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Health: Dads hit by the baby blues

POSTNATAL depression is believed to affect at least one in ten mums – but what of the dads?Read

Sutton Coldfield post natal depression support group Acacia launches new group for dads

excitement we had felt during the pregnancy.Read

Health: Faith spreads message of hope to teens

FAITH Barber was just 13 when she realised there was something seriously wrong with her eyesight.Read

No reason to take your child out of school

Dr William Murdoch, clinical director for North and East Birmingham, answers your questions on the H1N1 virus.Read

Health: New garden is memorial for families

LITTLE Tia Williams Fishwick was just four weeks old when she died. Her parents, Michelle Williams and Ricky Fishwick, were devastated at their loss.Read

Concerns over the vaccine

Dr William Murdoch, Clinical Director for North and East Birmingham answers your questions on the H1N1 virus. Read

Health: Vaccination all the more important as pregnancy progresses

Dr William Murdoch, Clinical Director for North and East Birmingham, answers your questions on the H1N1 virus.Read

Health: Brave Ella’s dream becomes a reality

FOR teenager Ella Spilsbury, a visit to Florida this autumn really was the trip of a lifetime as her complex care needs mean her family could never have taken her on holiday without help.Read

Health: Cyclist praises medics after helmet saved her in nightmare crash

As A&E doctors worked on Rachel Burrows’s injuries, the consultant walked into the waiting area to talk to her husband Adrian.Read

Fruit and veg key to avoiding colds

IT is that time of year again when colleagues, friends and family turn up with handkerchiefs as they sniffle and cough their way through the day.Read

Keep warm glow all winter

THIS winter, ailments seem to be coming thick and fast, and you probably feel lucky if you haven’t had succumbed to a cold, swine flu or a dose of vomiting.Read

Plight of Zambia and fight against AIDS still close to Alex’s heart

WHEN Alex Bergman takes part in a lantern procession in Birmingham tonight to mark international World AIDS Day he will be remembering a little girl he saw die of the illness in Zambia.Read

Making a change

VSO recruits professional volunteers who work alongside local colleagues, sharing their skills with the aim of having a sustainable impact on poverty.Read

AIDS day fashion parade

World AIDS Day is being marked in Birmingham by a fashion show followed by a lantern parade and lantern release this evening.Read

Family Life: Recipes to help tackle diabetes

DIABETES is at risk of taking on epidemic proportions in the UK with more than two million people thought to have the condition.Read

Bright idea to lift depression

IF WINTER’S dull days are getting you down and you’re struggling to get up in the morning even though you’re sleeping more, you could be suffering from SAD – seasonal affective disorder.Read

Family life: No news is good news for Halai

A FORMER local news presenter who lost her job is proving it is still possible to look ahead by writing a book about positivity.Read

Family life: Trawling through the archives of the agony aunt

AGONY aunts have long been a mainstay of newspapers and women’s magazines but over the years their advice has altered drastically. And a good job as some of the advice doled out to letter writers over previous decades would be enough to turn our hair grey these days.Read

Charity in cancer appeal

A CHARITY is this week raising awareness of the deadly threat posed by pancreatic cancer.Read

'Watsu' and Thai for Jackie

FORMER Loose Women TV presenter Jackie Brambles reveals her health and well-being secrets.Read