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Tourmakeady scientist wins award for breast cancer research work

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A Tourmakeady scientist has won a €15,000 fellowship for her work to identify new treatments for chemo-resistant breast cancer.

Little Grace has just four per cent chance if she is treated in Ireland

A local child who is battling a rare and aggressive cancer has just a four per cent chance of survival by availing of the treatment for the condition in this country.

Chronic shortage of beds for cancer patients is inhumane – Conway-Walsh

The chronic shortage of beds in University College Hospital Galway means more and more cancer patients are unable to receive vital treatment on time, according to Councillor Rose Conway-Walsh, who has called for immediate action to open up wards to meet the demand for beds. The Sinn Féin councillor has said the other alternative is to bring back a full time consultant to Mayo General Hospital so that cancer patients who require an overnight stay can have their chemo administered in Mayo.

Pink movement gathers speed as county gears up for cycle

An idea that was born when a Castlebar woman who had survived breast cancer was having a chat with her friend (who happened to be the Taoiseach) about how she could raise some funds for cancer research, has grown into something of a ‘pink movement’ in Mayo.

Living with a brain tumour

Clare Garvey was stopped by a guard as she drove to Oughterard around 8.45am one morning at the end of July 2011.

Young Galway woman speaks out about breast cancer awareness

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A young Galway woman diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 33 spoke out this week on her own experiences with disease and the extortionate prices of essential prohibitive tests for young women like her.

Something To Sing About for cancer survivors

A Galway medical specialist is spearheading a global initiative aimed at aiding people’s recovery from cancer.

First self-help programme for persistent fatigue in cancer survivors now available in Galway

A home-based intervention developed by St James’s Hospital and the Regional Oncology Programme Office, Dublin to help cancer survivors manage fatigue, one of the most common, distressing, and disabling difficulties people face after cancer treatment, has now been made available to patients by Roche Products (Ireland) Ltd in UHG, the Galway Clinic, and Portiuncula.

Acupuncture for positive health

Acupuncture is a Chinese treatment therapy that works miracles for different diseases, especially for relief of pain. According to the Chinese medicine theory, there are energy pathways called meridians that flow through your body. The moment there is a blockage of their path it results in health related issues. When needles are inserted in the areas that need to be treated which influence the energy flow through the Meridians and thus relieves the pain.

Acupuncture for positive health

Acupuncture is a Chinese treatment therapy that works miracles for different diseases, especially for relief of pain. According to the Chinese medicine theory, there are energy pathways called meridians that flow through your body. The moment there is a blockage of their path it results in health related issues. When needles are inserted in the areas that need to be treated which influence the energy flow through the Meridians and thus relieves the pain.

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