{"id":286023,"date":"2026-02-07T17:51:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T17:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/286023\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T17:51:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T17:51:07","slug":"cancer-societys-health-matters-roadshow-for-cork-dates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/286023\/","title":{"rendered":"Cancer Society&#8217;s &#8216;health matters&#8217; roadshow for Cork dates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"contextmenu internal_Body1st\">The Irish Cancer Society\u2019s \u2018Your Health Matters\u2019 Roadshow will be in Wilton Shopping centre on Wednesday February 11 and Thursday February 12.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">The roadshow will run from 9am-6pm each day and members of the public are invited to come along to seek support and advice free of charge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">Available at the roadshow will be free blood pressure checks, body mass index (BMI) and carbon monoxide (CO) readings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">There will also be information available on cancer prevention, screening and ways to help spot the early signs of cancer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">While a referral for a GP can also be arranged where further help is required.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">A spokesperson from the Irish Cancer Society said: \u201cEarly detection and diagnosis of cancer is essential to improve health outcomes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">\u201cWhen cancer is diagnosed early, it can improve the quality of life of those living with cancer, increase survival and reduce the severity of treatment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">\u201cMany patients find it difficult to or do not attend GP visits even when they are experiencing potential cancer symptoms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">\u201cThe \u2018Your Health Matters\u2019 Roadshow initiative seeks to change this by promoting positive lifestyle changes, increasing awareness of cancer symptoms, and improving medical care seeking behavior for the early signs of cancer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">In 2025 the roadshow travelled to 20 different locations around the country, engaging with over 29,900 people about the signs and symptoms of cancer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Irish Cancer Society\u2019s \u2018Your Health Matters\u2019 Roadshow will be in Wilton Shopping centre on Wednesday February 11&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":286024,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[8932,79,103,61,60],"class_list":["post-286023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-cork-city-centre","tag-cork-news","tag-health","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}