Hello and welcome to your fortnightly health and wellbeing round up. We hope you will find the information useful.

Oral health day

Today is World Oral Health day - the perfect time to 'brush' up all things teeth and gums related.

Looking after your oral health is important and it's not just about keeping your teeth looking nice.

Oral health can have an impact on a wide range of different issues including nutrition, school attendance, sleep patterns and general health and and wellbeing too.

You can watch some of our children's oral health care animations here.

Get more advice about how to care for your family's oral health.

Prostate cancer awareness month

It's Prostate Cancer Awareness month and 1 in 8 men will get prostate cancer.

If you’re over 50, or you’re black, or your dad or brother had it, you’re at even higher risk.

Most men with early prostate cancer don’t have any signs or symptoms. That's why it's important to know your risk.

Prostate cancer is not always life-threatening. But when it is, the earlier you catch it the more likely it is to be cured.

To find out more about prostate cancer visit Prostate Cancer UK here.

Ovarian cancer awareness month

As with most cancers, ovarian cancer becomes more common as you get older. 

The risk of ovarian cancer increases steeply from around 45 years. And is greatest in people aged between 75 and 79 years.

The symptoms of ovarian cancer can be very vague, but you should arrange to see your doctor if you have any of these signs and symptoms:

• feeling full quickly
• loss of appetite
• pain in your tummy (abdomen) or lower part of your abdomen that doesn't go away
• bloating or an increase in the size of your abdomen
• needing to wee more often

Find out more about ovarian cancer online at Cancer Research UK here. 

Five ways 

Evidence suggests there are five simple, everyday steps you can take to help improve your mental health and wellbeing.

They're known as the five ways to wellbeing and the whole family can give them a go!

These are: connect, be active, take notice, keep learning and give.

Find out more here.

NHS Health checks

If you're aged between 40 and 74 then you may be entitled to a free NHS health check.

The health check aims to reduce your chance of developing 5 different serious diseases:

• type 2 diabetes
• heart disease
• kidney disease
• stroke
• dementia

Find out more here.

Diabetes

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

Undiagnosed and untreated diabetes can have serious long term health implications.

There's a free NHS type 2 diabetes prevention programme available for Derbyshire residents.

Find out more here. 

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Live Life Better Derbyshire is a free healthy lifestyles service that offers support on stopping smoking, losing weight, getting active and feeling good. Visit www.livelifebetterderbyshire.org.uk