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One in ten people around the world are living with diabetes, a lifelong condition listed by the World Health Organization in 2019 as one of the top ten leading causes of deaths globally. In Ireland, over a quarter of a million people have been diagnosed with the disease. However, it is estimated that a further 850,000 are at risk of developing type 2 diabetes, a major contributor to kidney failure, heart attack, cancer, and stroke. As well as the human cost, the economic burden of diabetes on the Irish health care system is becoming a major challenge for the government and the HSE.

Own it, Check it and Sort it as part of Croí’s Third Age Mayo Programme

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Olympic bronze medalist Fiona Murtagh was back on the water at the Irish Rowing Championship helping a composite NUI Galway and Galway Rowing Club to gold.

Former jockey Nina Carberry, Olympian David Gillick and exercise physiologist, Dr Brian Carson, recently launched Vhi’s ‘More Than Running’ campaign to highlight the various health benefits taking part in parkrun can bring to all its participants.

Forming a healthy wind-down routine by reducing both physical and mental stimulation before bed can aid a good night’s sleep.

Athlone Town succumbed to a strong Waterford FC in Lissywollen on Monday night, the Munster team’s victory their eight in succession.

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It’s never ordinary with Mayo. They won and are in the second round of the qualifiers, but it could very easily have been different if referee Barry Cassidy had decided to give Monaghan a penalty in injury time when Conor Lenonard looked to have been fouled after he intercepted a poor ball back to Lee Keegan, by Aidan O’Shea.

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