Health & Beauty

People with learning disabilities are tackling obesity by making YouTube cooking videos as part of a pioneering new project from the disability charity United Response. CookABILITY, which launched in Paignton, Devon, aims to encourage people with learning disabilities, Down’s syndrome and autism to cook for themselves and eat healthy food. Research* shows disabled people are more likely to have poor diets and not exercise enough. In fact, over 80% of adults with learning disabilities fail to meet official minimum recommended levels for physical activity. United Response hopes to make...

Oral health has a long and often brutal history, with evidence to suggest that dentistry began almost 6,500 years ago in the form of a tooth that had been filled with beeswax. Dentistry figures in many ancient societies, from the Egyptians creating the first toothpaste made from rock, mint, salt, pepper and dried iris, to the Victorian era, where tooth extractions feature in literature from the time. However, although dentistry is evident from the earliest of our civilisations, oral hygiene has an even rockier past. Many great improvements were only made popular in the 20th century when...

People in Devon are being encouraged to try their pharmacy first if they pick up a cough or cold and aren’t sure whether to visit their doctor.

GP practices and hospital emergency departments are often under even more pressure at this time of year and pharmacies can provide a fast route to medication for minor ailments like aches and pains, sore throat, coughs, colds, flu-like symptoms, runny noses, earache and skin rashes.

Pharmacies are open until late as well as weekends and you don’t need an appointment. Most pharmacies also have a confidential consulting area for...

There are many people who think that marijuana is not addictive at all, but they would be wrong. They are probably not aware of how marijuana works or the active ingredients. There are many people who will overuse marijuana because they think that they can handle it, and there are a lot more who are going to use it too much. because they think that they can medicate themselves with no after effects at all. Someone who wants to learn about marijuana needs to keep reading because it can be addictive.

1. People Go To Rehab For Marijuana

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