Apple Day event at Martineau Gardens
Despite the wet summer which has affected Britain’s fruit crops, Martineau Gardens is organising a free, appletastic Apple Day event to celebrate this year’s apple harvest
Today is International Ataxia Awareness Day
Ataxia UK is the national charity that supports everyone affected by ataxia. For most ataxias, there is no cure, and research shows that just 7% of people in the UK have even heard of ataxia.
Computer game helps teenagers discuss sexual coercion
Coventry University are expanding their ongoing research into this sensitive subject with the launch of a new innovative project this autumn.
Birmingham Medical Charity To Feature In Online Appeal
How a Birmingham medical charity is saving lives around the world
Diet in a Day turns spotlight on region’s food habits
Brummies are being encouraged to take part in a unique lunchtime photographic event to help University of Birmingham researchers find out more about the region’s healthy eating habits.
Forgotten great lives, number 367
Laurence Inman continues his quest for a healthy body and, it seems, has found the one he would have liked: Percy Cerutty’s
‘Company, villainous company, hath been the spoil of me.’
Laurence Inman has body-image issues but, in his quest for the Thin Man, he might have found the answer with a new invention.
More elderly could benefit from drugs to prevent heart disease, study shows
Institute for Health Research drugs prescribed to more patients aged 75 and over will help to lower the risk of cardiovascular disease for that group.
Advice from the Ambulance Service
West Midland Ambulance Service with some emergency guidelines.
Learn about the heart and CPR at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital
Local people are invited to learn about the heart and CPR at a health talk taking place at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital next week.
More complaints than ever, but complaining should be easier, says Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman reveals that a record number of enquiries were received in the last year from people needing help with their complaint.
West Midlands people invited to have their say in prioritising dementia research
A leading dementia support and research charity is inviting members of the public, professionals and people affected by the condition to help shape the future of dementia research.
Volunteers needed for new study into the effects of pet bereavement on older adults
University of Birmingham researchers investigating the effects of bereavement on the immune system are looking for volunteers to help with a pioneering study.
Aiming to remove the stigma around mental health issues
This month sees 25 voluntary and community sector organisations working together in Birmingham to create a strong alliance which improves patient choice and delivers services where people need them most.
Volunteers needed for new study into effects of bereavement on the immune system
University of Birmingham researchers investigating the effects of bereavement on the immune system are looking for volunteers to help with a pioneering study.
Licensed venues urged to tighten up on fire safety
A health and safety body is urging pub, club and restaurant owners in the West Midlands to tighten up on fire safety, to make sure staff and customers are properly protected against potential tragedy.
Vegging out in the city
The UK is fast becoming one of the heaviest countries in the world. With growing levels of obesity one of the most challenging health obstacles, creating a new culture of food and food production is one way of tackling the problem.
Video Launch for Ammalife Charity
Ammalife, the medical charity officially backed by this site, has produced its own video to show the work it carries out around the world.
International conference looks at helping autistic people into employment
Coventry University will play host to the iSpectrum conference in June, where the use of serious games as a way to increase employability for those on the autistic spectrum will be showcased.
Birmingham residents are invited to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee with a bike ride
This coming Bank Holiday weekend, people in Birmingham are invited to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee by taking part in a Sky Ride Local ride, led by British Cycling trained Ride Leaders.
Bring back our children’s love of skipping in the West Midlands
BHF urges schools and youth groups in the West Midlands to encourage fun exercise by signing up to Jump Rope For Heart.
Scale of unused medicines in West Midlands putting lives at risk
The British Heart Foundation have launched a new campaign to urge people to take their medicine, ‘just like that’
An Evening with Dementia
A bitter-sweet play about living with the condition of dementia, is to take place at The Public in West Bromwich this June.
My Marathon to Save Lives: Relief, Pride, Joy and Pain
Birmingham midwife Amie Wilson chronicles her long run through the streets of Paris to raise cash for Ammalife, our sponsored charity.
Belgrade’s Senior Youth Theatre tackles mental well being in new show
Truth or Dare explores issues around health and mental well-being for young people
Keeping The Public safe
Sandwell Arts Trust celebrates success in the RoSPA Awards 2012
Hospital staff to shine as Olympic torchbearers
Four members of staff from Birmingham Heartlands Hospital have been chosen to carry the Olympic flame in Coventry this summer.
Coventry Professor champions cause for parents with birth trauma
A Coventry University health expert is highlighting the importance of post-natal post traumatic stress disorder a condition suffered by some people who experience traumatic births.
Sky Ride Local rides are back and everyone’s invited
Birmingham Sky Ride Local rides will take in routes across the city.
Walsall man Mark Worrall meets New York saviour Audrey Pollard
A Walsall man has personally thanked the postal worker who delivered him the gift of life from 3,000 miles away.