You and your health: Why is my body attacking itself?
In the UK, there are four million people living with an autoimmune condition, whereby the immune system mistakenly attacks the body’s healthy tissues. Normally, the immune system guards against germs such as bacteria and viruses. When it senses an invader, it sends out an army of fighter cells, aka the...
You & Your Health: Chronic Sports Injuries
Rotherham pharmacist, Andrew Watson, looks at common chronic sports injuries and how they can be prevented through correct training, technique or tools.
Time to talk about cervical screening
Cervical Cancer Prevention Week: 17-23rd January 2022. This year, Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust, the UK’s leading cervical cancer charity, is encouraging everyone to get involved in Cervical Cancer Prevention Week by sharing tips, facts and stories about cervical screening. Cervical screening, or smear tests, can save lives by stopping cervical...
Lee Noble: Helping 100
Following his death in March 2021 after a seven-year fight with leukaemia, the family of Barnsley boxer, Lee Noble, are raising money for bone marrow drills.
You and Your Health: High blood pressure and cholesterol
Knowing your blood pressure and cholesterol readings could reduce your risk of developing a form of cardiovascular disease such as a stroke, heart attack, or peripheral arterial disease.
You and Your Health: Fibromyalgia
What is fibromyalgia and how does it affect people? Andrew Watson of Goodmeasure Pharmacy, Rotherham looks into the hidden illness.
You and Your Health: Food allergies vs intolerance
A fifth of adults in the UK experience a reaction to food such as an allergy or intolerance. But what is the difference?
Living with type 1 diabetes
A diagnosis of type 1 diabetes can be life-changing for families, but one Rotherham teenager won’t let her condition stand in the way of life.
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...
