Students across the North East are being encouraged to register with a GP in order to receive their Meningitis immunisation. Those born between 01/09/96 and 31/08/97 should already have been contacted by their GP. Given the recent rise in the disease, from the current academic year (2016/17) all year 9 […]
A breast cancer survivor has taken part in a midnight walk over the weekend in order to help raise awareness for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Wendy Stuart, 44, walked five miles with 45 of her friends, family and work colleagues, all wearing bright-coloured underwear, from Seaham to Sunderland to raise funds […]
Growing up can be a challenging time for most of us, constantly being under-pressure from our friends, sometimes our parents, and trying to fit in. Those teenage years can be pretty tough and confusing. As a youth worker I see young people trying to conform, go along with everyone else […]
October 10 marks World Mental Health day; a time each year to raise awareness, talk about and understand mental health. This year’s theme is psychological first aid, knowing what to do and how to approach someone who is experiencing mental health difficulties, trauma or crisis. One in four of us […]
A Sunderland woman with a 100-year-old kidney she received from her mother in the 1970s is thought to have the world’s oldest successfully transplanted kidney. Sue Westhead, from Houghton-le-Spring, received the swap in 1973 when her mother Ann Metcalfe was 57. Now, 43 years on, the kidney is still going strong, despite doctors […]
Sunderland Royal Hospital and its accident and emergency (A&E) Department have been praised by an American doctor after she witnessed the service firsthand. Dr Jennifer Gunter took her cousin Helen, who lives in the UK, to the city’s hospital after she twisted her ankle walking on cobblestones in high heels. Four hours after treatment, Dr […]
A University of Sunderland graduate has developed a genetic test offering hope to blood cancer patients. Patients can now discover if they have a less aggressive form of Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) and the level of treatment needed thanks to the clinical test set up by Chloe Richardson. Chloe Richardson set up the […]
Mothers from across the region gathered in Sunderland on August 5 to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week. Mums from the Sunderland ‘Bosom Buddies’ group invited other mums from the North East who breast-feed to join them in Keel Square at 10.30am to take part in the ‘World’s Big Latch On.’ The […]
Parents neglect their children’s teeth during the Summer Holidays as dentists warn children’s tooth removal is at crisis point. Dentists across the country are calling for parents to stay on top of their children’s teeth cleaning regimes now that school is out as new research has shown that parents are […]
Drowning rates are higher than ever and over third admit to poor swimming skills or not being able to swim New statistics revealed today show 1 in 5 residents here in Sunderland don’t like swimming, while almost half of the City worry about drowning as the result of poor swimming […]