Health

Dance for Parkinson's is a health and wellbeing initiative offering dance classes around the country. Set up by the English National Ballet, a partnership has been created with Liverpool Hope University (LHU) to bring the movement to Merseyside. Dr Sarah Black-Frizzell,...

A cancer support charity for which the late Merseybeat musician Gerry Marsden was a patron of is continuing to provide support and care for those in the community diagnosed with the disease. The Holistic Cancer Centre was chosen as the...

MerseyNewsLive TV presenters Kate Farley and John Hughes  bring you our round-up of news and sport across the region: https://youtu.be/t0teUN-lP9w

The Jade L Roberts Project is an organisation set up to help raise awareness about suicide and to support those suffering from suicidal thoughts. Named after founder and CEO Tracey Roberts’ daughter, who died by suicide in April 2021, the...

The recent bed-bug outbreak in France has created a media frenzy which has proven hard to ignore. The French government has launched an anti-bed-bug campaign to help people cope with the epidemic and let them know what to do...

A lack of government help and funding for disabled people and their carers is creating serious financial and mental hardship for the families affected. According to the ‘End Social Care Disgrace’ campaign, 26% more people were supported in 2010 than...

On World Mental Health Day we're being reminded that it's good to talk. Events are taking place across Merseyside this week to promote good wellbeing - something the Mental Health Foundation calls a "universal human right". Phil Roberts is the CEO...

Sober October encourages people to go alcohol-free for a month. The aim is to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support, whilst positively benefitting individuals to rethink their relationship with alcohol. View our video report by Pratham Bhagudia  https://youtu.be/LzcOESvqtdI Featured image (c) MerseyNewsLive

ANDYSMANCLUB is a men’s suicide prevention charity, which aims to end the stigma surrounding men’s mental health. The charity was founded in 2016 in the wake of the death of Andy Roberts, a 23-year-old man who took his own life. Andy’s...

Protestors in Liverpool have reacted angrily to plans which could see trans women being banned from female-only healthcare spaces such as Liverpool Women's Hospital Health secretary Steve Barclay promised to restore “common sense” to the health service and recognise “the...