-year-old Connemara widow and great grandmother of 34 children had to spend two nights on a trolley at UHG’s A&E department.

One in four Irish men die when they should be enjoying the optimum level of success and personal fulfillment in their lives, according to a leading British expert in men’s health.

A novel new competition to highlight the good work done in Irish nursing homes has just been launched.

This weekend is National Sunflower Weekend, which has been organised to raise much-needed funds for hospice care in Ireland.