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Podcast answers questions about intestinal illnesses
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which includes Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, is a condition that involves chronic inflammation of the intestines. It is estimated that IBD impacts 40,000 people in Ireland, affecting all genders equally.1 It can be diagnosed at any age, with peak incidences between ages 15-35 and 50-70.
University of Galway to recognise five individuals with Honorary Degrees
University of Galway yesterday announced the recipients of Honorary Degrees at the 2024 Autumn Conferring ceremonies. The Honorary Degree recipients will join over 1,800 graduands, at events running from Thursday August 22 to Tuesday August 27.
Interim Saolta CEO tells health forum of pathway for cancer patients
A pathway exists in GUH for cancer patients from other areas not served by hospitals with a centre of excellence, the Regional Health Forum was told this week.
Research shows that major trauma cases in University Hospital Galway have doubled over ten years
A study carried out by doctors at University Hospital Galway (UHG) has revealed the changing presentation of trauma patients, with a doubling of cases and older patient profile emerging over the course of a decade.
One-in-ten mental health beds ‘un-operational’ across West
Hospitals in Galway city are “particularly tricky” places to treat acutely mentally unwell patients because of a lack of appropriate beds, according to a leading psychiatrist.
Medical first for Galway inspires hope for patients with heart failure
Spiddal woman, Sheila Concannon is the first patient in Ireland to be fitted with an early warning sensor used to monitor signs of heart failure in patients, following a procedure at University of Galway, the first hospital in Ireland to introduce the device.
From weight loss success to empowering others: Joanna’s journey with Slimming World
Joanna Doyle has lost two stone with Slimming World, and is now using that experience to inspire others.
Galway Slimming World members raise thousands of euros for Irish Cancer Society
Super slimmers in Galway, Tuam and Claregalway have raised more than €21,600 for the Irish Cancer Society, by donating the clothes they slimmed out of.
The woman who refuses to be beaten by ME
"Is that a rub or a scrub?" Marie Curran's husband jokingly asks her when she washes the dishes. That simple chore can be a mammoth task for the 43-year-old Waterford woman who was diagnosed with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) in 2012.
Roscommon Frailty Intervention Team awarded best presentation by the Irish Gerontological Society and British Geriatric Society
The Roscommon Frailty Intervention Team (RFIT) have received the President’s Award for the Best Poster Presentation at the annual conference of the Irish Gerontological Society as well as Best Platform Presentation at the British Geriatric Society (BGS) Autumn meeting in Glasgow.
