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A vitamin B complex is often recommended for symptoms of stress, anxiety, memory, and concentration as it is absorbed quickly into the system, and being water soluble it doesn’t need time to ‘build-up’.

A free weaning workshop and cooking session for parents and guardians of babies up to one year will take place at the Ballybane Resource Centre on Wednesday January 25.

SO COW'S last album found him pondering the effect of his thirties, both personal and social, on his life, but his latest opus is full blown self consciousness about middle age, social anxiety, and backaches.

It is not uncommon for women to have cysts on their ovaries. Very often ovarian cysts go unnoticed as they can be quite small and cause no pain or discomfort.

Acute stress is a response to imminent danger, it turbocharges the system with powerful hormones that can damage the cardiovascular system. Chronic stress can occur in response to everyday stressors that are ignored or poorly managed, as well as exposure to traumatic events. Adrenal glands react to the alert by releasing epinephrine/adrenaline, which makes the heart pump faster and the lungs work harder to flood the body with oxygen. Digestion then shuts down. This can cause significant damage and numerous symptoms.

A new campaign aims to educate teenage schoolgirls across Mayo on how they can choose healthier and more active lifestyles.

Galway’s hospitals are being asked to review their procedures for management of blood monitoring equipment following unannounced inspections at the hospitals by the Health Information and Quality Authority.

Au Naturel is a health food shop specialising in top-of-the-range high-potency natural vitamin, Omega oils, and herbal supplements, which are highly absorbable giving users results faster without any nasty side effects.

It’s official - families that regularly eat together tend to eat more healthily than families who rarely eat together. Research in the UK found that children who always ate family meals were more likely to eat five portions of fruit and vegetables per day. Seeing a parent eat fruit and vegetables also improves intake.

A 31-year-old County Galway woman who suffered from ME for 12 years credits her recovery from chronic fatigue syndrome to what she terms an empowering programme which transformed her health.