Food for thought: Nearly HALF of Manchester year six pupils ‘obese or overweight’
A staggering 40% of year 6 pupils in Manchester are overweight or obese figures have revealed.
Manchester City Council ‘played political game’ on cuts by delaying £11m windfall
Sir Richard Leese has been accused of playing a ‘political game’ by allegedly delaying the announcement of Manchester City Council’s £11million windfall to boost moral after announcing cuts.
Regular heartburn ‘could be’ stomach cancer – sufferers urged to see doctor
Shocking findings show that heartburn occurring regularly can be a sign of stomach cancer, which can be fatal if diagnosed too late – sufferers are being urged to visit their doctors as part of a new campaign by health experts.
Vote Tory and get 1930s’ health, Miliband tells Trafford in key election speech
Ed Miliband will reveal Labour’s ’10 year plan’ for the NHS in Trafford today in an attempt to win the trust of voters – 100 days before the General Election.
Pursuit of unhappiness: Most people with ‘depression’ are just a bit blue, claims expert
Mancunians Google the search term ‘depression’ every two minutes, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they are depressed, according to a number of mental health professionals.
Manchester sitty: Four out of five fail to get up and do ONE hour exercise a week
NHS guidelines recommending adults exercise for 150 minutes a week were branded ‘unrealistic’ for most people by health experts this week.
Shipman victim families betrayed by government, says GMP chief Tony Lloyd
Tony Lloyd, Greater Manchester’s Police and Crime Commissioner, hit out at the government’s failure to implement promised changes in the wake of the Shipman murders during their ‘botched’ reorganisation of the NHS.
Oldham teen collapses after ‘bad batch’ of MDMA – police issue warning
A warning has been sent out by Greater Manchester Police about the dangers of drug taking, after an Oldham teenager collapsed from taking contaminated MDMA.
The Chokeables video targets 83% of Manchester parents who can’t save choking baby
More than three quarters of parents in Greater Manchester don’t know the correct technique for saving their baby from choking, according to new research.
Half of Manchester wrongly pour fat down sink – even putting gravy in TOILET
Nearly half of people in Manchester cause millions of pounds-worth of problems with pipes by disposing fat and food waste down the plughole, according to new research – and some even ditch their gravy down the TOILET.
Plastic surgeon found guilty of giving tips on how to illegally use Botox
Dr Mark Harrison, 51, charged £400 a day for a training course in which he advised attendees how to illegally split Botox measures prescribed for one patient so they could be used on other people.