Betty for schools extends support for Manchester schools with free education programme and femcare...
The award winning period education programme, has announced that it has identified 27 schools in the Manchester area to donate free femcare products to...
Serving smaller alcoholic drinks could reduce the UK’s alcohol consumption
New research published in Addiction, conducted by researchers from the Universities of Liverpool and Sheffield, highlights the potential benefits of reducing the standard serving size...
Blood in your pee: Lives in the North West at risk by not looking...
Blood in pee is a key symptom of bladder and kidney cancer, yet only 15% of those most at risk in the North West...
Wythenshawe Hospital becomes first in the UK to offer addiction treatment to all patients...
For the first time anywhere in the UK, all smokers admitted to hospital in Greater Manchester will be offered intensive support and medication to...
Worsley Leisure Centre to reopen in January following £1.4m boost
Worsley Leisure Centre will re-open its doors on 2 January after a £1.4 million facelift.
The 80 year old centre has been transformed as part...
Salford Royal supply blood for urgent roadside transfusions
Salford Royal is supplying blood for use on board North West Air Ambulance Charity’s helicopters, allowing urgent roadside transfusions to take place...
School bullying increases chances of mental health issues and unemployment in later life
Victims of bullying in secondary school have dramatically increased chances of mental health problems and unemployment in later life.
New researchers led by Lancaster...
Breakthrough as heart patches set for human trials
Researchers funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) have shown that heart ‘patches’ grown in the lab are safe to move on to trials...
Eating a handful of nuts a day could improve your sex life
Consuming 60 grams of nuts a day improves sexual function.That's according to a nutritional study carried out by researchers from the URV’s Human Nutrition...
Dependence on prescription medicines linked to deprivation
Public Health England have published the first-ever evidence review of dependence and withdrawal problems associated with five commonly prescribed classes of medicines in England
They...