Monthly Health with Dr Phil Dyer

This month advises on organ and tissue transplantsTissue and organ donation has been in the news a lot recently.  Asian people are three to four times more likely to need a kidney transplant than the rest of the UK...

Benefits of quitting smoking

Around 100,000 people die from smoking every year in the United Kingdom and is one of the nation’s biggest causes of death. Did you know each cigarette has approximately 4,000 chemicals, many of which are toxic? Ammonia, tar, carbon...

Temporary Blindness Caused by Smartphone use at Night

The New England Journal of Medicine’s latest edition details the condition that causes “transient blindness”, this occurs when using your smartphone in the dark. What specifically causes the vision loss is using only one eye, the solution is to...

Shocking Reveals Shows 1 in 10 in the West Midlands Will Have Diabetes by...

According to an analysis of current trends by Public Health England, one person in every ten will have either Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes by 2035, or 10.4% of the population. In 2015, they found that a shocking 9.4%...

Monthly Health with Heartlands Hospital

Dr Dyer gives advice on Acute LeukaemiaLeukaemia is Britain’s biggest childhood cancer with one in every 2,000 children developing the disease. Leukaemia is a cancer of the bone marrow and white blood cells. There are two main types, acute...

Girl Who Donated Organs Helps A Record Eight People

Jemima Layzell, who died from a brain aneurysm, has helped a record eight different people, including five children, through organ donation. The 13-year-old died in 2012, but donated her heart, pancreas, lungs, kidneys, small bowel and liver. Jemima’s parents Sophy Layzell,...

BMA report warns that doctors under pressure and patients at risk due to gaps...

There are too few doctors on hospital shifts and those that are on duty are either taking on the work of more than one doctor or are inexperienced and without more senior support. These are the findings of a report...

Blood in your Urine?

Dr Jyoti Sood warns South Asians “If you notice blood in your urine, even if it’s just the once, you must tell your doctor straightaway” Dr Jyoti Sood, who features in the latest Public Health England (PHE) Be Clear on...

Signing Story Book Launched

The innovative book helps children understand language pre speech A  new children's story book has been published for babies and infants that includes signing, or sign language. Designed for hearing children pre-speech, 'Alfie's Magic Hat: Fun at the zoo', the...

Sikh community target of Alcohol Awareness campaign

A midlands charity is seeking to tackle the taboo issue of alcohol misuse in the Sikh community as part of Alcohol Awareness Week. Aquarius, part of Recovery Focus, is working to tackle growing alcohol misuse in Sikh Punjabi community after...