The Fifth Dimension Health & Fitness Club is based in Stroud, Gloucestershire and offers a wide range of programs, classes and equipment.

St John Ambulance teaches people first aid - about 800,000 last year alone – so that they can be the difference between a life lost and a life saved.

Get support for a variety of health related issues by joining this health support network. Each week their will be new guides, support offers and support requests for all members of the network

Get support for a variety of health related issues by joining this health support network. Each week their will be new guides, support offers and support requests for all members of the network

With Breast Cancer Awareness Month falling in October, addmysupport is doing all it can to help raise awareness for the worthy cause. As the awareness of the disease grows, so are the number of cases each year. Here are the facts and myths.

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Diabetes is a common problem in the UK. Almost 2.8 million people are identified positive with diabetes and around 850,000 people know they have the condition but have no idea what type of diabetes they have. Diabetes UK is a charity organization that helps campaign for better standard of care for people with diabetes. The charity also provides practical support including a diabetes careline. 12th to 18th of June 2011 is Diabetes Week. The main goal of the event is to raise awareness of healthy lifestyle by providing people with correct information. The event also raises funds towards the work of Diabetes UK.

Donate blood and save lives. UK hospitals need 8,000 units of blood per day to meet demands. It may sound daunting, but donating blood is easy and it does not affect your health. The amount of blood taken from you when you donate is only 470 ml, which is less than a pint and this gets easily replaced by the body. Yet, only 4% of the UK population donates blood. That means 96% of the population depends on this 4% for emergency blood transfusion. To express gratitude to all blood donors and to encourage more people to consider blood donation, 14th of June, birth date of the late Karl Landsteiner is designated as World Blood Donor Day. Landsteiner was a Nobel Prize winner for his discovery of the ABO blood group system. This year’s event is hosted by Argentina and the theme is “More Blood. More Life.”

Cycling is not only fun, but it is also good for your health. It’s a convenient way of getting around places (bicycles can go through where cars can’t), it’s good for the environment as bicycles don’t release harmful gas and it is the most efficient mode of transport as it uses all the energy you put into it. To promote cycling and encourage everyone to make cycling part of their everyday activities, the then Cyclist Touring Club launched “Bike Week” in 1923. The name was changed to reflect their support of Team Green Britain and its aim to reduce the UK’s carbon footprint. Team Green Britain Bike Week is happening nationwide on the 18th to 26th of June and is the UK’s biggest cycling event. Last year, approximately half a million participants cycled to support the event.

It’s funny how the simple things in life are often the best. The same goes for exercise. New ideas come and go like fashion, but things that withstand the tests of time always carry simple traits. Skipping or jumping rope is one of these things. Try naming another exercise that can melt so effortlessly from the bustling play ground into the hardness of a boxing gym.

Have you become annoyed by your gym and the ipod shuffling, substance enhanced, mesomorphs who live there and would readily hook themselves up to a protein shake fed intravenous drip given the opportunity? Do you feel trapped by the small print of your membership contract that’s only break clause involves presenting your recently amputated leg at the reception desk? Before you condemn yourself to a life sentence of monthly direct debits, consider this alternative.

Skipping is in a revival according to the sport’s governing body. The British Rope Skipping Association considers the vital signs of ‘jumping rope’ to be extremely healthy at present, offering a plethora of health benefits from improved cardio vascular fitness to better self esteem.

Reflexology is a complimentary therapy of applying pressure on the feet and hands to reduce stress in the body and relieve pain. It is based on the idea that reflex zones on your hands and feet connect to the rest of your body parts. To promote reflexology and its benefits, the International Council of Reflexologists (ICR) appointed 18th – 25th of September as “World Reflexology Week” (WRW). The event brings all practicing reflexologist together to increase awareness of their profession. More often, reflexologists also use this event to raise funds for their chosen charity.

Following the inevitable initial shock, there are many practicalities an individual needs to consider after you have been diagnosed with a serious long-term illness. The anxiety and devastation resulting from such a diagnosis cannot be understated, and a period of adjustment and reassessment – usually requiring time off work – is of paramount importance. Many people, particularly those whose diagnosis is not necessarily terminal or life-threatening, will want to continue as normal a lifestyle as possible and may therefore be reluctant to retreat from their everyday routine even just temporarily. However, even if you enjoy your job and do not consider it stressful, your health is always more important and the focus should remain on giving yourself the best possible chance to make a recovery.

This article will explain the psychological condition known as bipolar (formerly manic depression) and its impact on the sufferer. If you think you, or someone close to you, might be suffering from this difficult but conquerable psychiatric condition, do bear in mind that the stigma once attached to mental illness no longer applies in today’s society. People are equipped with a better awareness of mental illness in all its various forms, and there is greater knowledge and understanding than ever before. So if you recognise any bipolar symptoms in yourself, or in a relative, friend or colleague, the situation can be dramatically transformed with the right intervention and appropriate support networks.

Cancer is a big health fear for most people, and one in three of us will be diagnosed with cancer at some in our lives – and, tragically, one in four of us will die as a result. Every year in the UK, up to 150,000 people die of cancer and although survival rates are better now than they ever have been, prevention (or at least risk minimisation) is always better than the cure.

Cancer is a big health fear for most people, and one in three of us will be diagnosed with cancer at some in our lives – and, tragically, one in four of us will die as a result. Every year in the UK, up to 150,000 people die of cancer and although survival rates are better now than they ever have been, prevention (or at least risk minimisation) is always better than the cure.

The National Star College aim to enable people with disabilities to realise their potential through personalised learning, transition & lifestyle services. They strive for a world in which people with disabilities are able to realise their potential as equal and active citizens in control of their lives.

Fight against substance abuse among the young could be turned back by 10 years if cuts continue, warn leading health groups

Vale Wildlife Rescue is a registered charity dedicated to the rescue, treatment and rehabilitation of sick, injured or orphaned British wildlife.

From the very beginning of their children’s lives, parents are faced with a barrage of decisions – and some of the most important of these decisions are medical ones relating to the long-term health of their child. Over the first four or five years of life, a child is offered a total of twelve injections, including combined ‘boosters’, which protect them against no fewer than ten serious (potentially even fatal) illnesses. The overall take-up rate is thought to be in the region of 90% and doubtless many lives have been saved as a result of this free nationwide vaccination programme.

LifeStraw® and LifeStraw® Family are both point-of-use water interventions – truly unique offerings from Vestergaard Frandsen that address the concern for affordably obtaining safe drinking water at home and outside. These complementary safe water tools have the potential to accelerate progress towards the MDG target of providing access to safe drinking water, which would yield health and economic benefits; thus contributing to the achievement of other MDGs like poverty reduction, childhood survival, school attendance, gender equality and environment sustainability.

Union-funded website reveals big job losses across the NHS, despite coalition MPs' election campaigns to save services

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