Health & Beauty

Researchers from Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry and Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, in collaboration with the Oxford Computational Neurosciences Lab and the world-renowned Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), are looking for volunteers in the South West of England to assess a new technology for detecting Parkinson’s disease at an early stage.

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A medical student from Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry has received an award of £1,000 from the Peninsula Medical Foundation to pursue a research project investigating neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2), as part of the INSPIRE scheme.

James Russell has just completed his second year studying medicine at Plymouth University.

His research project is...

An empty shop in Plymouth city centre is to get a new lease of life as an independent optician – the first to open in the city centre for more than 30 years.

The premises in Cornwall Street, which used to be a St Luke’s Hospice shop, has been vacant for over a year.

The shop is being taken over by a family-run business, Iconic Opticians, which is hoping to contribute to the...

Local patient volunteers are being sought by researchers investigating whether or not adding web-based coaching to the GP exercise referral scheme would lead to increased uptake and sustained health enhancing physical activity.

The exercise referral scheme an established method whereby doctors can ‘prescribe’ exercise to patients with medical conditions such as obesity, hypertension,...