Category: Health
Stroke Champions honoured in Salford
A group of care staff have been honoured as Stroke Champions by the Stroke Association, in a celebratory presentation at Moores House in Salford on Tuesday 10 May. The...
Tanning ‘unhealthy’ as Bank Holiday heat approaches, warn Cancer Research
Cancer Research UK is launching a new campaign called ‘Own Your Own Tone’ encouraging young people to protect their skin this Bank Holiday. Forecasters are...
Higher potato consumption associated with increased risk of high blood pressure
Higher intakes of boiled, baked, or mashed potatoes, and French fries is associated with an increased risk of developing high blood pressure (hypertension) in adult...
Plain tobacco packs will go ahead after big firms lose High Court battle
By the end of this week, tobacco and cigarette packaging will be made less appealing to the public with prominent health warnings and plain packaging. The law is due to...
Dementia Awareness Week at Salford Royal
Staff at Salford Royal have been showing their support for Dementia Awareness Week by becoming Dementia Friends. Porters, security staff, receptionists and domestic...
New dining club for people living with early onset dementia launches as part of Dementia Awareness Week
A new dining club for people living with early onset dementia in Salford will be launched during Dementia Awareness Week on Tuesday 17 May at the Angel Centre, Salford....
Salford Dementia ‘will livestream & tweet event’ to shine light on condition
Salford’s Dementia Champions are pioneering a groundbreaking idea to mark this year’s Dementia Awareness Week. ‘Embracing the Dementia Challenge in Salford’,...
Salford swims for Dementia
Great Britain Swimming Team member City of Salford’s Lewis Clough will be joining swimmers raising awareness of Dementia next Saturday May 21 at Worsley Leisure...
WW1 hero nurses Edith Cavell and Minnie Wood named for high-tech Salford health centre
A new Salford health training centre will be named after two English war hero nurses: Edith Cavell and Sister Minnie Wood. The suites at Salford University’s Mary...
‘Early GH diagnosis saved my husband’ warns reader
SalfordOnline.com reader, Suzy Makin contacted us this week to let us know about her campaign to make people aware of an illness called genetic haemochromatosis which...
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