Tag: diabetes
Ramadan advice for Birmingham diabetics
Muslim diabetics in Birmingham have been urged not to put their health at risk by fasting during the forthcoming month of Ramadan.
Free check can help curb rise in amputations
Health chiefs today urged Brummies to book a FREE NHS Health Check is a bid to curb an alarming rise in diabetes-related amputations
Ramadan advice for diabetics
Muslim diabetics in Birmingham have been urged not to put their health at risk by unnecessarily fasting during the forthcoming month of Ramadan.
More hi-tech monitors to combat ‘silent killer’
Birmingham health bosses are set to increase the number of hi-tech health monitors located across the city after a successful trial in 2014. Seven state-of-the-art Health Monitors, which measure height, weight, body mass index (BMI) and blood pressure, were installed in locations across Birmingham last August, with an eighth going into Aston’s New Jerusalem Apostolic […]
Councils call for food industry tax to tackle obesity
Birmingham’s Be Active scheme highlighted as leading example of local authority action to tackle obesity and inactivity. An obesity action fund should be created by taking a slice of existing tax on fast food, soft drinks and confectionary, councils say. The Local Government Association (LGA), which represents almost 400 local authorities in England and Wales […]
Ramadan advice for diabetics
Birmingham diabetics have been urged not to put their health at risk by unnecessarily fasting during the forthcoming month of Ramadan. Throughout Ramadan (2014: 28 June to 27 July) most Muslims are required to refrain from eating and drinking during daylight hours. But diabetics are exempt from this if fasting would put their health at […]
Book a Health Check to defuse the diabetes timebomb
Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing, Cllr Steve Bedser, backs a Diabetes UK campaign urging more people to book NHS Health Checks. So how much do you know about Diabetes? Shockingly, many people still think of it as a relatively mild condition that can be easily managed. They don't realise it can lead to devastating […]
Health boss welcomes sugar campaign
Birmingham Director of Public Health, Dr Adrian Phillips, today welcomed a campaign aiming to reduce the amount of sugar added to food and soft drinks in an effort to tackle obesity and diabetes in the UK. Action on Sugar aims to help people avoid 'hidden sugars' and campaigners believe they can persuade manufacturers to reduce […]
Birmingham leads way in Health Checks
More people in Birmingham are taking up the offer of an NHS Health Check than in most other parts of the country. The checks, offered to people aged between 40 and 74 years, are designed to identify the risk of developing heart disease, stroke, diabetes and kidney disease. And the latest figures show that the […]
If you have diabetes, liver or kidney problems, get flu safe
Health officials in Birmingham, Solihull and the Black Country are urging those with diabetes, liver or kidney conditions to protect themselves and get their seasonal flu vaccination as soon as possible. Flu jab clinics are now well underway in GP surgeries, and people with diabetes, liver or kidney problems are among the priority groups for […]
