Health & Beauty

Compounds in cannabis could limit stroke damage

UK Stroke Forum have revealed that compounds found in cannabis could be beneficial to stroke victims. It has been suggested, after research was conducted at the University of Nottingham, that chemical comounds found in cannabis may help to reduce brain damage following a stroke. The findings showed that the compounds could reduce the size of a stroke and improve neurological function.

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New skills to assist diagnosis for stroke patients

Each year in the UK over 110,000 people suffer a new or recurrent stroke resulting in 60,000 deaths annually. Stroke costs the NHS £2.8 billion pounds a year, £1 billion more than the cost of coronary heart disease.

To improve outcomes for stroke patients in the UK a unique on line training course (accredited by the UK Stroke Forum, Education and Training) has been launched to support...

Link between poverty and ADHD

Researchers at the University of Exeter have found evidence of a link between poverty and attention defect hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children.

An analysis of more than 19,500 UK children aged 13 and under found that there was a significantly higher number of children from families living below the poverty line had been diagnosed with ADHD.

The study also found that a...

Hospital Communications Team Do the Double

“We are lucky to work with so many amazing people”... the words of the Communications Team at Plymouth Hospitals after becoming double award-winners at a prestigious industry awards ceremony.

The Communications Team, based at Derriford Hospital, was shortlisted in two categories, Not for-Profit Campaign and Public Sector Campaign, in the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR)...

Devon’s Health Visiting Service gains accreditation from the Baby-friendly Initiative

Devon Integrated Children's Services’ Health Visiting Team, which is led by Virgin Care, has been accredited with ‘Baby Friendly’ status having passed the stage three assessment of the Baby Friendly Initiative – a worldwide programme of UNICEF (the United Nations Children’s Fund) and the World Health Organisation.

The initiative recognises that most of the barriers that prevent women...

mee healthcare opens at Sainsbury's Plymouth Road store

mee healthcare, the healthcare and wellbeing provider, announces that its tenth store will open today (Saturday 23 November).

The new 1022 sq.ft.‘see mee’ and ‘hear mee’ (vision and hearing) centre is located within Sainsbury’s Plymouth Road, Crabtree, Plymouth.

Dental Care, ‘dental mee’ and wellbeing care, ‘wellbeing mee’ will be launched at the centre in the coming months....

Partnerships join together to raise awareness for HIV Testing Week

Sexual health specialists across Devon are encouraging more people to take an HIV test.

Devon Public Health, Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust and The Eddystone Trust are joining forces to raise awareness of HIV testing, ahead of National HIV Testing Week, which runs from Friday 22 November to Friday 29 November.

The week is aimed mainly at high-risk groups such as men who...

New health screening company detects early stages of breast cancer

Local woman, Catherine Fraser has become the first client of new Exeter business Thermalogica to be diagnosed with breast cancer following abnormalities revealed on her Thermal Imaging scans. Thermalogica launched earlier this year, and provides a ground-breaking health screening service to clients at various venues across the South West. Exeter-based business partners Terri Bainbridge and...

GPs under pressure from dental patients

GPs in the South West have said they are under extra pressure due to patients coming to them rather than dentists with concerns over oral health.

According to a poll conducted by ComRes, 82 per cent of GPs based in the South West believe that too many patients are turning to them for oral health advice instead of a dentist which is increasing pressure on general practices.

The...

Specialist nurses offer advice on the prevention and early detection of diabetes

Specialist nurses from the Diabetes Centre at Derriford Hospital have been offering advice on the prevention and early detection of diabetes, on World Diabetes Day.

The nurses manned displays in the main concourse at Derriford Hospital and at Asda Superstore in Plymouth. They were joined by dieticians from the hospital, nurses from Research in Diabetes and third year students from the...

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