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The Consensus Action on Salt and Health (CASH) recently carried out a nutritional breakdown of an Indian meal – one you’d buy in the supermarket with rice, naan, and curry included. They found that some contained a whopping 20.5 grams of salt - that’s over three times the daily amount recommended for adults in Ireland.

Are you worried about developing dementia or Alzheimer’s? Do you struggle with your memory or cognitive function? You are not alone. As the population of Ireland gets older the number of people suffering from cognitive conditions such as dementia or Alzheimer’s has increased. These diseases not only have a major impact on the individual, but also their families. Recent research has identified genetics and lifestyle as the biggest factors that increase your chances of developing these life changing conditions. Lifestyle factors such as high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, inactivity, obesity, smoking, and stress all lead to the risk increasing.

Briarhill Family Practice will open its doors this week, conveniently located in Briarhill Shopping Centre. This brand new GP service aims to be among the most respected and trusted primary healthcare providers to the people of Galway.

Do you want to improve your health, shape up, and get your waist back in 2017? Then go along to Lose Fat Around the Middle and learn why carrying excess fat around your middle is not just a cosmetic problem but can increase your risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, Alzheimer’s, and cancer. Glenville Nutrition will help you identify easy manageable steps to shape up without dieting.

Cardio pulse wave analysis is the latest technology in non-invasive vascular and cardiac screening. Typically your blood pressure is taken by a blood pressure cuff on the arm and measures a single beat of your heart on the brachial artery at a single moment. Finally, there is a heart screening device that is non-invasive, has EU, FDA, CE and MDD approval.

An innovative soft robotic sleeve which can help a heart to beat has been developed by researchers including Dr Ellen Roche of National University of Ireland Galway. The soft robotic sleeve wraps around the organ, twisting and compressing in synch with the beating heart, potentially opening new treatment options for people suffering from heart failure.

It seems like the snow is coming, and it’s tempting in the cold weather to choose stodgy comfort foods - making it difficult to meet the new recommendation of up to seven pieces of fruits and vegetables a day.

After all the excess of Christmas, the new year can be a good time to take stock of your lifestyle. Instead of cutting things out, why not think about what you can do more of to improve your health and wellbeing.

Following a recent health scare, our man Seamus Mulligan decided to get his health and fittness back in check and with the help of Castle Leisure Club, he has embarked on a new fitter and healthier life. He tracks his first steps below.