Keith Gibbons enjoys some time out while in the States for treatment.A CAMPAIGN to fund pioneering cancer treatment for a Mayo native in the USA is going global, with comedian Russell Brand hitting the retweet button on Sunday night in support.

In 2007 the Gibbons family from Foxford saw lightening strike twice, in the most terrible way.

Two weeks after the birth of his only child, Darren Gibbons was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Three months later brother Keith received similar confirmation.

Thankfully, Darren responded well to treatment but Keith has since undergone three surgeries, radiotherapy and multiple courses of chemotherapy until in August this year, he was accepted into a clinical trial at the Burzynski Clinic in Houston, Texas.

walking_beachWALKING is a safe, effective and free way to lose weight and stay healthy!

Do you have any idea how many steps you take each day? Could you even guess? Several studies conducted in both Japan and the United States have determined that you should walk 10,000 steps a day. That’s about five miles (8 km).
Estimates indicate that roughly half of adults are overweight; of that, about half of those are obese. And the number of children falling into the ‘overweight’ category tripled between 1980 and 2000.

A Mayo Fine Gael TD has highlighted the plight of diabetes sufferers in the county where an average of one person per month is diagnosed with the condition.
Deputy John O'Mahony said while many people living with type one diabetes received their

When we get sick or experience various aches and pains it is tempting to look for causes outside ourselves. The most convenient culprits: Bad luck. Accidents often fall into this category - being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

An art poster competition, geared for primary schools and designed to create an awareness of positive mental health among the young, came in for praise from Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, who presented prizes to the participants.

Dualta pictured during a handwashing demonstrationCHOLERA outbreak in Cameroon is falling under the radar. With events in Syria and Libya dominating the world news and a more substantial epidemic in Haiti, the fight against cholera in Cameroon is fast becoming one of the forgotten emergencies.

Students across the country are oiling their chains and checking their brakes in preparation for cycling to school on Wednesday.
As a key partner of this year's National Bike Week, An Taisce's Green-Schools Travel will be