Hard to swallow: North West revealed as most obese region in the country
New statistics from the Health and Social Care Information Centre reveal obesity hospital admissions were higher in the North West than anywhere else in the country last year.
SuperJosh’s legacy: Brain tumour boy jets off on hols thanks to Bury charity
Hugo Porcher, 5, from Norfolk, was diagnosed with an optic nerve glioma brain tumour in October 2013 and began chemotherapy treatment when he was just three years old.
Cannabis debate: Politicians and campaigners on highs and lows of legalisation
After speaking to dozens upon dozens of people, most notably former Labour spin doctor Alastair Campbell and the Pirate Party’s Loz Kaye, to get their views on the drugs legalisation debate, MM lays bare the truths of these conversations.
Sale mum of meningitis survivor says NHS vaccine cheaper than son’s £3m care
The life-saving vaccine is currently available privately, but Manchester meningitis ambassador Christine Etheridge, whose son Ben contracted the disease in 2004 when he was just three, believes it should be provided by the NHS.
Cheadle MP urges Cameron to ‘pay tribute to St Ann’s Hospice with greater funding’
Hospices like St Ann’s are in need of funding from the £6billion NHS budget devolved to the city, a Manchester MP has told Prime Minister David Cameron.
Birth Rites: Childbirth exhibition to ‘crown’ winning artist at MediaCityUK
The winner of the Birth Rites Bi-Annual Award will receive a residency at the Women’s Art Library in London, and the winning piece will be included in The Birth Rites Collection.
Manchester cat vaccination warning as horror house found overrun with HERPES
Manchester’s cat owners are urged to vaccinate their felines before they catch life-long herpes and infect other cats, after the RSPCA Manchester & Salford branch save a kitten from an overinfested house rife with the virus.
Manchester schools urged to put physical and mental health ‘on equal footing’
Schools are being urged to combat high levels of physical and mental illness in young people and teachers by nominating themselves for a new national health and wellbeing initiative.
Manchester teens call for plain cigarette packaging as 18k take up smoking a year
Manchester teens are doing their bit to stub out smoking amongst their peers after Action on Smoking on Health (ASH) figures revealed 18,000 young people take up cigarettes each year in the region.
Proud to be a quitter? Smokers reveal triumphs and failures for No Smoking Day
Thousands of smokers across the country are giving up the cigs for this year’s No Smoking Day, but what will one day of being smoke free achieve?
GP incentive scheme did NOT save lives, says Manchester uni study
According to results, there was no relationship between quality indicators included in Quality and Outcomes Framework and mortality rates in the practice locality.