Health

This week on Merseynewslive, we are hosting our first ever 'Wellbeing Week' where the majority of the stories we publish all have a health and wellbeing theme! The web team today are working on topics like thyroid awareness, period poverty,...

A student-led society at the University of Liverpool is developing a new initiative to help combat period poverty across Merseyside. Project Ruby is producing sustainable self-care boxes, with a view to donating profits to local charities, such as The Period...

Bibliotherapy is being used to help students to better their mental health and wellbeing.  Liverpool John Moores University's Counselling Service has partnered with the university's libraries and the mental health team to equip students with self-help mental health books.  The universities...

Research carried out by Liverpool John Moores University has shown how beneficial exercise can be during chemotherapy treatment for cancer patients. The study, which was funded by the Guy's and St Thomas' charity, found that those who followed a strict...

For as long as I can remember, I have suffered with something called hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid) - a condition where my thyroid gland does not produce the correct number of hormones. The condition is one of two types and it...

A new exhibition has revealed the shocking figures on how many young women are experiencing Female Genital Mutilation across the world. The #ENDFGM exhibition was open throughout February at the International Slavery Museum. It Featured artwork created by the Savera...

Local health professionals are urging families to get vaccinated against COVID-19 during this February half-term. To make jabs easy to access there are multiple vaccine drop-in clinics across Liverpool and a mobile vaccine bus. School immunisation teams have been visiting every...

A new health and wellbeing scheme has been launched across Liverpool to provide community support following the pandemic. Community health project The Life Rooms has teamed up with Public Health Liverpool to create a new mental health service to support...

Researchers at the University of Liverpool are appealing for participants to help with a new study into epilepsy. Yesterday was International Epilepsy Day, which is marked every year on the second Monday of February. This year's initiative coincides with a call...

Liverpool City Council is teaming up with Arriva again to get the NHS Covid-19 vaccination bus back on the city's streets. As the Government set out plans to end remaining restrictions in England, the race is still on to get...