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'Patients need to feel in control to succeed'

HOLLY is just one of 2,000 people on the books of the specialist weight management services clinic at Birmingham’s Heartlands Hospital.Read

Dickens Heath teenager's weight-loss battle featured on TV

THE words kept ringing round teenager Holly Young’s mind her mum, who was seriously ill in hospital, would have died had she been overweight.Read

Harcourt proves acting fast works

WHEN Harcourt Shepherd was told he had prostate cancer he had no idea what it was – but he knew it sounded bad.Read

Men must learn to talk about ‘De Botty Business’, says poet

Birmingham poet Benjamin Zephaniah finds it hard to imagine a group of guys standing in a pub with a beer in their hands talking about prostate cancer.Read

I was shocked when I stood on the scales and topped 20st mark

SITTING in a lorry cab each day meant dad Stephen Shorney gradually piled on the pounds. He knew his waistband was expanding but he was shocked when he stood on the scales to find them tipping 20st 11lb.Read

Help to buy defibrillators

DEFIBRILLATORS save lives – that is the message from the British Heart Foundation as it launches its Start a Heart campaign.Read

Hospital the sole option for Emma and Paul

PARENTS Paul and Emma Taylor did not really consider any option except hospital when they had all of their children.Read

Family helped with hole in their lives

NATALIE Page was the centre of the world to her family so when she died suddenly at the age of just 22 she left a big hole in their lives.Read

Allen Carr clinic put me on right road to quitting

“GO on, try it.” Just four words, but they were enough to tempt me into smoking my first cigarette at the age of 14.Read

How one visit to Allen Carr clinic put me on road to quitting smoking

“GO on, try it.” Just four words, but they were enough to tempt me into smoking my first cigarette at the age of 14.Read

Screenings saving thousands of women’s lives

NATIONAL charity Breakthrough Breast Cancer’s Screening Saves Lives campaign aims to encourage all women called for appointments to take up the offer.Read

Early detection saved Tom’s daughter from the anguish of chemotherapy

ANNE Joynson counts herself as one of the lucky ones because her pre-cancerous cells were picked up on a mammogram.Read

Channel Challenge for wing walker, 88

HE MAY be 88 and a veteran wing walker but that is not stopping daredevil Tom Lackey from undertaking his most gruelling airborne adventure this summer.Read

88-year-old wing walker up for Channel Challenge

HE MAY be 88 and a veteran wing walker but that is not stopping daredevil Tom Lackey from undertaking his most gruelling airborne adventure this summer.Read

Son lives with a cruel memory of dying dad

WATCHING his father rapidly deteriorate from an extraordinarily fit man to someone who could barely walk across a room is a memory Roy Bailey would rather forget.Read

I was proud to be train worker, but did not see the dangers of killer asbestos

TRAIN-BUILDER Barry Allsopp clocked up 37 proud years with renowned Birmingham manufacturer Metro Cammell.Read

Matthew yearns to live a normal life

LITTLE Matthew Ray is determined to write, play and enjoy sports with his school-friends despite the fact he can suffer from debilitating eczema.Read

Sutton Coldfield schools show healthy interest in sport

YOU are never too young to learn as youngsters at Banners Gate Infants’ School have discovered as they take up Teddy Tennis.Read

Teddy Tennis aims to stimulate kids’ interest

AFTER a few weeks the children are not expected to be shooting prize volleys over the net but Teddy Tennis aims to evoke an interest in sport, says instructor Ian Armfield.Read

Sporting activity key to Midlands school

TEDDY Tennis is one of only a number of sports which children at Banners Gate Infants School have experienced while part of the Wilson Stuart School Sports Partnership.Read

Birmingham youngster battles to live a normal life with eczema

LITTLE Matthew Ray is determined to write, play and enjoy sports with his school-friends despite the fact he can suffer from debilitating eczema.Read