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Are you up for the challenge to go 31 days alcohol-free?!

Some people are born blind, but for most people sight loss or blindness can occur later. Around 340,000 people in the UK are registered as being blind or partially sighted.

Improving vascular services report

There has been a widely reported increase in group A streptococci bacteria infection, particularly among children. We have the information that you need.

Bowel cancer is a general term for cancer that begins in your large bowel.

We will all deal with it in our own way, but if your feelings are getting too much, there is support for you.

AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) is the name used to describe a number of potentially life threatening infections and illnesses that happen when our immune system has been severely damaged by the HIV virus.

There are more worrying statistics:

Diabetes is a lifelong condition that causes a person’s blood sugar level to become too high.

Around 47,000 people are diagnosed with the condition in the UK every year.

The NHS are making it as easy as possible to get your latest Covid booster by bringing it close to you.

Your pituitary gland is about the size of a pea and is situated in the bony hollow, just behind the bridge of your nose.