Health & Beauty

Women in Plymouth who are living with a breast cancer diagnosis now have the opportunity to meet other women to share their experience and offer support to each other after their treatment.

Health and Wellbeing clinics have been identified by The National Cancer Survivorship Initiative (NCSI) as one of the key interventions which could make an immediate difference to patients living...

A dementia expert at Plymouth University has welcomed news that scientists may have taken the first steps in finding a treatment for conditions such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.

A study published on Wednesday 10 October in the journal Science Transitional Medicine claimed that researchers had managed to halt brain cell death in mice.

The research, undertaken by the Medical...

Marks & Spencer study reveals men and women from the South West feel most comfortable with their style from the age of 34

• South West residents spend majority of young adult life uncomfortable with their fashion choices • Plymouth is style confident at 37 • 2 in 5 (40%) of us find our teenage years the trickiest style era to look back at • Shell suits and flares are ‘top’...

An award-winning inventor has unveiled a cheap and easy to use medical device , which he believes could save more than one million lives each year.

Oliver Blackwell has designed a simple addition to the needles used for collecting blood, which would substantially reduce the risks for healthcare professionals.

His design involves using an automatic needle sheath that prevents...