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Keeping healthy is hard work. Every day comes with its own challenges - avoiding birthday cake in work, motivating yourself to go for that run, cravings, and tiredness can all get in the way.

A ward at St Brigid’s Hospital in Ballinasloe has been upgraded at a cost of half a million euro. The project involved the upgrading of bedrooms and en suite facilities, the provision of additional bathrooms and decorating of the main ward area together with the purchase of new furniture and equipment for patients.

Four-year-old Aoibhe Carroll loved to go shopping with her mum, Siobhan. She adored clothes and would change her outfit twice a day. After returning home from a shopping trip she would sneak up the stairs with her bulging shopping bags hoping her dad would not notice.

Touch for Health—a course in kinesiology will take place on March 9 and March 10 at Feely’s Pharmacy, Tuam, Co Galway.

A strategy group set up to prevent and reduce alcohol related harm is calling for a range of alcohol treatment and support services to be introduced.

The search is on for Ireland’s fittest firm! One of Ireland’s favourite charity events is this year establishing a league table so you can challenge rivals, get fit, and help an immensely good cause all at once.

A local choir of cancer survivors and a heart and stroke charity have been shortlisted in a national awards scheme which honours outstanding health achievements.

When Pauline was pregnant with her second child she had major cravings for homemade scones. She loved to cook but baking was new to her and her first attempts weren’t great; however, she got better and soon started churning out carrot cakes, chocolate cakes, and cheesecakes, all made with real butter and cream! Needless to say she piled on the pounds and a year later, she found it hard as she was still using the baby weight excuse. She had gone up two dress sizes. She tried all sorts of diets but she said that she found them “too restrictive and boring”.

Do you suffer from any of the following conditions: cold hands, pins and needles in hands and feet, numbness, varicose veins, leg cramps, heavy feeling in the limbs, or swollen ankles?

A consultant at University Hospital Galway is costing the facility hundreds of thousands by failing to sign off private health insurance claims promptly.