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Be a heart hero on Thursday May 5 and Friday May 6 by joining the Irish Heart Foundation in Mayo for this year’s Happy Heart Appeal sponsored by Abbott and volunteer a few hours of your time to sell Happy Heart pins on-street and raise much-needed funds.

In 1995, The Skin Herbalist Patrick Murphy provided his first herbal remedies to his patients, with good results. Then as different ailments emerged in his patients he would accommodate them by using new herbal formulas, again with marked success. These formulas worked so well with subsequent patients that they became standard.

Parent advocate Judith Sibley, who lives in Claregalway, will speak about “Navigating clinical trials as a parent of a child with a rare disease” at next week’s conference which will focus on public and patient involvement (PPI) in research, at the Westwood Hotel on Wednesday from 10am to 3.45pm.

A recent online treatment programme, set up by expert psychologists and physiotherapists, aims to help those who suffer from chronic pain. Recruitment has been extended until Friday, 29 April due to the number of inquiries received in recent weeks.

It’s that time of year again! The Annual Mayo Pink Ribbon Charity Cycle will take place on Saturday April 30. Yet again the beauty of Mayo will be showcased as three new routes take participants through our majestic countryside. With distances of 51km, 108km and 147km there’s something to suit everyone in this event. The organisers are delighted that once again the legendary Sean Kelly and their patron, Taoiseach Enda Kenny, will lead the cycle. 

Scientists from NUI Galway and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in the UK have shown how the parasite responsible for the neglected tropical disease black fever (visceral leishmaniasis) can become resistant to drug treatment, in a paper published today in the life sciences and biomedicine journal eLife.

In 1995, the skin herbalist Patrick Murphy provided his first herbal remedies to his patients with good results. Then, as different ailments emerged in his patients, he would accommodate them by using new herbal formulas, again with marked success. These formulas worked so well with subsequent patients that they became standard.

In 1995 skin herbalist Patrick Murphy provided his first herbal remedies to his patients, with good results. Then as different ailments emerged in his patients, he would accommodate them by using new herbal formulas, again with marked success. These formulas worked well with subsequent patients and they became standard.

People who are diagnosed with cancer not only pay a high price in terms of their health and quality of life, they are also badly hit financially by the diagnosis.

Smoking will be banned in the psychiatric units in the city and county from the end of the month, the HSE announced this week. Patients and staff at the admission units in the city and Ballinasloe are being offered help to quit as the health authority prepares to implement the ban from March 31.