Dodworth facility pioneers VR training to boost cornea transplants
A world-first virtual reality training programme is set to transform how eye retrieval specialists are trained in the UK, potentially speeding up access to sight-saving corneal transplants. Developed by NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) through its Tissue and Eye Services and digital learning teams, the VR programme is reducing training...
You & Your Health: Understanding Lupus
Lupus is a chronic autoimmune condition that affects thousands of people in the UK, yet it remains widely misunderstood. Because its symptoms can vary greatly and often mimic other illnesses, lupus can take years to diagnose. With World Lupus Day taking place this May, we look at the symptoms, potential...
You & Your Health: The physical cost of stress
Stress has a way of sneaking into our lives so quietly that we often don’t notice its full impact until we’re already running on empty. We tend to think of it as something that lives in our minds – worry, pressure, overwhelm – but its reach extends far beyond our...
Have your say on shaping the future of physical activity in Rotherham
What makes it easy to get out for a walk, join a fitness class or kick a ball around the park? And what makes it harder than it should be? The Yorkshire Sport Foundation team is inviting Rotherham residents to share their experiences, views and ideas about physical activity in...
Charity gives cancer patients a confidence boost
For anyone who has lived through cancer treatment, either as a patient or a carer, the journey can be as emotionally exhausting as it is physically demanding. While hospitals focus on chemotherapy schedules, surgeries and scans, there’s another side to recovery that often goes unnoticed: the need to feel human,...
Rotherham family walk for hospital’s Dementia Appeal
When Wendy Parker’s husband Jonathon was diagnosed with early-onset dementia at just 59, her world changed forever. The couple, from Bramley in Rotherham, have been together since school, married for 42 years and should be looking forward to enjoying their retirement together. But 60-year-old Wendy, a clinical support worker from...
BreathingSpace to host World COPD Day event
Do you often get that uncomfortable feeling that you are running out of air or are not able to breathe deeply enough? If so, have you considered you could have COPD? COPD – or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – is a group of lung conditions including emphysema and chronic bronchitis...
Not just a woman’s issue: Shedding light on male hormonal imbalance
While conversations about hormonal health often centre around women’s experiences with menopause, far less attention is given to the hormonal challenges men can face. That’s something 65-year-old Jeff Anders, from the Dearne Valley, hopes to change. After struggling for months with brain fog, fatigue, weight loss and suicidal thoughts, Jeff...
Menopause: what’s normal and what’s not
For many women, menopause is a word cloaked in mystery, myths, and misinformation. As a pharmacist, I often meet women in their late 40s to early 50s with questions, concerns, or prescriptions in hand, but not always with clarity about what their bodies are going through. Let’s clear the fog...
You & Your Health: Sleep IS the best medicine
With Andrew Watson of Goodmeasure Pharmacy Rotherham As a pharmacist, I spend much of my day helping people manage conditions with pills, patches, and powders. But one of the most potent treatments for better health isn’t something I can dispense in a bottle. It’s sleep. It’s not just an old...
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