You and Your Health: Anxiety
Everyone will have experienced anxiety at some point in their lives. Remember that feeling of unease, worry or fear before a job interview, your driving test, or waiting for medical results? Those feelings that makes your heart beat a little faster, your palms sweat more or your stomach flutter with...
Andy’s Man Club: Breaking down the stigma of men’s mental health
Andy’s Man Club in Rotherham is a male-only peer support group which aims to get men talking and reduce the stigma of men’s mental health.
Bowel Cancer Awareness
In memory of her husband, Simon, who passed away aged 55 from advanced bowel cancer, Sarah Cooper shares their story to help raise awareness.
Be Diabetes Aware Rotherham
In Rotherham, the Be Diabetes Aware project is helping to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of Type 2 diabetes and the help available locally.
You and Your Health: Spring Clean the Medicine Cabinet
When was the last time you cleaned out your medicine cabinet? Now is the perfect time to assess and restock your self-help supplies to help spruce up your health routine for 2020.
You & Your Health: Travel Vaccinations
As we begin another year, many of us may be looking ahead to booking trips and holidays abroad, scouring the world map for new destinations to discover. But before you pack your case or backpack, be sure to check which, if any, vaccinations are needed for travel. The rise in...
You & Your Health: The 12 Pains of Christmas
‘Tis the season to be poorly as the drop in temperature brings with it a range of common winter ailments. By keeping warm and well this winter, and visiting your local pharmacy for help, you can still enjoy the festive period without going into hibernation. On the first day of...
We Can Survive Singers
Joined together by an invisible chord, members of one Barnsley-based choir really are singing off the same hymn sheet. They’ve got all their life to live and all their love to give, they are the We Can Survive Singers. They’re not professional vocalists, they don’t read music, and they definitely...
You and Your Health: Alcohol
Think Before You Drink With Andrew Watson of Goodmeasure Pharmacy, Rotherham Drinking alcohol plays a part in many people’s lives; whether to celebrate a happy event – or drown sorrows – have a glass of wine with a meal among friends, or even just a sociable chat over a pint...
You and Your Health: Healing Herbs
With pharmacist Andrew Watson of Good Measure Pharmacy, Parkgate Herbs and plants have been used for healing and medical treatment throughout human history. In times of illness, ancient cultures relied on knowledge passed down through generations for thousands of years, with many documenting their use. The oldest surviving example is...
