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The Irish Cancer Society is once again designating April as national Bowel Cancer Awareness Month and is launching a major awareness campaign encouraging people across Ireland to talk openly about the symptoms associated with the development of bowel cancer.

Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine have been used to relieve headaches and migraines for thousands of years.

A local man has enlisted a 100-strong team of family, friends and colleagues to take part in this year’s Galway marathon in aid of the Meningitis Trust.

Tiredness is one of the most common reasons for a visit to the doctor with one in 10 people suffering from it. Women are more likely to be affected than men, say experts, with up to 75 per cent believed to suffer from it at some time.

An apt sunshine ushered in kick-off at Terryland yesterday. This was a day in the sun for Jeff Kenna’s charges, a semi-final berth, a chance to showcase their talents outside of the shackles of a relegation dogfight, and an opportunity to pit their wits in Europe next season. It was ample reward for Galway United’s recent form which was already demanding such attendances as we saw on the Dyke Road yesterday.

When Eoin Madden woke up last Christmas morning he realised he had been given the best present ever.

Imagine waking up each day feeling extremely fatigued. Not the kind of tiredness that goes away after you rest but an exhaustion which takes over your life and limits your ability to do even the most ordinary activities.

During a typical day, our feet endure a cumulative force of several hundred tons: the average person engaging in non-strenuous activity walks approximately four miles per day or about 115,000 miles in a lifetime. All too often our feet are ignored, squeezed into ill-fitting shoes in the name of fashion. The result for many people is sensitive or troublesome feet and difficulty in finding footwear to alleviate the problems caused.

John (not his real name) accidentally discovered he had haemochromatosis after having a melanoma removed at University Hospital Galway.

During a typical day our feet endure a cumulative force of several hundred tons, with the average person, engaging in non-strenuous activity, walking approximately four miles per day or about 115,000 miles in a lifetime. All too often our feet are ignored, or squeezed into ill-fitting shoes in the name of fashion. The result for many people is sensitive or troublesome feet and difficulty in finding footwear to alleviate the problems caused.