Health & Wellbeing

‘Personalised’ hip replacement surgery might be just what the doctor ordered for people with hip arthritis – according to new research.

With over 36 million pets in the UK, over half (56%) of owners admit to letting their furry friends sleep in their bedrooms but how safe is this during a heatwave with temperatures as high as 30 degrees?

On Monday 1st July, Midlands Air Ambulance Charity were tasked to not one, but two hoax calls across its six-county operating patch.

An inquest heard by a health trust has heard that major concerns were raised over the hospital care for former Arsenal and Everton footballer Kevin Campbell.

Bron Echols has made history as the first author to publish a book about skincare for Black children.

The United Nations has announced that 24 November 2024 will be 'World Conjoined Twins Day' and will be observed each year, to emphasize the need to address the condition of conjoined twins, advocate for their treatment and care, and promote their well-being and social inclusion. 

After months and months of training and fundraising, The Tour 21 class of 2023 have completed all 21 stages of the Tour de France route, just one week ahead of the professionals, and raised over £1 million!

The Reproductive Precision Medicine Unit of Menarini Silicon Biosystems (MSB) presented last week, at the 21st World Congress of the Fetal Medicine Foundation meeting in Lisbon, Portugal, results of a large multicentre study describing their next generation non-invasive prenatal testing technology using foetal cells isolated from maternal blood.

As England head into the knock-out stages of the Euros, walking football fever is growing apace across the country.

Visits to heat exhaustion advice on the NHS website have more than doubled in the past 48 hours as temperatures surge in England. 

Pioneering transformative wellness destination Chiva-Som Hua Hin, Thailand, is launching epigenetics testing and hyperbaric oxygen treatments, further enhancing its already extensive, bespoke approach to optimal health.  

Tilray Medical, a division of Tilray Brands, Inc. ("Tilray Brands") (NASDAQ: TLRY and TSX: TLRY) and a global leader in medical cannabis, empowering the therapeutic alliance between patients and healthcare practitioners to make informed individualized health decisions, thereby transforming healthcare, have announced the launch of Broken Coast EU-GMP certified medical cannabis products in Australia.

On 3 June, Synnovis, a pathology laboratory which processes blood tests on behalf of a number of NHS organisations, primarily in Southeast London, was the victim of a cyber attack.

Midland Mencap celebrated Learning Disability Week and welcomed Birmingham's Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress to a PURE graduation event at The Library of Birmingham.

Little Hearts Matter, the only charity in the UK and Ireland dedicated to supporting and empowering anyone affected by the diagnosis of a single ventricle heart condition (or "half a heart"), is proud to announce the launch of an animated film designed to raise awareness about this serious condition.

Following a Crisis Appeal launched by Birmingham Hospice, the UK’s leading retirement property developer, McCarthy Stone has donated £2,000 to help fund its palliative and end-of-life care services.