Health & Beauty

TV PRESENTER and journalist Steph McGovern is supporting a new skill-sharing initiative celebrating the talents that older people in Devon can share with the younger generation.

It is all part of the #GenerationWOW campaign (which stands for wonderful older wisdom) from Specsavers Home Visits, together with u3a (University of the Third Age), which gives older people a platform to pass on their skills and life experience to others.

New research reveals that 50% of over-60s in the South West believe they have valuable untapped knowledge going to waste, yet 46% feel that...

One of the leading causes of death in this era is heart disease. About seven million people worldwide have an undiagnosed risk of heart trouble. Early prevention is always better than curing the disease. A sedentary lifestyle is a major factor that leads to a heart problem. You surely need to minimize the time you spend on your favorite season or March Madness Odds .

If you are well aware of the signs related to heart problems, you will better know when it is right to see a doctor. Recognizing the signs before it's too late is a positive approach. Below we have mentioned eight...

I always felt healthy, and luckily, I haven’t suffered any major health implications, so when I attended my annual health check with my gp, I was surprised to find out that my blood sugar level was 43. This was a high reading, and put me in the pre diabetic category, so I was concerned at first, then realised that there was something I could do to stop it going any higher and reverse it. One area I could control was my weight. I was 14 stone and was referred by my gp to join the NHS/WW (formerly Weight Watchers), Healthier You scheme.

I was unsure how WW could help, but glad I gave...

One of the world’s first Omicron-specific variant vaccines is to be trialled in Devon and Cornwall, as the biotechnology company Moderna, Inc works with the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).

The innovative study will see participants receive a first or second booster. In the South West, it is opening first at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, with plans to open at the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, and the NIHR Patient Recruitment Centre: Exeter at Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust later in March.

Half of the volunteers will receive a...