Breast Cancer Awareness Month Oct 1-31 2021

Breast Cancer Awareness Month Oct 1-31 2021

This month marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month around the world. And while much progress has been made in the treatment and survival of breast cancer, there is still much work to be done! The Marie Keating Foundation have developed a six-part Cancer and COVID-19 Wellness Webinar & a four-part Carer’s Webinar Series:

Cancer and COVID-19 Wellness Webinar

This series covers topics across a range of subjects focusing on FAQ’s, COVID and cancer and how to stay healthy and well, both physically and mentally, while at home. The six-part series is designed to be watched as a series but each episode is available below to be watched in your own time. Click Here

• Week One - Keeping a Healthy Weight and Diet with Aveen Bannon, RD
• Week Two - Keeping Physically Active at Home with Dr Lauri McDermott from Exwell Medical
• Week Three: How to make sure you are getting enough sleep with Sleep Physiologist Breege Leddy
• Week Four: A practical guide to minding your mental health during COVID-19 with clinical psychologist Dr Eddie Murphy
• Week Five: Managing the stress and anxiety of treatment during COVID-19 with consultant oncologist Professor Michaela Higgins
• Week Six: Managing side effects of treatment during COVID-19 with Mary Moriarty