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Birmingham Rep postpones A Passionate Woman

Birmingham Repertory Theatre today announce the postponement of the forthcoming production – A Passionate Woman – due to the indisposition of Lynda Bellingham.

16 July, 2013 in Birmingham, Health, Theatre.

QEHB staff gear up for overseas adventures in aid of Birmingham St Mary’s

Professor Nick James and Usha Kiran, who are based at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham’s world-renowned Cancer Centre, have signed up to support the hospice

11 June, 2013 in Birmingham, Cycling, Health.

Black Country friends say ‘Balls to Cancer’ with 62.5 mile challenge

Four friends from the Black Country have completed a once in a lifetime challenge this weekend and raised over £6,500 for a local charity in the process.

29 May, 2013 in Health, Most recent.

Cure Leukaemia announces 100% nursing funds increase

Birmingham-based Cure Leukaemia has announced record financial results that will see the charity double the amount of funding for research nurses in the West Midlands.

19 April, 2013 in Birmingham, Health, NHS.

Of doubtful benefit

Laurence Inman is not in a hopeful mood, despite receiving good news

4 April, 2013 in Comment, Features, Most recent, Uncategorized.

Professor receives fellowship to research men’s health inequalities

An academic based at the University of Wolverhampton has been awarded a Winston Churchill Travel fellowship in the area of medicine and health.

4 April, 2013 in Health, Medicine, Most recent, Wolverhampton.

Popping down the local turns into 62.5 mile challenge for Black Country friends

A quick trip down the pub has turned into the challenge of a lifetime for four novice runners from the Black Country.

18 March, 2013 in Health, Most recent.

Dragon boats will HelpHarryHelpOthers

Brindleyplace has announced that HelpHarryHelpOthers is the chosen charity for this year’s Dragonboat Festival;

12 March, 2013 in Birmingham, Business, What's on.

Giant chick flick raises money for breast cancer charity

Ladies across the region can treat themselves to a special screening of one of the nation’s favourite chick flicks at a special charity event set to be held at the largest screen in the Midlands this March.

26 February, 2013 in Birmingham, Comedy, Film, What's on.

Good Hope leading the way internationally with bladder cancer laser treatment

A Good Hope consultant has won international recognition for leading a new treatment study

9 January, 2013 in Health, Medicine, NHS, Sutton Coldfield.

Charity cycle rides raise £40k

A group of former school friends and business colleagues from Solihull have ‘trebled’ their efforts to raise a total of £40,000 for Macmillan Cancer and in memory of Veronica Partridge who benefited from their care.

20 December, 2012 in Cycling, Most recent, Solihull.

Coventry and Warwick students join forces to recruit donors for blood cancer charity

Students from Coventry and Warwick universities joined forces to host a donor recruitment drive for a leading blood cancer charity.

6 December, 2012 in Health, Medicine, Most recent, Warwickshire.

Teacher ‘taches raise ‘Movember’ dosh

A hair-raising approach to helping a good cause has paid off for a group of Solihull School teachers sporting the best ‘taches in town.

4 December, 2012 in Education, Features, Most recent, Solihull.

Birmingham Doctors Break New Ground in Bladder Cancer Treatment

  Adding chemo to radiotherapy halves risk of dangerous cancer returning. Laurie Southgate reports Bladder cancer patients given low doses of chemotherapy combined with radiotherapy were nearly 50 per cent less likely to relapse with the most lethal form of the disease compared to patients given radiotherapy alone, a major Birmingham trial funded by Cancer…

24 April, 2012 in Birmingham, Health, Medicine, Most recent.

Not so much tongue in cheek…

A new study suggests many people in the West Midlands are unaware of one of the most common Sexually Transmitted Infections….

21 November, 2011 in Birmingham, Food and drink, Health, NHS.

Birmingham at the forefront of biotech news

A revolution in the drug discovery industry is underway, with universities across the West Midlands leading the effort

19 September, 2011 in Business, Health, Medicine.

Success for Big Build

Work has begun on a new Marie Curie hospice in Solihull, thanks to a recent charity appeal.

29 June, 2011 in Architecture, Business, Solihull.

New Mobile Study: Warnings Over Cancer Risk – But Now You Can Be Part of Major UK Study

Richard Lutz has always been suspicious that everytime he picked up a mobile there was a digi-signal lining up a bullseye inside his head.

31 May, 2011 in Health, Most recent, NHS, Uncategorized.

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