Health & Wellbeing

The latest annual report from a West Midlands-wide organisation which aims to bring together healthcare, industry and academia to improve health outcomes and generate wealth across the local economy has been published.

A new mum had the scare of her life when a crippling viral infection caused her heart to stop, devastatingly separating her from her son just three months after he was born.

A Birmingham paramedic will be heading to India in September to teach vital life- saving skills to school children. Erdington based Paramedic Sam Grimson, 24 from Birmingham, has worked for the Trust for two years. He will be joining a group of paramedics from other ambulance services to visit some of the most deprived areas of India to teach Basic First Aid skills and CPR in schools.

A new handbook, 'Talking Together': facilitating peer support activities to help people with learning disabilities understand about growing older and living with dementia was launched by the Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities on Wednesday 20 May as their contribution to Dementia Awareness Week.

Many of our males appear to be pregnant. It is not an uncommon sight to see men whose swollen bellies make them look pregnant. They have what I call the male pregnancy syndrome.

A new project will provide everyday digital skills to nearly 10,000 people with sight or hearing loss or both in the West Midlands. The scheme will help people who have sensory loss overcome the barriers they often face when it comes to getting online and benefiting from technology. 

Join Brian Clement, world leading nutritionist and naturopath, and Mirabai Devi, an international spiritual teacher and healer, in an exclusive one day event on June 20th at London's Regent University. 

Negative Experiences in childhood have been labelled a ‘toxic stress’ on dental health, according to a new report. Research published in the journal of Community Dentistry Oral and Epidemiology has provided strong evidence for reinforcing claims that socioeconomic factors have a divisive role to play in the health of children.

Four Oaks Healthy Lifestyle Centre and Core Harmony are teaming up to deliver 'The Total Focus 90 Day Ultimate Lifestyle Challenge' the Ultimate chance for you to take control of your life by creating a positive mindset which will enhance your ability to change your overall lifestyle through challenging your thought processes alongside a detailed individual nutrition and fitness plan to achieve. 

In todays world more people than ever are mentally unstable. Depression, anxiety, violence, irrational and anti-social behavior are escalating in our society. Research published in the medical journal Biological Psychiatry indicates that some foods may effectively treat some of these problems.

Our understanding of cancer is rapidly evolving, and now a growing body of research shows that taking an integrative approach (combining the best of complementary therapies and orthodox treatments to get the best outcomes) gives the best chance of reclaiming health.

Many people know that exposure to the sun, especially at the height of summer, can damage their skin. But they don't realise that extended exposure to ultraviolet (UV) rays can also increase the risk of developing eye problems.

About one third of the 900 million people in the WHO European Region live in countries that have not yet banned the use of all forms of asbestos, and this potentially exposes them at work and in the environment.

Over 400 visitors to Birmingham's Vaisakhi celebrations in Handsworth Park took the opportunity to undergo a potentially life-saving health 'MOT' and health bosses have hailed the record-breaking NHS Health Check initiative as 'a public health triumph'.

Paediatrician at Leeds General Infirmary and researcher at the University of York's Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD) wins 'Young Investigator of the Year' for work which will “shape the way children's health services are configured” 

Leading companies in the medical technology industry have announced that they have formed the Asia Pacific Medical Technology Association (APACMed), focused on advancing patient care.