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Where to Get High-Precision Treatments for Pancreatic Cancer

Pancreatic cancer rarely gives patients time to adjust. The disease stays silent for too long, and by the time symptoms appear, the window for simple decisions has usually closed. More than 80% of cases are diagnosed at an advanced stage, which means every step has to be deliberate and nothing...

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Stay well this Christmas and New Year

Information on pharmacy opening times in Plymouth over the Christmas and New Year bank holidays and other useful local health contact details are now available on the Plymouth City Council website.

The Stay Well This Winter page also includes information on flu jabs, links to local NHS services and links and contact details to help you keep your house warm.

Please remember that...

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How to quit smoking over Christmas

The negative factors associated with smoking are common knowledge – they contain over 7,000 chemical compounds including carbon monoxide, arsenic, formaldehyde, cyanide, benzene, toluene and acrolein.

However surveys from ASH show about two-thirds of the 10 million adult smokers would like to stop smoking but only about 30%-40% make an attempt to quit in a given year.

The...

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Students steam into action at simulated crisis

Paramedic students have put their skills to an explosive test by attending to casualties in a simulated train crash.

Twenty-nine Students from Plymouth University took part in the crisis exercise at Churston railway station, which was organised by Dartmouth Steam Railway and Riverboat Company in conjunction with Torbay Hospital, Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service and Devon and...

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Rib care package is national exemplar

The broken rib treatment package developed at Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust has been recommended as an exemplar for all UK Trusts.

The recommendation has come in the latest survey by the national body that issues guidance and develops clinical protocols for the management of all chest trauma.

It was stated that Plymouth has developed a network-wide system to include all key...

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Tooth Defenders to the rescue!

Schoolchildren at a primary school in Plymouth are improving their own oral health and that of their classmates, thanks to the innovative Tooth Defenders scheme introduced by the Peninsula Dental Social Enterprise (PDSE) at Plymouth University.

Members of the Community Engagement Team at PDSE have been working with pupils and staff at Prince Rock Primary School to bring the Tooth...

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'Being Together' event a great success

An event to support patients living with and beyond ovarian cancer, held at the Holiday Inn in Plymouth, was a great success.

The 'Being Together' day was hosted by the Target Ovarian Cancer Charity, which works to improve early diagnosis, fund life-saving research and provide much-needed support to women with ovarian cancer. It was also assisted by Fran Jones, Gynae-Oncology Clinical...

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Ditch the drink for Cancer Research UK

MEN and women across the South West are being challenged to ban the booze in January to raise money for Cancer Research UK.

The charity is launching Dryathlon for the New Year and urging people the region to sign up now before the festive season gets into full swing.

Dryathlon is Cancer Research UK’s popular fundraising campaign that invites social drinkers to take a month-...

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Dental project addresses oral health at The Elder Tree

Dental students from Plymouth University are to work with The Elder Tree to help raise awareness about oral health, improve access to NHS dental care and bring dental issues to the centre of the service provided by The Elder Tree to its members.

The project is coordinated by the Community Engagement Team at the Peninsula Dental Social Enterprise.

The Elder Tree is a befriending...

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Autism alert card launches in Devon

A new card designed to help people with autism is launched by Devon partners this week.

Devon & Cornwall police are hoping the autism alert card will help officers and other emergency services identify people on the autistic spectrum, and will support improved engagement.

Police officers will also be provided with awareness information as to how they can adapt and improve...

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HIV Testing Week and Pledge to go red for World AIDS Day 2015

People across Plymouth are being urged to pledge to go red for HIV Testing Week (21-30 November 2015) and World AIDS Day (1 December 2015)

The Eddystone Trust, the local HIV and sexual health charity, Plymouth City Council which is the strategic lead for Public Health in the city, and Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, which provides GUM services and sexual health screening have joined...

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