Richard Catton's weekly examination of health and wellbeing issues.

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Flu turned out to be life-threatening illness

Julie Scott is at last back at work

11:34am Monday 13th May 2013

WHEN Julie Scott started to feel unwell after returning from a dream holiday in Florida, she put the symptoms down to flu or tiredness.

Eating disorders sufferer sets up charity and support group

9:34am Saturday 11th May 2013

A WOMAN who has suffered with severe eating disorders since she was a teenager is setting up a charity and support group in York to help others affected by the devastating condition.

Making hay misery while the sun shines

Pollen being shaken from a tree in Dalby Forest

11:03am Monday 6th May 2013

HAY FEVER is one of those conditions where the unfortunate sufferer often gets little sympathy from those who never have to go through the annual bout of sneezing and watering eyes.

Fearing for the future

10:53am Monday 29th April 2013

On Wednesday, the head of Diabetes UK, Richard Lane, will be in York to talk about how the disease is now one of the biggest burdens on the health of the individual, the nation and the NHS. In an exclusive interview with RICHARD CATTON, he dispels some of the myths and reveals some shocking truths about the diabetes timebomb.

History ‘would be lost’ if housing plan approved

Chas Jones with some of the artefacts found near the Fulford battlefield site

10:08am Wednesday 24th April 2013

ARCHAEOLOGIST Chas Jones has demonstrated the evidence he has found for the Battle of Fulford on York’s Germany Beck site and asked: how can planners allow homes to be built there?

Cancer patients hit with big monthly bills

10:04am Wednesday 24th April 2013

CANCER patients in North Yorkshire are being hit with huge monthly bills following diagnosis, according to one of the UK’s biggest cancer charities.

Taking control of care choices

Tom Cowen who is using the personal budget system to hand-pick assistants to help him live an independent life

11:44am Monday 22nd April 2013

WHEN Tom Cowen’s parents decided they wanted more for their son than life in a residential home, they became members of a small but growing band of pioneers in York changing the way we think about social services.

People ‘missing out’ on diabetes care

7:49am Monday 22nd April 2013

PEOPLE with diabetes in North Yorkshire are missing out on vital care, according to an advertising campaign that has been launched in York.

Pioneering programme aims to make ‘real difference’ for cancer sufferers

10:56am Friday 19th April 2013

THE UK’S two largest breast cancer charities have joined forces with York Hospital in a pioneering programme to improve services for those with secondary breast cancer.

Public health body makes its debut

7:40am Wednesday 17th April 2013

THE new body responsible for promoting public health in York was set to meet for the first time this afternoon.

Music, the language of conversation

9:53am Tuesday 16th April 2013

A SERIES of workshops is to take place in York exploring music as an alternative means of communication for those with conversation difficulties.

Julie is first footing with new technology

Julie Moorhouse with the Footbalance machine at her chiropody clinic in Boroughbridge

11:13am Monday 15th April 2013

A TINY chiropody clinic in a North Yorkshire market town has invested in cutting-edge technology which provides patients with a full analysis of their feet, and a solution to their posture problems, in minutes.

Awareness week to focus on Parkinson’s disease

7:46am Thursday 11th April 2013

AWARENESS of a serious and distressing disease will be raised in York during the national Parkinson’s Awareness Week.

What the healthcare switch will mean to you

Dr Paul Edmondson-Jones

11:14am Monday 8th April 2013

FOR the first time in 40 years, the responsibility for encouraging everyone in York to stay fit and healthy has fallen upon the council, not the National Health Service.

Coeliac talk

11:12am Monday 8th April 2013

A TALK from York Hospital’s consultant gastroenterologist will feature in the AGM of York & District Coeliac Group on Saturday, April 13.

Breathing ‘can beat addiction’

ndra Singh demonstrates yoga breathing exercises which she says can assist in curing addictions

11:42am Monday 25th March 2013

BREATHING can be very underrated. We all do it and we do it every day and we do it all through the night while asleep.

Tuberculosis still a grim ‘reality’ in Yorkshire

9:47am Monday 25th March 2013

MORE people are dying from tuberculosis (TB) in our region than in other parts of the country, according to experts in infectious diseases.

New mental health support group in York

9:29am Monday 25th March 2013

A PIONEERING support group for the siblings of people with mental illness is being launched in York tomorrow.

Groups to discuss how sport can help dementia sufferers

9:41am Thursday 21st March 2013

WAYS of helping dementia sufferers become more involved in sport are being developed in York.

Getting a chance to take off the ‘mask’

Chelsea-Vove Child, 21, who is setting up a new group called Progression to help people with depression

11:32am Monday 18th March 2013

Despairing over school, the pressures of looming GCSEs and a difficult life outside school, 16-year-old Chelsea-Vove Child, made an unsucessful attempt to take her own life.

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