A new exercise game that hopes to keep the elderly fit enough to avoid serious falls has been developed by Manchester University and Manchester University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

Rats’ nests by children’s hospital wards and cockroach infestations in surgery departments are just some of the 350 cases of vermin call-outs faced by North Manchester hospitals in 2014, MM can reveal.

The region has one of the highest incidences of reported anti-social behaviour in the country, and at least one in every ten calls to Greater Manchester Police relating to anti-social behaviour references the consumption and effect of alcohol.

Manchester-based eatery Tea 42 takes the cake at the inaugural FreeFrom Eating Out (FFEO) Awards, being crowned one of the best places for diners with special dietary needs to eat out

How safe is laughing gas, also known as nitrous oxide, NOS or even hippy crack? MM investigate by talking to health chiefs and users.

Devolution to the region will deliver massive benefits to health and social care – including the diagnosis and treatment of dementia – according to a senior Manchester health official.

Manchester University medical student Kate Hyde is drawing on a different moustache every day this Movember to raise money for men’s mental health and research into testicular and prostate cancer

Surrogacy laws across the UK are ‘woefully inadequate’ meaning surrogate parents are unable to earn the £40K minimum wage they are entitled to, according to Manchester medical and ethics experts.

Avoidable deaths from cardiovascular disease has dropped across Greater Manchester, but the figures are still shockingly high, reveals the Office of National Satistics

Fiona Ryan, from Kearsley, Bolton, has spoken out to MM about her battle with meningitis following the tragic death of 19-year-old Teygan Sugrue earlier this week.

People in Greater Manchester have donated an ‘incredible’ £173,600 in just over a week for the Disasters Emergency Committee appeal to help those affected by the Ebola crisis.