STOP SMOKING:One of the longest running and most successful stop-smoking courses begins another six-week programme tonight.
Held in the Department of Preventative Medicine and Health Promotion at St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, it will run for six consecutive Tuesdays, 7pm-8.30pm. Booking on tel: 01-2214958.
ALTERNATIVE WEBSITE:Check out new website www.alternative-health.ie for listings of various complementary therapy practitioners from acupuncture to homeopathy and reflexology to yoga.
DRIVERS WANTED:The Irish Cancer Society is looking for volunteers to drive people to cancer treatment in Dublin from a catchment area extending to Gorey in Co Wexford. Each volunteer will be asked to provide one round trip per month (using their own car) from the patient's home to St Vincent's University Hospital in Dublin. An information day on the Care to Drive scheme will be held in the Irish Cancer Society on Tuesday, January 29th. Tel: 01 2310522 or e-mail transport@irishcancer.ie for more details.
HEALTH FAIR FOCUS:Information seminars on Thai massage, yoga, colon hydrotherapy, psych- otherapy and more will take place on Saturday and Sunday as part of the Dalkey Good Health Fair. Now in its fourth year, the fair focuses on health, beauty and lifestyle issues from 11am-5pm each day. Admission is free. For details, tel: 086-2257531.
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