Health

Twenty years ago, a controversial law fifteen years in the making was finally passed in parliament: The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000. While not everyone celebrated the change, walkers say it has given them the chance to enjoy more of the countryside they love. Sport England, a national...

Lincoln County Hospital needs local volunteers to do activities for cancer patients on its Waddington Unit. Cancer patients who are cared for on this ward receive chemotherapy, radiotherapy and end of life care.  Ward Manager Polly Johnson believes "these activities will be beneficial to treatments" by volunteers bringing their ideas...

A new herbal medicine shop has recently opened its doors for the first time in Lincoln - offering alternative therapies, products - and peace and quiet. Cultivate, which is on Grantham Street, offers healthcare in the form of an array of herbal teas as well as yoga and workshops in a...

Two cases of the coronavirus were confirmed in the UK last week. Photo: Anna Parkinson The patients are both members of the same family, and were taken into Castle Hill Hospital in Cottingham near Hull, just 90 minutes from Lincoln. The University of Lincoln has issued...

Veganism has been an upcoming trend for the past couple of years and with the recent concern of the environment, its popularity is only growing.

With recent climate emergency declarations across the globe  - how can we start to consider swapping four wheels for two?

Meet the man hoping to start the conversation on mental health.

Hope Virgo, Photographer by Suhara Jayasena Hope Virgo author and health campaigner visited the university as part of Body Positivity month which was launched by the university's wellbeing centre. With the lack of understanding that many people have over the issue of body dysmorphia, this further...

More mental health staff are needed to cope with over 140,000 patients in the NHS in Lincolnshire, according to a private psychiatrist. Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LPFT), a mental health and social care clinic, has registered 145,307 new patients in the last 10 years, an FoI request has revealed....

A fish & chip shop on Carholme Road has introduced some vegan items onto its menu.