Mental Health Awareness Week is the ideal opportunity to focus on psychological wellbeing - our own and our family’s.
Emotional literacy means knowing how to talk about mental health and how to improve it and the best way to intervene when a loved one is struggling. Former primary school teacher...
A DISABLED man who had given up on getting support after being failed by the adult social care system has now got his life back – thanks to a fast-growing home care provider.
Ray Halton, who lives in Folldingworth, near Lincoln, was diagnosed with MS in 2007 but managed to...
STAFF AND members of a Washington gym scaled The Old Man of Coniston to raise funds for a leading North East charity.
Pinchaninch Body Transformation Centre owners Darren and Nichola Tyrie joined personal trainers and more than 60 of their gym regulars to climb the mountain at the Lake District...
True Student Accommodation is hosting puppy parties during exam season to help students unwind.
To combat exam stress, residents at true Student accommodation around the UK are being treated to a puppy party. During these events, puppies are brought into the accommodation for students to play with to help lower...
Wallsend-based IT healthcare solutions provider, Clarity Informatics, has announced it is partnering with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) to deliver their National Institute for Healthcare Excellence (NICE) accredited clinical guidance resource base to overseas healthcare professionals.
The clinical guidance, which focuses on common conditions in primary care, will be available...
Every five minutes someone is diagnosed with cervical, ovarian, uterine/endometrial, vaginal or vulvar cancer
According to The Foundation for Women’s Cancer every five minutes, someone will be diagnosed with gynaecological cancers including cervical, ovarian, uterine/endometrial, vaginal and vulval, and over 33,000 will die from gynecological cancer this year.
This is why...
A quick-thinking five-year-old has been hailed as a hero for his role in saving his mother from drowning after she accidentally fell into the River Wear.
On a sunny Wednesday evening, Kimberley Allison, a business owner, and her son Logan were enjoying a pleasant walk along the River Wear in...
New research released today suggests that the North East public would back Government plans to include health and nutritional information on alcohol products.
If you didn’t know a glass of wine can contain similar calories as a slice of pizza, or a pint of lager similar to a Mars Bar...
Heaton resident Busola Banjo, who donated a kidney to her sister so she could have a better quality of life is set to be honoured at a glittering appreciation dinner for the UK’s Black living donors and the sacrifices they have made for their loved ones.
Busola would then describe...
A North East based social enterprise has secured funding to pilot a new innovative service to delay the onset of dementia.
Unforgettable Experiences will provide creative, interactive and practical support to older people to help them to participate in a series of weekly arts, cultural and heritage activities online....
