You & Your Health: Summer Sickness
We all look forward to the summer months, but minor ailments and seasonal mishaps can quickly dampen your summer fun. An appointment with your GP is often the first thought when you’re feeling unwell. But for many everyday minor health issues, your community pharmacist can see you without an appointment....
A safer sleep for baby
Many parents know that, sometimes, the routine goes out of the window in summertime. But here’s a reminder of the importance of following safe sleep advice day and night to reduce the risk of suffocation or sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI). Tragically, around 200 babies die from SUDI each...
Detecting myopia in children
With children spending more time with their families over the summer months, pay attention to the signs of their eyesight being affected by myopia. Myopia is short-sightedness, where you can see clearly up close but have blurry long-distance vision. It affects around a third of the world’s population and is...
You and Your Health: Travel Vaccines
With Good Measure Pharmacy, Rotherham As summer arrives, holiday season kicks in and some of us will be jetting off abroad. But if you’re bound for a tropical destination, protect yourself against any unwanted souvenirs – tropical diseases. Tropical diseases are those found in countries around the equator where the...
You & Your Health: Prescription changes over the years
With Andrew Watson of Goodmeasure Pharmacy, Rotherham If you’d have been given a prescription thirty years ago, chances are it would have been for antibiotics, pain killers, or an inhaler. But over the last ten years, the most commonly prescribed medicines have been those used to treat high cholesterol, blood...
Beat the winter blues with Rotherham United Community Trust
Did you know just 30 minutes of activity a day, a good old chat and a smile from a stranger can all help to lift your mood and pop that spring back in your step. Rotherham United Community Trust have a wide range of activities for adults ranging from badminton,...
Lottery funding a Pivotal step towards improving health and wellbeing
Rotherham’s Pivotal Health and Wellbeing CIC are offering free health and wellbeing sessions across the town after securing over £150,000 in lottery funding. The Eastwood-based organisation was awarded a grant of £153,788 from The National Lottery Reaching Communities Fund. This will fund a three-year project to deliver new sessions to...
You and Your Health: Joint Pain
With Andrew Watson of Goodmeasure Pharmacy, Rotherham The older we get, the more we notice that our bodies creak like old wooden floorboards. It’s common to have aches and pains in your joints from time to time. But if your pain or discomfort doesn’t go away in a few days,...
You and Your Ho Ho Health
As it’s the season of festivities, this edition’s health topic is a light-hearted take on what advice I would give to three popular Yuletide characters. Father Christmas The outlook for jolly old Saint Nick is bleak, as his poor diet, busy lifestyle and lack of exercise are wreaking havoc on...
Rotherham United launches new menopause project
Whether you’re peri, post or slap bang in the middle of the menopause, a new support group is starting in Rotherham to help women navigate the change. Rotherham United Women FC have teamed up with Rotherham United Community Trust to provide a holistic approach to menopausal wellbeing. The new project...
