Health and Wellbeing News & Updates
- 16th November 2024
Let’s start with the concept of perfect health and wellbeing and how stress wears that down over a lifetime. Our bodies have to cope daily with multiple internal and external variables that either contribute to or erode health and wellbeing.
Optima UK, in partnership with Birmingham City Council, has announced a transformative Health & Wellness event aimed at creating a healthier workplace environment.
University College Birmingham is set to host its sixth annual Sports Performance and Rehabilitation Conference (SPARC) with this year’s theme being Women’s Health in Sport and Exercise.
A novel approach to drug discovery is enabling University of Birmingham researchers to overcome the ‘valley of death’, where projects fail due to the funding gap between original research and commercial investment.
- 20th March 2024
Plans for the first West Midlands Walking Trail that will connect local people and visitors with nature sites and cultural attractions have been unveiled.
The West Midlands has become the first English region to screen people for bowel cancer in their local pharmacy, at home or in other local settings, using new colon capsule endoscopy services (CCE) – so-called ‘pill cam’.
- 2nd February 2024
Stroke specialists at a West Midlands NHS Trust can now diagnose the condition faster and more accurately thanks to artificial intelligence software accessed on their smart devices.
- 19th December 2023
Spiritual wellbeing is the way that you understand and make sense of what happens to you. It is what your mind goes through when it needs relief or comfort.
Primary school pupils from across the region have come together to celebrate and share their initiatives and ideas for healthier lifestyles, as a result of taking part in the Health for Life programme.
Mental and emotional wellbeing is a tricky concept to define. It can relate to how we are feeling, our resilience levels, or our ability to stay calm and focused.