Health & Beauty

PATIENTS at North Devon District Hospital and community hospitals were given an opportunity to try different foods as part of Nutrition and Hydration Week 2016.

The global awareness campaign – from Monday 14 March to Sunday 20 March – aimed to highlight the importance of nutrition and hydration in improving the safety and outcomes of patients.

The Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust ran different menu themes on each weekday:

• Monday – Oaty Breakfast • Tuesday – Supper-time Snack • Wednesday – Global Tea Party (cream tea) • Thursday – Thirsty Thursday • Friday –...

Local celebrity Caroline Quentin presented certificates at the RISE Recovery Peer Supporter Graduation.

RISE is a recovery orientated drug and alcohol service delivered across Devon by a partnership of Addaction and EDP Drug & Alcohol Services.

The nine graduates were recognised for completing their training course as peer supporters, who will now go on to help RISE service users overcome substance misuse issues. Former service users themselves, they will lead by example at the Devon alcohol and drug service, inspiring others with their own recovery journeys. The...

We have accepted, for a while now, that pain is beauty. Every time you get waxed, plucked or slip on a pair of six inch heels, you accept this fact. It does not have to be this way, however. This is especially important in the face of all the harm that improperly balanced shoes can do to your feet. Bunions, blisters, and a myriad of other foot ailments honestly do not seem worthy consequences of cute shoes.

Fear not, however, as there are other options. You do not have to forego style for comfort or vice versa any longer. You can now have your cake and eat it too. AxParis and other...

A new study has found that twice as many people than previously thought may be living with genetic condition that can cause a deadly heart attack at a young age.

Research, published in the journal Circulation, looked at 37,000 people from the US and found that Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH) prevalence should be one in 250 rather than the previous estimate of one in 500.

FH is a genetic condition which results in high levels of cholesterol in your blood from birth. This increases a person’s risk of suffering from a heart attack or heart disease at an early age if left...