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Over half a million people in Ireland are affected by a chronic condition that affects everything they do; work, rest, and play.

Former Castlecomer coalminers have been advised to initiate legal proceedings before the Irish courts seeking redress for their individual or collective claims over ill-health resulting from working in adverse conditions in the mines.

Once upon a time the winter months or the closed season as we will call it in the GAA was a tad dull and boring.

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.

MEP for the North/West region Marian Harkin is calling for a special asthma management programme modelled on a Finnish initiative to be introduced here.

People with peanut allergies are being urged to be extra vigilant when eating out following two recent deaths from food allergy in the UK. One involved a 21-year-old footballer who died after suffering a severe allergic reaction to a curry containing peanuts.

Colleen Fitzpatrick is a Nutritional Therapist practicing from Westport Clinic, High Street, Westport. Colleen trained at the Institute of Nutrition & Health, Bray, Co Wicklow and graduated with a distinction in Nutritional Therapy and is a member of the British Association of Nutritional Therapists. Colleen also studied psychology for six years and holds a Masters Degree form University College Dublin.

What is homeopathy?

Connie Menezes, a registered homeopath will this week explain to Mayo Advertiser readers how homeopathic medicine works.

A new diploma training course in Plexus Bio Energy starts in Galway next month.