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...
You and Your Health: Think pharmacy first for minor ailments
With Goodmeasure Pharmacy, Rotherham Did you know that there are seven minor health conditions that can be treated immediately by local pharmacies without seeing a GP? Last January, the NHS launched the Pharmacy First service which means community pharmacies across the country can now diagnose and treat ailments like sore...
You & Your Health: Is it dementia or just getting older?
Becoming more forgetful is a normal sign of ageing. But, with the increasing prevalence of dementia, many people have concerns that a lapse in memory is more serious than just getting older. So, what’s the difference between age-related memory loss and dementia? Age-related memory loss With age, we might forget...
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