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Banish mummy tummy

3:57pm Tuesday 17th January 2012

Fitness and nutrition experts give Lisa Salmon advice on how mums can get back into shape.

The safe way to slim

4:07pm Tuesday 17th January 2012

A North-East gym aims to encourage slimmers and keep-fit fans to put health and wellbeing before the drive to lose weight with the launch of a new facility.

New year, new diet

3:12pm Wednesday 11th January 2012

As we try to get back into shape after the festive season, there’s a growing pile of books to help us, as Hannah Stephenson discovers.

How Stephen bounced back

1:59pm Wednesday 11th January 2012

Keeping fit can be a ball. Rachel Meek talks to a back pain sufferer who found an effective way back to health by chance.

The twelve tips of quitmas

6:07pm Tuesday 3rd January 2012

Make a FRESH start in the new year and stub out that cigarette for the last time. Barry Nelson passes on some tips to help you out

How to minimise the post-party hangover

1:55pm Tuesday 27th December 2011

Too much Christmas spirit can be hard on your health. Lisa Salmon asks the experts how to minimise that post-party hangover.

Food intolerance test transformed my health

5:57pm Monday 12th December 2011

The saying goes, you are what you eat. In Rebecca Atkinson’s case, what she was eating was causing her a lot of grief. Health Editor Barry Nelson hears how she was able to get on top of her problems.

Save yourself from breast cancer

4:33pm Wednesday 7th December 2011

The North-East has one of the highest rates of breast cancer in the UK. Health Editor Barry Nelson meets Dr Linsley Lunt, a consultant radiologist who is passionate about persuading more women to help themselves.

MRI alternative opens up service to claustrophobic patients

6:09pm Tuesday 29th November 2011

What happens if you are too claustrophic to have a normal MRI scan? Health Editor Barry Nelson discovers an alternative.

Something nasty in the air

4:37pm Tuesday 22nd November 2011

As the Government comes under fire for not doing more to tackle pollution, Lisa Salmon finds out how the nation’s health is being damaged by poor air quality.