Heart centre has been a real lifesaver

12:20pm Monday 6th July 2009

THERE’S no way to measure the respect you have for doctors when they hold the life of someone you love in their hands – or the gratitude you feel when they save that person.

Revealed for the first time: Essex's abortion figures

12:20pm Friday 26th June 2009

NEWLY-RELEASED figures from the county’s health trusts reveal for the first time the number of Essex women who have had abortions.

Dear NHS: Please call male breast cancer, chest cancer

5:20am Tuesday 16th June 2009

A CAMPAIGNER who is the youngest man in Britain to be diagnosed with breast cancer is to launch a nationwide campaign calling for the name of the illness to be changed.

Kick start to fight flab

10:30pm Tuesday 9th June 2009

WHEN Jayne Priest’s marriage broke down, she found food offered her a way of escaping from her emotions.

Amanda lifts the lid on living with depression

10:20pm Tuesday 9th June 2009

DESPITE the fact it will affect one in four people at some point in their lives, depression remains a bit of a dirty word.