Sunday Mercury - Lifestyle - Health

Real Life: Baby swimming has helped my little SWAN

Sunday Mercury — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

AT THE age of four months, our baby Jessica stopped developing.

Real Life: My dad's determined to walk me down the aisle

Sunday Mercury — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 10:54:00 GMT

I REALLY want my dad to walk me down the aisle at my wedding in June.

Real Life: I had three-quarters of my stomach removed to stop me over-eating

Sunday Mercury — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:00:00 GMT

I’VE always struggled with my weight.

Real Life: I'm paralysed by strip lights in supermarkets, offices and hospitals

Sunday Mercury — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

MY FACE dropped, I couldn’t move my arm and I lost my speech. I was scared to death.

Real Life: The boy who hated Christmas

Sunday Mercury — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 07:00:00 GMT

AS a young boy, I was always miserable at Christmas.

Real Life: I went to doctors with swollen foot - and was diagnosed with cancer

Sunday Mercury — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

KARLA first went to the doctor with a swollen foot – but within three weeks she had put on three stone.

Real Life: Midland mum risks frostbite when she goes shopping

Sunday Mercury — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 10:00:00 GMT

Sandra Gordon has a rare condition which means she can suffer severe frostbite from just shopping at the supermarket.

Real Life: I was drinking up to 70 pints a day

Sunday Mercury — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 08:00:00 GMT

THERE were lots of things that led to me becoming an alcoholic.

Real Life: At 48, the doctors said I'd never walk again - I'm proving them wrong

Sunday Mercury — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 10:00:00 GMT

ONE day at work last July I found my left hand hovering over the keys of my computer.

Warwickshire boy becomes smallest in UK to have lung transplant

Sunday Mercury — Wed, 11 May 2011 08:41:00 GMT

A four-year-old boy from Warwickshire has become the smallest person in the UK to have a successful lung transplant.

Parents of tragic Birmingham girl call for swine flu vaccinations for children

Sunday Mercury — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 11:36:00 GMT

The parents of a three-year-old Birmingham girl believed to have died from swine flu are calling on the Government to vaccinate children against the virus.

Swine Flu deaths reported by health chiefs

Sunday Mercury — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT

HEALTH chiefs warned people to take up flu vaccines after it emerged that swine flu has killed 10 people in the past six weeks.

Hollyoaks babes urge drinkers to stay safe and get 'watered not slaughtered'

Sunday Mercury — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 13:37:00 GMT

Over half of young adults in the West Midlands (56%) spend at least half a day recovering when they have a hangover, according to new research by alcohol awareness charity Drinkaware*.

Families wanted for JDRF diabetes charity walk at Drayton Manor Theme Park

Sunday Mercury — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 06:00:00 GMT

Families in the midlands are being encouraged to register now to take place in the annual Walk to Cure Diabetes and help raise funds for Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF).

Birmingham chef's Indian diet that could keep you slim!

Sunday Mercury — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:00:00 GMT

HE’S the chef who wants people to spice up their lives – for a healthier future.

Boy speaks after six months of whispering

Sunday Mercury — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 23:00:00 GMT

MOST children chat to their mums from the back of the car, but when Tom Connelly started talking to his mother Karen, she burst into tears.

Former Birmingham City star to give away free footballs to help keep fans fit this summer

Sunday Mercury — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:07:00 GMT

On Thursday 10th June, football fans in Birmingham are being invited down to Powerleague Birmingham, Salford Stadium at 6pm to meet football legend Steve Claridge as part of Drinkaware’s Hoof it! campaign. As football fever sweeps the nation, the alcohol awareness charity is giving away 10,000 free footballs to help fans be ‘match fit’ this summer.

Brummies are in denial over their health, survey shows.

Sunday Mercury — Fri, 07 May 2010 05:15:14 GMT

THOUSANDS of Brummies are in denial over their health, a survey reveals.

Virus shuts Stafford Hospital ward

Sunday Mercury — Sat, 01 May 2010 23:00:00 GMT

A WARD at Stafford Hospital has been closed due to an outbreak of norovirus.

Virus shuts Stafford Hospital ward

Sunday Mercury — Sat, 01 May 2010 23:00:00 GMT

A WARD at Stafford Hospital has been closed due to an outbreak of norovirus.