Arthritis Week: Knuckle cracking? Elderly disease? Avoid exercise? Myths of condition busted
More than ten million people in the UK, including more than 15,000 children, are affected by arthritis
Nasal spray flu vaccine: Bury schoolchildren among first in country using alternative to flu jab
Nasal spray provided alternative to needle vaccination
‘Our health is taking a serious hit’: Clean air campaigners slam Manchester pollution stations axe
Former GMTV weather anchor Clare Nasir has taken up an ambassadorial role
Parasitic worms are being ‘invited back into guts’ by traditional treatments, say Manchester scientists
gastrointestinal parasitic infections affect nearly one quarter of the world’s population
Anti-cuts protesters question effectiveness of Manchester Conservative Party Conference rally
Protest took place as Conservative Party Conference started
Mums across Manchester and North West forced into debt due to poor maternity pay, survey shows
Expectant mothers are being forced into work early, study shows
Ethnic minority trainee GPs are suffering from racial discrimination, claims Manchester uni study
Trainee doctors are suffering racial discrimination
Free school meals? Great! But we MUST tackle causes of child poverty now, demands Bolton foodbank
37% of children in Farnworth are living in poverty
World Alzheimer’s Day 2013: Let’s make Manchester a dementia-friendly community, say campaigners
Greater Manchester has around 4,000 dementia sufferers in the area
‘I owe them my life’: Rochdale cancer survivor embarks on Walk of Hope in aid of Manchester’s Christie Hospital
Littleborough’s Ashleigh was just 19 when diagnosed with cancer
Manchester students urged to sign up to GPs and warned not to abuse A&E for illnesses that doctors can treat
Students across Manchester are urged not to forget about their health