The Northern Echo | Health

Banish mummy tummy

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:57:09 +0000

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

The safe way to slim

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:07:28 +0000

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

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:12:19 +0000

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

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:59:41 +0000

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

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:07:08 +0000

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

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:55:51 +0000

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

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:57:46 +0000

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

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:33:59 +0000

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

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:09:10 +0000

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

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:37:28 +0000

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.