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Brussels sprouts

A Brussels sprout with seven times more vitamin C than a satsuma is to go on sale for the first time, ready for Christmas, exclusively at Marks&Spencer. Called the ‘Super C Sprout’, this unusual sprout is a new variety, which gram for gram contains nearly seven times as much vitamin C as a satsuma. This means that this Christmas you’ll only need to eat two Super C Sprouts with your Christmas lunch to get the recommended daily allowance of vitamin C!

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A breakthrough by NUI Galway based researchers could transform the face of breast cancer care.

The HSE is urging people to become aware of the “various doors” to health services to make it easier to select the most appropriate and quickest way to get advice or help over the festive season.

The rate of swine flu among children is still “extremely high” the HSE West said this week as it prepares to offer the vaccine to this group over the coming weeks and months.

The numbers of women attending Portiuncula Hospital’s Early Pregnancy Unit (EPU) rose by almost 50 per cent between March and September this year compared to the same period last year.

More than 13,000 people have been vaccinated against swine flu in Galway, according to the HSE West.

The number of people attending the emergency department of University Hospital Galway rose by 22 per cent during the Christmas period.

The HSE West has reiterated its appeal to parents to make sure their children are vaccinated against measles in the wake of an outbreak of the condition in Co Galway towards the end of last year.