New EU Tobacco Law

Tobacco companies have been ordered to sell cigarettes with the labeling on the packaging constrained to an average size, font and colour. All cigarette packs must contain at least 20 cigarettes to certify their size as well as health warnings...

Birmingham woman takes on Marathon challenge just two months after major heart surgery

A woman battling heart disease is taking on the British Heart Foundation’s (BHF) new MyMarathon challenge with her husband just two months after having major heart surgery, helping raise funds for the charity’s vital research. Kuljeet Jagdev from Birmingham was...

Junior Doctor Crisis

Junior Doctors all over England have been on a number of strikes due to the dispute between the government and The British Medical Association (BMA). The basic pay of Junior Doctors, under the terms of the new contract, will be...

New ‘One You’ health campaign asks ‘How are You’?

Modern day life makes it hard for people to live healthily, with bigger portions for everything we eat, a desk-bound job or a long commute and our busy lives often means our own health is at the bottom of...

Your Care, Connected!

Your Care Connected is a new system that will provide better, safer care – it could even save your life. Your Care Connected is a new system that will enable doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals working in hospitals to...

New Film Highlights Blood in Urine

New film released to highlight the importance of early diagnosis and cultural issues that can delay Black and South Asian people from seeing their doctor early Early diagnosis of bladder and kidney cancers increases the chance of survival, so being...

The New ‘One You’ Health Campaign asks South Asians ‘How Are You?’

‘One You’, a ground-breaking new campaign to help adults across the country avoid future diseases caused by modern day life reaches out to South Asian communities across England. One You’s aim is to encourage adults from these communities, in...

Non-Surgical Solutions for Hair Loss

Kam Lavoi from The Laser Hair Growth Clinic, based within the prestigious David Lloyd gym and health club in the Great Barr area of Birmingham, answers your frequently asked questions about non-surgical solutions for hair loss.   Does LLLT (Low Level Light...

Welcoming The Sugar Tax

Birmingham health chief, Cllr Paulette Hamilton, has welcomed Government plans for a sugar tax on soft drinks as ‘a victory for children’s health’. In his 2016 Budget, Chancellor George Osborne this afternoon unveiled a tax on the makers of sugary...

No Smoke without Fire

It’s time to defog the facts about shisha. With the ever rising popularity of shisha amongst the Asian youth, it seems one can’t turn a corner without running into a new Hookah haunt. With swanky shisha bars and lounges...