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Young mum backs breastfeeding campaign

Only four out of 10 mothers under 20 in Wales breastfeed their babies. As a campaign to encourage young mums to breastfeed is launched today, 21-year-old Zoe Bull explains why breast was best for her two daughters Read

Lowri Turner’s doing ‘one little thing’ to help ward off blindness

TELEVISION presenter Lowri Turner has revealed the steps she is taking to prevent her developing a common form of blindness. Read

Surge in holidays in paradise raises fear of disease

HOLIDAY-MAKERS are being urged to take precautions against malaria amid a 20% increase in people visiting at-risk destinations. Read

Thank you so much for saving my life –

JOHN Shapland came back from the dead TWICE – thanks to the paramedics and hospital staff who saved his life. Read

Tenovus bus to provide mobile cancer treatment

CANCER patients could receive life-saving treatment in a car park instead of having to travel miles to hospital. Read

The Tenovus mobile unit is a brilliant idea

The Tenovus mobile unit is a brilliant idea

Jason Phillips, 42, from Mountain Ash, found a mole on his back seven years ago. Read

Mum Charlotte spearheads breast is best campaign

CHARLOTTE Church was today launching a new campaign to encourage young mums to breast-feed. Read

New superbug strikes Wales

MORE than 70 Welsh patients have caught a new superbug which is resistant to virtually all antibiotics, Wales on Sunday can reveal. Read

Women who say breast is best!

A PIONEERING group of Cardiff mums are giving the bottle the boot and calling on others to follow their lead and take up breastfeeding. Read

Cool kids lead smoking fight

POPULAR school students are spreading the message that smoking isn’t cool as part of a unique Cardiff scheme. Read

Free screening is announced

BREAST cancer campaigners are holding free screening sessions in Cardiff from this month until July. Read

Review finds failings in health care

A MENTALLY ill woman who stabbed a shopper to death in Cardiff’s Poundstretcher store did not get the help she needed from the health service. Read

‘High risk of potential violence’

A MENTAL health patient who stabbed a stranger 38 times had shown a “high risk of potential violence” years before he killed. Read

Deborah Hancock: Diagnosed with a personality disorder, cast adrift without the right help

Deborah Hancock had been re-diagnosed as having a personality disorder before she attacked and killed pensioner Valerie Thomas. Read

Mentally-ill patients killed after health-care failings

SERIOUS failings in the treatment of two mentally-ill patients who killed innocent members of the public have been revealed. Read

Wayne Royston: Had been diagnosed as a high risk to himself and others

The first record of South Africa-born Wayne Royston’s mental health problems was in 2000, but it would be a further three years before he was referred to the community mental health team. Read

How peer pressure can prevent teenagers smoking

TEEN smoking can be reduced by training popular secondary school pupils to spread anti-smoking messages. Read

Top-quality health centre opens doors

A £2M extension to Velindre Cancer Centre has been officially opened by Health Minister Edwina Hart. Read

Failings in care of shop stabbing woman

A MENTALLY ill woman who stabbed a shopper to death in Cardiff’s Poundstretcher store did not get the help she needed from the health service. Read

Dining out vegan style!

VEGAN campaigner Tony Wardle knew he had his work cut out when he agreed to appear on Channel 4 reality TV show Come Dine With Me. Read

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