* The contrasting emphases of healthcare in the East and West, and whether they can ever work together, will be discussed by Dr Jerusha McCormack and Dr John Blair at a public lecture tomorrow at 1.10pm in the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin Castle. Admission free. See cbl.ie
* Bootcamp Ireland is offering free hour-long outdoor exercise classes in Dublin next week at beginner and advanced level. They will take place in Bushy Park (tennis courts entrance), Terenure, at 10am on March 7th and 9th, and in Dún Laoghaire (starting at the Prom) at 10am on March 8th and 10th, 6.30pm on March 7th and 9th. Register on bootcampireland.com
The La Leche breastfeeding support group has its annual conference on Saturday and Sunday in the Ashdown Park Hotel, Gorey, Co Wexford. Tel: 086-0700402, laleche leagueireland.com. Also, Friends of Breastfeeding is hosting an open meeting on March 12th at 2pm in Citywest Shopping Centre, Dublin 24. Tel: 087-1624523 or e-mail friendsofbreast feeding@yahoo.ie.
* A support line will be open from 5pm-7pm during Endometriosis Awareness Week, from March 7th to 13th. Tel: 086-8203855. An information day will be held in the Lucan Spa Hotel, Lucan, Co Dublin, on March 12th from 1.30pm-5pm. See Endo.ie and endometriosis.org.
* Dr Brian Clement, director of the Hippocrates Health Institute in Florida, will give talks next week on disease prevention and the use of diet and lifestyle in the treatment of cancer and heart disease. The talks will take place at Cork International Airport Hotel on March 11th at 7pm and Moran’s Hotel at the Red Cow roundabout, Dublin, on March 12th at 11am. Booking on change simply@hotmail.com.
