Health & Beauty

Why Maintenance Sessions Are Key for Long-Lasting HIFU Results

It’s common to hope that a single non-invasive treatment will deliver permanent results. With advances in aesthetic procedures, expectations can easily shift toward quick fixes that require little follow-up. However, when it comes to HIFU treatment , the real value lies in...

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Shrug off the January blues at Plympton Library

Plympton Library is hosting a special ‘Looking Good, Feeling Great’ event on Friday 31 January to help re-energise everyone after the Christmas break.

The event, which will run from 10am to 1pm, is being organised in partnership with City College Plymouth and will include pampering sessions.

Hair and beauty students will be providing free tasters including mini manicures, hand...

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Diabetes blood glucose targets are risk free, research shows

Diabetes research led by the University of Exeter Medical School has underlined the importance of people with diabetes achieving their blood sugar goals, to reduce the risk of complications.

The team analysed people with a specific genetic change (Glucokinase Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young, or MODY), which means they have elevated blood glucose levels from birth. These higher...

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Losing weight tops South West's New Year's resolutions

With millions of people in the South West making well-intended pledges just over a week ago, a survey of the nation’s willpower commissioned by one of the UK’s leading motorway operators, Welcome Break, has revealed the region to be the one that most wants to lose weight and give up fatty foods this year, with 58% of people in the South West area of the country committing to living a healthier...

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Patients encouraged to help ease pressures on the NHS by self caring

A new poster campaign aimed at helping patients get the help they need this winter has been launched by the British Medical Association. The posters, distributed to all GP practices across the South West encourages patients to self-care , for example when suffering from colds or sore throat, rather than visiting their local GP or A&E.

The campaign comes at a time when excess...

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Resuscitation Training Team has new recruits thanks to charitable donation

New resuscitation training manikins are the latest recruits to join the Resuscitation Training Team at Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust

The manikins, all realistic in size and weight, have a large part to play in the essential simulation training for the multi-disciplinary clinical teams who provide safe and effective care for paediatric, and adult patients.

Funded by the League of...

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People in Devon to tell their family their organ donation decision

There are 180 people in Devon waiting for a transplant this Christmas and 32 Devon residents have died in the last five years due to the shortage of organs.

NHS Blood and Transplant is highlighting the figures as it asks people to talk to their families over the festive period about their decision to be an organ donor.

NHS Blood and Transplant has also released the results of a...

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New chair and Board members elected to NEW Devon CCG’s Western Locality

The NHS organisation responsible for commissioning, or buying, healthcare services for the people of Western Devon has elected a new GP chair.

Dr Paul Hardy, a family doctor in Plymouth since 1995, has been voted as chair of the Western Locality of Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group (NEW Devon CCG).

Dr Hardy has a great deal of experience in...

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Experts gather in Plymouth for leading national dementia conference

Some of the most influential national figures in dementia research and care will be assembling in January 2014 for the third Plymouth Dementia Conference.

The one-day event, organised by Plymouth University in partnership with Plymouth City Council, aims to unite health and social care professionals, carers and academics to debate future ways of tackling the condition and the...

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Plymouth MP backs constituent’s fight for access to specialist care

Alison Seabeck, MP for Plymouth Moor View, has challenged the Health Minister on the need to improve specialist services for those affected by rare and devastating muscle wasting conditions in Plymouth and across the South West.

Alison was joined by MPs from across all political parties at a House of Commons debate on rare conditions on Tuesday (17 December). The meeting follows the...

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Maternity Patients Report Improved Care

Women using our maternity services have reported much improved care, according to a National Survey looking at the experiences of all women giving birth in units across the country.

Our maternity service has seen an improvement since the survey was last conducted three years ago.

The survey asked patients 48 questions, covering care from booking for pregnancy through to...

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