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Coleshill son lives with memory of dad dying from asbestosis

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

New check is preventative

WHILE Katie has long seen clients coming to acupuncture for specific problems, she felt a need to develop a system of preventative medicine so came up with the Chinese Health MOT.Read

Health MoT shows I have a heavy metal elemental imbalance

WITH Chinese New Year ensuring we turned thoughts east it seemed the ideal time for a Chinese health MoT.Read

Fiona’s simple message – de-clutter your life!

IT was during a visit to a shanty town outside the Peruvian capital Lima that Fiona Castle met true selflessness. Women there were surviving in poverty and yet were still willing to give.Read

Comfort sessions for a mum-to-be

IT was the 1980s and you name it, I did it. Violin lessons, keyboard sessions, ballet and tap dancing classes, orchestra practice, swimming and even a life-saving club.Read

A roadshow giving valuable life-saving tips called in on King Edwards VI Camp Hill School for Girls, Kings Heath

IT was the 1980s and you name it, I did it. Violin lessons, keyboard sessions, ballet and tap dancing classes, orchestra practice, swimming and even a life-saving club.Read

Watching the birdies can be a real health tonic

A FOGGY morning gives way to a clear, dry and bright lunch time as I head off to join the weekly Birmingham Health Walk with the RSPB.Read

Time out of the office for a walk on the wild side!

IF you are sitting at your desk this morning thinking you really would like to get outside for a bit, then head over to Birmingham’s Victoria Square where every Tuesday lunchtime the RSPB organises a health walk.Read

IF you are sitting at your desk this morning thinking you really would like to get outside for a bit, then head over to Birmingham’s Victoria Square where every Tuesday lunchtime the RSPB organises a health walk.

Aimed to be just half an hour and covering a different route each week, the walks are aimed at city centre workers with short lunchbreaks who are keen to get out and about.Read

Could Debbie persuade me that shaking a leg would help me kick the drinking habit?

I CANNOT remember the last day I went without an alcoholic drink.Read

I knew it was time to slim when I got stuck in the Villa Park turnstiles

A TRIP to Villa Park proved to be the spark which set Mick Stanley on a weight loss regime after he became stuck in the turnstile.Read

Sutton Coldfield hypno-therapist Debbie Williams tries to cure reporter Paul Bradley of his drinking habit?

I CANNOT remember the last day I went without an alcoholic drink.Read

Dish up the ideal winter warmer

KEEP those cold wintry nights at bay with hot and healthy soups. The ultimate comfort food, what could be better than a thick soup packed full of vitamin-rich vegetables?Read

Discomfort following eating doesn’t mean the cause is serious

You know the feeling – the bloated belly, the upset tummy, the indigestion after going on a bender and having a bit too much to eat or drink.Read

‘Ready to give it a go’

WHAT retired gemologist Lesley Spofforth lacks in musical talent, she more than makes up for in enthusiasm.Read

Voices hit right note for professionals

THE amateurs may be modest about their abilities but the professional musicians say the group are doing well.Read

Singing for our supper

IT is a cold winter afternoon, but there is plenty of warmth inside the hall at All Saints Church in Kings Heath as a group of pensioners sing their hearts out.Read

Still smiling after brutal stabbing

WHEN Habib Malik stands up, you can be forgiven for thinking you are talking to the wrong person.Read

Weight loss has changed my life

WEIGHING in at a whopping 24 stone 12 lb, Michelle Bowater was truly miserable.Read

Pioneering treatment got me back into bed

There are now an estimated 15million snorers in Britain whose condition impacts on the whole family. Health Correspondent ALISON DAYANI talks to a Midland doctor who turned to a pioneering new treatment when his noisy habit began to affect his marriage.Read