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Blood pressure differences between each arm can signal an increased risk of dying of heart disease, even in healthy people, a new large-scale study has found.

The University of Exeter Medical School has led an analysis of more than 3,000 people in Scotland who each had blood pressure measurements taken from both arms, published today in the British Journal of General Practice. Researchers say the findings show the importance of routinely measuring blood pressure in both arms.

Up to now, such research has mainly focussed on people who have already encountered heart disease...

Following on from their large expansion, taking over a prime retail position in Exeter City Centre, The Exeter Dental Centre has just become officially accredited as safe and qualified to carry out non-surgical cosmetic treatments like dermal fillers.

The dental practice has already built a reputation for excellence and felt it was important to join a scheme that would enable patients to recognise them for this. Save Face, which launched in 2014, was the first organisation in the UK to provide a database of accredited practitioners – all of which have been visited and assessed for...

The respiratory team at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital marked World TB Day 2016 on the 24th March by raising awareness about one of the world’s most deadly infectious diseases.

Members of the team, including Respiratory/TB Nurse Specialist Ruth Unsworth, were on hand at an information stand in the hospital’s main concourse to answer questions and provide information about tuberculosis, also known as TB.

TB is a bacterial infection which usually affects the lungs, with symptoms including a persistent cough, weight loss, fevers and night sweats. It is highly infectious...

Over two fifths of people in the South West have confessed to being so unfit they would get out of breath running for the bus, according to new statistics released as part of the British Heart Foundation’s (BHF) brand new fundraising challenge MyMarathon. The BHF poll revealed well over half (52%) of adults in the South West said if they went running now the furthest they could manage is just half a mile or less. One in five (20%) felt they could only make it to 100 metres. Of those who could manage to run a mile, a third of people (33%) said the last time they did was over 10 years ago....