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How Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Supports Healing

Among modern medical treatments, few therapies are as fascinating as hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT). This remarkable treatment, which involves breathing pure oxygen in a pressurised environment, has captured the attention of healthcare professionals worldwide for its unique ability to accelerate healing and recovery. By dramatically increasing oxygen availability in tissues, HBOT supports the body's natural healing processes through multiple interconnected pathways. Understanding these diverse mechanisms reveals why this therapy has become an invaluable tool for treating conditions...

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Should you get an at-home STD testing kit?

If you’re thinking about getting a test for a sexually transmitted disease, then the chances are that you should. Many people pick up STDs in their life, and if you aren't careful, they can be very damaging. If the feeling of going to the doctors to get a test is overwhelming, then you may want to think about getting a kit, so that you can test yourself at home. This can take some of the anxiety out of the situation and help you start dealing with it maturely and responsibly.

You aren't alone.

Just because you may not know many people that have talked about having an STD...

Patients needed for biggest ever study into depression and anxiety

Healthcare professionals in the South West are proud to be able to offer patients in the region the opportunity to take part in the biggest ever study of depression and anxiety.

Depression and anxiety are the most common mental health disorders worldwide. In the UK, 1 in 3 people will experience symptoms during their lifetime.

This week is Mental Health Awareness Week and researchers in the region are encouraging patients to sign up to take part in the GLAD study (Genetic Links to Anxiety and Depression) which aims to better understand depression and anxiety in order to...

Benefits of online doctor consultations

Regular medical check-ups are the foundations of a healthy life. Most of the terminal illnesses plaguing our society can be properly managed if detected early enough. Some of those illnesses do not show symptoms in their early stages, which means they can only be detected by a comprehensive health analysis.

However, the nature of our day-to-day activities hardly permits us the time and resources to make the necessary regular visits to the hospital. This has led to many uncertainties as to the true nature of our health.

Even when an individual has the luxury of time and...

Five surprisingly effective ways to cure social anxiety

Curing social anxiety is one of the easiest things that you can do, and it is much simpler to do when you are using the right products. You could turn to many different remedies and products that will change how you approach your life. You could use these products and ideas that will change how you handle yourself. Your body and your mind changes if you are trying to relieve your anxiety on a daily basis, and you might want to do something that is good for your overall outlook on life.

1. CBD Oil

What is CBD oil used for? CBD oil is used to treat chronic pain, drug...

A festival of yoga music and food

A grass-roots celebration of yoga, movement, music and food takes place in the West Country next week.

Yoga Hub Fest promises to be jam-packed with all things that make you feel good.

Organiser Jeanette Phillips said: “Yoga has been expanding minds long before Woodstock. We believe that yoga shouldn't be a practice confined to a rectangular mat, our aim is to breakdown yoga barriers and to inspire new ways of moving the body and mind.

“This year’s event features a compelling line up, so why not challenge yourself with something new like acro yoga, contact...

New campaign to raise awareness of organ donation law change

NHS Blood and Transplant launches the year-long national campaign, ‘Pass it on’, to increase awareness and understanding of the organ donation law change, which comes into place next year, across England.

From spring 2020, all adults in England will be considered as having agreed to donate their own organs when they die unless they record a decision not to donate or are in one of the excluded groups.

Those excluded will be people under 18, people who lack the capacity to understand the change and people who have lived in England for less than 12 months before their death or...

Ways to Start a New Life after Recovery

Withdrawing from drug addiction is a complicated process. It requires a lot of patience, support, and willpower to do away with a life that revolved around alcohol and drugs. However, starting a new life after recovery is way much trickier. As many addicts would say, it feels like stepping out of a cab and joining a different world. Here are ways you can step back into the world after dropping drugs and live a healthy lifestyle.

1. Avoid bad company

More often than not, drug addicts have confessed starting drugs through the influence of friends. Therefore, the first step...

What is general fitness?

How one defines it? What is YOUR definition of it?

According to the CDC, physical fitness is the ability to do tasks with alertness and vigor, without fatigue and with enough remaining energy to pursue recreational activities. Now compare your definition with this one. Do both of them match, or is your definition a mile away from what the CDC is implying?

When talking about fitness, it can be perceived from a mental and physical point of view. Even before you begin, you must consider what you’re after and pursue it accordingly. You can paddle away on your spinning bike all...

5 popular athletes who battled addiction and came back stronger

Over 160 million people worldwide suffer from alcohol or substance addiction. Professional athletes are no exception to that number.

With a high-profile career comes high-intensity temptation.

But, as these athletes show, you can come back from substance abuse. Through addressing your addiction and getting help, there is hope.

Ready for some big league inspiration? Here are five popular athletes that came back stronger after addiction.

1. Josh Hamilton

In 1999, Josh Hamilton got drafted to Major League Baseball. He played for the Texas Rangers and...

Alopecia is the terrible enemy that today has a method to be defeated

Alopecia is the medical term for baldness. This disorder affects 60% of males and 30% of women, it is something that can happen to any age and there can be a number of causes. Some people are suffering from alopecia because of their father or mother, or because of some medications they are taking. Alopecia or hair thinning could be caused by hormonal problems, excessive stress or existing disease, but hair loss is no longer a disorder one lives forever. Modern technological progress in medical treatment means that there are now several ways we can tackle the problem.

Whether you...

Health & Beauty

How Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Supports Healing

Should you get an at-home STD testing kit?

Patients needed for biggest ever study into depression and anxiety

Benefits of online doctor consultations

Five surprisingly effective ways to cure social anxiety

A festival of yoga music and food

New campaign to raise awareness of organ donation law change

Ways to Start a New Life after Recovery

What is general fitness?

5 popular athletes who battled addiction and came back stronger

Alopecia is the terrible enemy that today has a method to be defeated

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