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What a glorious week we’ve had. The sun has shone, there’s more good weather on the way, Ireland is one step closer to a Grand Slam, and we even had a day off! Despite everything it’s hard to complain.

Dr Helen Greally was recently chosen to head up Cancer Care West’s Psychological and Support services expansion programme in Galway city and Western region.

Galway University Hospitals will host a prestigious international prostate cancer seminar tomorrow (Friday) and Saturday at the Radisson Hotel.

Cancer Care West will hold public open days at its new Cancer Support Services Centre at 72 Seamus Quirke Road, Galway today (Thursday) and tomorrow (Friday) from 9am to 5pm. The events will allow the public to visit the centre and view the amenities on offer.

Elan received a welcome boost this week as it was announced that the company had secured a key patent for its Alzheimer’s treatment.

Athlone-based drug developer and its US partner, Biogen Idec, last evening hailed success from a study into the effects of their MS drug, Tysabri in repairing damage to the myelin sheath, a key cause of MS.

At an event in the Croke Park Conference Centre this week, Minister Aine Brady, newly appointed Minister of State for Older People and Health Promotion, awarded a first place prize to winning students Emma Horan, Sinead Mangan, and Roisin McEvoy and second place prize to student Khansa Akhtar, all from St Angela’s National School, Castlebar, at the inaugural Irish Cancer Society competition.

Irish Osteoporosis Society national health promotion officer Michele O’Brien will be one of the speakers at a health and wellbeing event to take place in Claregalway next Thursday May 7. The event, organised by the National Dairy Council in partnership with Arrabawn Co-op will be held at The Claregalway Hotel from 7.30pm with proceeds from the evening going to heart charity Croí.

What is homeopathy?

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