Health & Beauty

New research has revealed the growing trend of people taking important health and well-being advice from unreliable sources.

Almost 4 in 10 people would choose to go online to seek advice on their own health and wellbeing and around 1 in 20 Brits have admitted they would turn to social media sites like Facebook or Twitter for advice on health issues.

While there are many...

Patients suffering with voice problems were extremely happy with their voice therapy at Derriford Hospital, according to a recent survey.

32 patients were invited to complete a Therapies Outpatient Survey for the Speech and Language Therapy Voice Clinics, which were run by Speech and Language Therapists Melanie Hilton Pierce (pictured) and Marianne Bos-Clark, who now works in Exeter...

In many cases hospital follow-up appointments for those with long-term conditions are made when the appointment diary can accommodate them. Often they do not take into account how a patient might be feeling at that time - they may be well and not need any active care.

A partnership project between the South West Academic Health Science Network (SW AHSN) and the National Institute for...

A partnership between a Cornwall-based business and Plymouth University means that research at the Royal Cornwall Hospital could lead to a reduction in a major source of pain for pregnant women.

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Pelvic girdle pain (PGP) occurs in an estimated seventy per cent of women during pregnancy and ranges from mild symptoms to severe disability. It is difficult to manage...