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Blindness, they say, cuts you off from things. Deafness cuts you off from people. The ability to communicate is one of the things that makes us human, yet many people go through life with impaired hearing and do little or nothing about it. If we needed glasses, we would see an optician, but when we need a hearing aid, not everyone will see an audiologist.

Q: I am suffering pretty badly with rheumatoid arthritis, so much that I can barely do anything these days. Since I live alone it is a challenge for me. Do you have any advice?

A church gate collection will take place at all Masses in the Castlebar district this weekend with proceeds going to Mayo Cancer Support Association, Rock Rose House.

Now available at Henaghan’s Health Food Centre, Ellison Street, Castlebar, Perfect 10 is a complete weight loss programme that gets you on your way to losing weight for good. Perfect 10 combines a revolutionary weight loss supplement with free online support. Perfect 10 helps your body burn excess fat, increases metabolism, lifts your mood, and supports your whole body throughout weight loss. The supplement Perfect 10 kick-starts your weight loss immediately, while the Perfect 10 bible provides a complete lifestyle programme with plenty of helpful tips and hints for weight loss, a weight loss diary, safe exercises, and recipes.

The HSE and Department of Health announced that the swine flu vaccination programme will commence on November 2. As very few people in Ireland have any immunity to swine flu, over the coming months, the HSE will offer a swine flu vaccine to the entire population.

Two or three clinics giving the swine flu vaccination is not enough to deal with the population of county Galway and unless the HSE opens more clinics there will be problems for doctors and unnecessary stress caused to patients in rural areas.

The roll-out of the swine flu vaccine is set to start next week with the prediction that a quarter of the population will contract this new pandemic flu.

An award winning programme which helps people with arthritis live high quality lives will run in Gort for the next few weeks.

The second International Palliative Medicine Conference, organised by Galway University Hospitals, is to be held at the Radisson Hotel, Galway, on November 6 and 7.