Health & Beauty

Fifth of adults in Plymouth risk losing sight

A new study reveals 19% of adults in Plymouth risk losing their eyesight by not having regular eye tests. For those with deteriorating eyesights, you should try contact lenses daily .

The Vision of Britain report, commissioned by Optegra Eye Health Care, shows an alarming percentage of Britain’s eye problems are left too late to treat, leaving 9.8 million of us living in fear of...

Free tinnitus information day in Plymouth

The British Tinnitus Association (BTA) is touring the UK and coming to Plymouth with the next in their series of FREE Tinnitus Information Days designed to support the 1 in 10 adults in the city who experience the condition.

Carol Evans, Hearing Therapist at Derriford Hospital said: "The opportunity to get information about tinnitus and to meet others with a similar problem is one not...

Call for Devon firms to support employees over 50 with alcohol choices

Drink Wise, Age Well Devon is calling on the county’s businesses to make sure they are supporting their older employees with alcohol choices.

Over the past 30 years, the employment rate for people aged 50-64 has grown from 55.4% to 70.7%, and the number of over 65s in work has also doubled from 4.9% to 10.7%.

Drink Wise, Age Well is sending out an Employer’s Toolkit to offer...

Fashion Trends And Latest Summer Styles For Women

Fashion trends arguably change with just like seasons change. However, dressing codes of various seasons are inspired by various factors. Among them being the prevailing weather conditions, common events in the season among others. To add on this, fashion designers task themselves every season to reinvent their designs for better looks. 2017, being such a much-hyped year, the fashion industry...

Dedicated Maternity Line for pregnant women set to launch

From Monday 27 March 2017 there will be just one number that expectant mums or new parents will need to use to seek advice from a Derriford Midwife, both before and after they have had their baby.

The new Maternity Line is being introduced by the midwives at Derriford Hospital, in partnership with South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, to offer a single telephone number...

How to Make Fitness Fun for Kids

Modern family lifestyles all too often mean kids grow up with hobbies and interests based around screens, getting around in cars, and playing outside much less often than their parents and grandparents did. The inevitable result is an increasing number of unfit, often overweight, children who are destined to deal with poorer health and a shorter lifespan than has ever been predicted.

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Devon health visitors equipped with new tech

Virgin Care has launched a mobile-working system to increase the time Health Visitors can spend with families in Devon, as the organisation continues to transform the Integrated Children’s Services it has run since 2013 to help families feel the difference.

Health Visitors in their Devon Integrated Children’s Services have been given iPads with special secure software meaning they have...

Crucial diabetic eye screening work at Plymouth Science Park

Vital work to help check the eyesight of diabetic patients will shortly be taking place at Plymouth Science Park.


The team, from EMIS Care, has moved to the city’s premier business complex where it can benefit from its excellent facilities – from the well positioned offices and free parking for clients through to the stunning views and the on-site café. The park is also located in...

Trading Standards warns of illegal skin lighteners

Illegal skin lighteners, containing potentially harmful products, have been found on sale in our region.

Devon and Somerset Trading Standards Service say that the creams are similar to products which have been on sale in London. Trading Standards officers have seized a considerable quantity of illegal skin lightening creams that were being sold over the internet by a Devon-based trader...

“Taking part in MS study has changed my life”

A woman with multiple sclerosis (MS) who has not been able to stand for seven years has praised a standing frame intervention for helping to change her life.

Sally Morgan, from Moorhaven near Ivybridge, Devon, can now stand for more than an hour with minimal joint and muscle pain since taking part in a randomised control study run by the University of Plymouth.

The trial is...

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