Health

A Derbyshire charity which helps people battling eating disorders is asking for your help in winning funding to help more people in the north of the county.

According to a recent survey, most people over the age of 55 don’t consider themselves to be at risk from deadly meningitis, despite the risk increasing in older adults. Fiona Evans looks at a new national campaign to improve adults’ awareness of the disease’s signs and symptoms.

A woman from Heage has been presented with this year’s certificate of merit award by Ripley Town Council for her services to charity.

An ageing population in Derbyshire is increasing the strain on a stretched adult social care system which receives tens of thousands of requests for help every year.

Doctors in south Derbyshire sign 46 fit notes, on average, every day according to the latest NHS figures.

Three vehicles belonging to the East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) have been damaged beyond repair after a fire broke out at the Alfreton fleet workshop.

Half of the world’s population loses around 30-50 millilitres of blood each month- menstruation is a natural human function, yet somehow it’s still perceived as shameful.

Derbyshire’s emergency services will be in schools and colleges across the region tomorrow to deliver life saving CPR training as part of the British Heart Foundation’s (BHF) ‘Restart a Heart’ campaign.

People who live with a long-term physical condition - such as diabetes, arthritis or asthma – are seven times more likely to experience mental ill-health conditions, including depression and anxiety.

Today is World Mental Health Day and the theme this year is supporting good mental health in the workplace.

Protestors who marched against the closure of the convalescent home which has looked after miners from Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire for decades, say they will never give up on campaigning to make sure retired miners and their families who used it are cared for.

The rate of hospital admissions caused by alcohol-related liver disease in Derbyshire has rocketed over the last five years.

A Ripley wellbeing consultant will open her first pilates and wellness studio this weekend, hoping to help local residents towards health and happiness just as she heals herself.

The end of an era has arrived for a piece of Lincolnshire mining history as the doors of of Derbyshire Miners’ Convalescent Home close today for the last time,

Three leisure centres run by Amber Valley Borough Council are to celebrate the 10th anniversary of a £22million refurbishment this autumn.