Health & Wellbeing
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Looking after yourself in 2020
Yorkshire care staff get 8% pay rise
Yorkshire social care employees are being given an 8% pay rise taking their pay to 14% above the living wage.
Staff at West Park Care are on permanent salaried employment, not - as is often the case - on zero-hours contracts, so the carers are being given the pay rise
Young Yorkshire athlete takes on world record attempt
Ellie Horrocks, a determined 19-year-old competitive athlete from Brighouse, is gearing up for a monumental challenge on World Health Day next month.
Ellie, who is well-known known for her remarkable athletic achievements, is attempting to break the world record for the most chest-to-floor burpees in 24 hours, all in support
Leeds’ Evolve Medical returns smiles to breast cancer survivors’ faces
A Leeds-based aesthetics clinic has helped to put smiles back on the faces of two breast cancer survivors by offering free medical tattooing to give them natural looking pigmentation following reconstruction.
Evolve Medical, in Pudsey has a team made up of qualified consultants, GPs, nurses and beauty therapists, headed up
Huddersfield woman’s determination to empower women in menopause
A woman from Huddersfield has used her personal journey of menopause to help empower and support other women.
Julia Lee, a former rugby league referee, began to see changes in her body both mentally and physically in her mid-40s.
Initially, the hot flashes, anxiety, and panic attacks were minimised. The
Lunch and Learn
How to make healthy food taste great is the key ingredient of intimate lunches being hosted by two North Yorkshire women in 2024.
But that’s not all the diners will experience. The titles of each event – Eating for Metabolic Health, your Gut, the Brain, and to support Your Immune
Why a lack of vegan labelling laws is a recipe for disaster
The majority of people in the UK have an inaccurate idea of what vegan food can or cannot contain, which puts those with food allergies at risk, a survey by leading allergen awareness training provider High Speed Training reveals.
The survey, which sampled 2,187 UK participants, aimed to reveal
Leeds’ Evolve Medical achieves CQC registration with half-million-pound investment
A Leeds-based aesthetics clinic has made an initial six-figure investment of over £500,000 in new premises, staff and equipment to become the first CQC-registered practice in the area, with an ongoing annual commitment of over £400,000 to retain this highly respected medical standard.
Evolve Medical, in Pudsey has