Health & Beauty

Scientists have developed a pioneering new approach to reveal how the body releases hormones in order to combat stress.

A team of researchers has uncovered the regulatory processes which govern how glucocorticoids – steroid hormones with powerful anti-inflammatory effects – are released into the body.

Using predictions from a mathematical model, the team showed for the first time how individual regulatory processes act holistically to govern changes in hormone secretion when the body is in a healthy state, compared to when it is exposed to stress-induced inflammation....

Peak Performance, a popular Exeter gym that promises to help members improve their fitness and health, is undergoing a transformation of its own with investment of £50,000 under the management of new co-owners, Simon Almond and Mat Williams. The pair are carrying out a programme of dramatic improvements to the gym’s services and facilities to reward existing members and to attract new clients to its friendly community on Marsh Barton Trading Estate.

Work is already underway to redecorate the interior of Peak Performance, giving it a clean, fresh and updated look. Investment in the...

Kidney specialists at the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital are putting on a series of public information events around Devon and Somerset about home dialysis treatments and the opportunities this can present for patients, including the ability to travel.

The events are being held in July in Torbay, Honiton, Barnstaple, Taunton and Exeter. Kidney patients, family members, carers and clinicians are invited to come along and meet the RD&E’s renal community team and current patients, including one person dialysing themself in a camper van with the transportable haemodialysis...

Weleda, famous for its organic babycare range, was delighted to sponsor the Gentle Parenting Award for Best Healthcare Provider to recognise a health professional who had gone that extra mile to support a patient or client during pregnancy, birth or the early stages of motherhood.

The Award was open to nominations from parents for any midwife, health visitor, obstetrician, paediatrician, GP, lactation consultant or other baby health professional. Weleda have been making baby products since 1959 and today their range is one of the top-selling natural baby skincare ranges in the...