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Asthma children miss out

CHILDREN with asthma are missing out on school trips and having difficulties joining in with lessons, a charity has warned.Read

Now Alice can tell of abuse torment

ALICE Jamieson* appeared to have the perfect family. A glamorous mother, a studious brother, a successful solicitor father and a four-bedroom house in a posh part of Birmingham.Read

It’s wise to seek help at first signs of pain

PREGNANCY can present the body with a whole number of problems which can be aided by osteopathy, says Jeremy James, who earlier this month moved his Solihull Osteopathic Practice to new premises in Homer Road, Solihull.Read

You don't have to put up with pregnancy pains, mums-to-be told

MUM Liza Wilson was about 20 weeks into her pregnancy when she developed pain in her pelvis and lower back – but rather than live with it she decided to seek help.Read

'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

Life-saving machine that brought Ron back from the brink

IT APPEARED to be a day like any other when Ron Hawkins died but, talking about it three years later, he admits it did not turn out the way he had intended.Read

It's just the job for stressed staff

A HAPPY and fit workforce is a productive workforce.Read

Could dentist put a smile back on face?

IT’S hardly the most surprising admission, but I’ve never been a big fan of going to the dentist.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