A new CURE to help smokers with their addiction
Patients who smoke in Stockport will now receive new support with their tobacco addiction thanks to a new approach, and a new team based...
How boccia champ Sam is ‘living well at home’
An empowering new approach to home care is helping a Tameside woman who is disabled remain at home and active in her community thanks...
North West Cancer Research launches new cervical cancer campaign
Women across the region are being urged to attend their cervical screening appointments as part of North West Cancer Research’s latest campaign, Don’t Keep...
Burnham-Poorer people should receive the vaccine before older people in affluent areas
The Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham says that poorer people should receive the vaccine before older people in affluent areas
Talking to the Sunday Times,...
Experimental drug trial provides lifeline for cancer patient
A patient with a fast‑growing lymphatic cancer (non-Hodgkin lymphoma), who had failed to adequately respond to previous cancer treatments, has had a dramatic response...
Are you a big dipper or a little dipper-New study reveals why some people...
People who experience big dips in blood sugar levels, several hours after eating, end up feeling hungrier and consuming hundreds more calories during the...
Football heading immediately alters brain function, Manchester shows study
A brief session of football heading has an immediate impact on brain function and the way the brain communicates with muscles, according to new...
“I knew this trial was her last chance of life”– new hope for children...
Pioneering research in Manchester has shown dramatic results for treating children with high-risk leukaemia (a type of blood cancer), who previously had no hope...
Majority have ‘long Covid’ symptoms seven weeks after discharge
More than two-thirds of patients hospitalised due to COVID-19 continue to suffer from debilitating symptoms more than seven weeks after being discharged, according to...
North West public backs Government ambition to end tobacco epidemic by 2030
More than three quarters of people in the North West back the Government’s ambition to make smoking history by 2030.
The level of public support...