Health & Beauty

Bite into Health: How Your Diet Shapes Your Smile

Everyone is familiar with the saying “you are what you eat” but many people don’t realize that your smile also reflects your dietary choices. Our dietary choices serve the dual purpose of nourishing our bodies while also being essential for maintaining strong teeth and healthy gums and...

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Plymouth's sleeping habits revealed

Constantly checking emails, watching TV before bed and noisy neighbours are some of the unnatural components of our sleep routines that are causing havoc with our sleeping patterns. The rise in technology and making ourselves available 24/7 means more than a quarter (28%) of Brits wake up more than three times every night, and 24% of us take over half an hour to get to sleep, due to problems...

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Take the 28 day Stoptober challenge

With Stoptober, the 28 day quit challenge just around the corner, Patrick and his daughter from Plymouth are urging other smokers to follow their success and quit for good.

Patrick Lomax, ex-military and now in his 50s, was smoking up to a packet of hand-rolled tobacco a week when he decided to quit for financial reasons. Having tried before and relapsed, this time he asked his local...

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Parents not focused on children's eye care

If you’ve been told that your child is too young to get their eyes tested, or they have to be able to read to have an eye test – then you have been misinformed. What’s more, according to the Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO), many parents in the UK admitted they are unaware that their child’s eyes need to be tested at an early age.

One in eight parents wrongly believe...

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Ban on smoking in cars comes in time for Stoptober

A new ban on smoking in cars comes into effect just as people in Plymouth are being urged to quit smoking for Stoptober.

From 1 October 2015, it will be illegal to smoke in a car (or other vehicles) with anyone under 18 present. The law is changing to protect children and young people from the dangers of secondhand smoke.

The new law, which will see both drivers and smokers...

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Shake Up September Workplace Challenge

Active Devon is encouraging employees across Devon to try a new sport or activity this month, as Shake Up September from Workplace Challenge aims to get the nation’s workplaces more active.

Workplace Challenge, the free, online activity programme which combines cutting edge technology with sport and physical activity opportunities, is inviting employees in Devon to join the national...

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Exercise could reduce risk of dementia

More than seven in ten people from the South West (77 per cent) are not doing the amount of average weekly exercise recommended by NHS guidelines, despite evidence that taking part in regular exercise can reduce a person’s risk of developing dementia, according to a survey carried out by Alzheimer’s Society to mark the start of Memory Walks on Saturday.

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Plymouth tanning salons still allow underage use

Over 40 per cent of Plymouth tanning salons failed a recent test purchase operation.

Public protection officers visited seven salons in Plymouth and staff in three of them did not challenge a 16-year-old volunteer about their age, despite the age limit being 18.

The volunteer did not use the sunbed but was given access to the bed, which is a criminal offence. The Sunbeds...

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Plymouth midwives reassure mums-to-be

Midwives at Derriford Hospital would like to re-assure their mums-to-be following a high profile story that has been broadcasting as part of an Eastenders storyline.

Nicola Phillips, Maternity Matron, explains: "Following the broadcast of the story on Monday we have received a flurry of calls from mums-to-be who are worried about reduced fetal movements. It is important that there is...

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Patients with abnormally fast heart rates to benefit from modification to treatment

NIHR-funded study reveals simple, safe and cost-free modification to an emergency treatment for patients with abnormally fast heart rates

A simple, safe and cost-free modification to a technique used to treat patients in the emergency department with an abnormally fast heart rate could improve its effectiveness by more than a quarter, according to a study published in The Lancet on...

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‘Sim Man’ is helping hospital staff to improve care

A lifelike, interactive mannequin that moves, talks and can display vital signs including breathing and heartbeat is being used at Derriford Hospital to improve patient safety.

The Human Factors Project, which has recently been launched, involves using the high tech ‘Sim Man’ to train hospital staff in lifelike situations. It gives employees experience and practice, with a variety of...

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