How to be fit for anything

9:03am Friday 3rd July 2009

The summer holidays are the perfect time to get out and about and become more active. If your goal is improved fitness, follow this advice from sports therapist Ed Pratt

‘Being deaf and blind doesn’t stop me’

10:20am Friday 26th June 2009

To mark Deafblind Awareness Week, Health Editor Barry Nelson meets mother-of-two Helen Lessels, one of 250,000 deafblind people in the UK.

‘The region needs to sober up’

10:35am Friday 19th June 2009

The North East Big Drink Debate was launched to encourage us to have a more balanced attitude towards alcohol. Health Editor Barry Nelson meets an expert who knows the worst that drink can do.

‘I wanted to stay in my own home’

10:08am Friday 12th June 2009

If you’re getting on and finding it difficult to live independently, there is an alternative to going into a residential home.

A new weapon against killer bugs

11:23am Friday 5th June 2009

Scientists in the region are being asked to develop a revolutionary bug detector which could help the NHS win the fight against hospital-acquired infections. Health Editor Barry Nelson reports.

Can they win the skin test?

10:24am Friday 29th May 2009

The region is expecting glorious, sunny weather this weekend, but we all need to be careful in the sun. Health Editor Barry Nelson and the region’s sportsmen find out why at Durham County Cricket ground.

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A good hair day

11:59am Friday 22nd May 2009

Health Editor Barry Nelson talks to patients and stylists backing a pioneering new NHS service which is transforming the lives of cancer patients who need wigs after losing their hair.

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How Andy turned his life around

10:24am Friday 8th May 2009

Twenty years ago a new centre began welcoming people with mental health problems. Health Editor Barry Nelson finds out who it’s helping today.

‘MS is not a death sentence’

10:04am Friday 1st May 2009

A recent poll showed that people in the North-East have the poorest understanding of multiple sclerosis in the country. Health Editor Barry Nelson talks to one family who’ve been struck twice by the disease.